A Study of Relationship of Human Resource Management Practices, Competitive Advantages, And Person-Organization Fit as A Mediation Variable in Indonesian High Schools (Study of Management of Civil Servant Educators in Samarinda City)

Abstract

Human resources in an organization, aprticularlyi nan educational institution, is a very important aspect to determine whether an institution is effective or not. The performance of an educational institution is determined by the behavior and conditions ofits teaching staffs;hence, it needs to perform its human resource management function by recruiting, selecting,and maintaining the right staff. This research is quantitative, based on hypothesis testing to test the relationship between human resource management practices and competitive advantage, mediated by person-organization fit. Human resources variables refer to teachers, competitive advantage refers to key performance indicators (KPI) and Person-Organization Conformity refers to teacher-student relationships. The sample of this research comprised teachers with the status of Civil Servants at SMA Negeri Kota Samarinda, selected by random sampling method. This study useda regression analysis, namely path analysis. The results of this study concludedthat human resource management practices are positively related to organizational competitive advantage (schools), and the relationship between human resource management practices and organizational competitive advantage is mediated by person-organizationfit