A Study of the Causal Factors of Human Resource Management on the Organizational Commitment and Competitive Advantages in the Context of Eastern Economic Corridor of Thailand

Authors

  • Woradech Pleodpring Sripatum University
  • Nilubon Sivabrovornvatana Sripatum University

Keywords:

Human resource management, Human resource development, Organizational commitment, Competitive advantage

Abstract

             The objectives of this research article were 1) to study the impacts of human resource management on human resource development, 2) to study the impacts of human resource management on organizational commitment, 3) to study how human resource management can, directly and indirectly, enhance the competitive advantage, 4) to study the impacts of human resource development on organizational commitment, 5) to study how human resource development can, directly and indirectly, enhance the competitive advantage, 6) to study how organizational commitment directly enhances its competitive advantage and 7) to develop a study model of human resource management that affects organizational engagement in order to create competitive advantages. This research uses mixed research models; qualitative analysis and quantitative analysis. Qualitatively, in-depth interviews were used with 7 interviewees from the head of the organization. For the quantitative method, the population was the automotive industry with 175 companies in the Eastern Economic Corridor Project (EEC). A total of 440 samples were selected by stratified sampling method. The data were analyzed by using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM).

             The results showed that Human resource management directly affects human resource development, organizational commitment and competitive advantage. Human resource management has an indirect effect through human resource development and organizational commitment on competitive advantages. Human resource development directly affects organizational commitment and competitive advantage. Human resource development has an indirect effect through organizational commitment to competitive advantage. And organizational commitment directly affects the competitive advantage and can create a model for studying of the causal factors of human resource management on the organizational commitment and competitive advantages in the context of Eastern Economic Corridor of Thailand.

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