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The Influence of HRM Practices and LMX on the Academic Staff Performance: The Role of Work Engagement and Personality as a Mediator

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Academic staff members are the main assets to Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) since education is their core business. The job performance of the academic staff members that meets the aspirations and goals set by the HEIs is of utmost importance. The objectives of this study are to examine the direct relationship between human resources management (HRM) practices, leader-member exchange (LMX), work engagement, personality and job performance. The study also examined the role of work engagement and personality as a mediator. This study investigated these relationships in the context of private HEIs in Malaysia. In this study, the unit of analysis is the individual academic staff, and a quantitative approach is employed by collecting data using a stratified sampling technique through on an online survey. A cross-sectional design was used that involved 260 Malaysian academic staff who worked at Islamic university colleges in Malaysia that participated in SETARA 2019 and achieved tier four and tier three. The data was analysed using the Structural Equation Modelling techniques using Amos version 22 software. Out of the 12 hypotheses tested, seven hypotheses were supported. LMX and personality were found to have a significant relationship with job performance but not with HRM practices and work engagement. In addition, the study also found that personality partially mediated the relationship between LMX and job performance. Reinforcing LMX and personality are suggested to encourage job performance among academic staff.

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Matric: 4181476 (FKP)

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Academic staff, Personality, Job performance, Leader-member exchange (LMX), Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), Work environment, Self-Efficacy, Organizational commitment, Job satisfaction, Organizational behavior

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Alawiyah binti Tengah. (2024). The Influence of HRM Practices and LMX on the Academic Staff Performance: The Role of Work Engagement and Personality as a Mediator [Doctoral dissertation, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia]. USIM Research Repository.