Impact of Human Resource Management on Organizational Commitment of Higher Education Lecturers: A Case Study at Local Universities in the Northern Midlands-and-Mountainous Region of Vietnam

Hoang Anh Dao

Abstract

The study was conducted to identify and measure the impact of human resource management on the organizational commitment of higher education lecturers in Vietnam. The research findings were collected through interviews and surveys of 223 lecturers working at local universities in the Northern midlands- and- mountainous regions of Vietnam. The qualitative and quantitative results indicated that five HRM factors, including recruitment, training and development, performance appraisal, compensation, and leadership, have a positive influence on lecturers’ organizational commitment to their universities. Among them, the training and development factor has the strongest impact while recruitment has the least influence. Based on this, the study proposed solutions to enhance the effectiveness of HRM practices to create high organizational commitment among lecturers to the university, and to retain and motivate talents for the development of the university and national higher education

Keywords
Human resource management, Organizational commitment, Higher education, Lecturer, Local universities