Investigating the effect of human resource management activities on organizational performance with the mediating role of organizational commitment in free universities of Fars province

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adel koulak ¹ , hassan soltani ² , shiva madahian ³ , mahdi mohamadbagheri ⁴ , navid fatehi rad ⁵

1 - دانشجوی دکتری، گروه مدیریت، واحد کرمان، دانشگاه ازاد اسلامی، کرمان، ایران
2 - عضو هیات علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد شیراز
3 - استادیار گروه مدیریت، واحد کرمان، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، کرمان
4 - استادیار گروه مدیریت، واحد کرمان، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، کرمان
5 - department of management, , lamerd branch, islamic azad university, kerman, iran

Received: 2021-08-23 Accepted : 2021-08-23 Published : 2021-05-22

Keywords: Organizational Commitment, Organizational Performance, Azad university, Fars province, Keywords: Human Resource Management,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of human resource management activities onorganizational performance with the mediating role of organizational commitment in open universitiesin Fars province. The research method was applied in terms of purpose and heuristic mixed method interms of data collection. Participants in this study in the qualitative section included managers andqualified staff of free universities in Fars province, from which 10 people were selected using purposivesampling. Also, in the quantitative part, the statistical population of the study included all managers andstaff (including faculty members) of free universities in Fars province, which using Morgan table andstratified random sampling method with proportional allocation of 357 people as Sample sizes wereselected. Collect the information required in the qualitative part to design a research model with a semistructured open interview and in the quantitative part using a researcher-made questionnaire thatincluded 3 structures (variables), 12 dimensions and 37 questions in the form of a 5-point Likert scale ..شدTo determine the validity and reliability of the questionnaire, convergent validity methods,Cronbach's alpha coefficient and combined reliability were used, respectively, based on which thevalidity and reliability were confirmed. The results of structural equation test showed that from theperspective of managers and staff of free universities in Fars province, the variable of organizationalcommitment has a mediating and significant effect on the relationship between human resourcemanagement and organizational performance