Strategic Human Resource Management for Organizational Performance of Thai Higher Education Institutions

Abstract

Strategic human resource management is the use of human talent, skill and knowledge in linkage with organizational strategies, goals and objectives to increase competitive advantage and overall organizational performance. This research aims to analyze the effect of strategic human resource management on organizational performance of Thai higher education institutions in Bangkok. This study applied quantitative method. The samples used in this study were 350 employees working in Thai higher education institutions in Bangkok. The instrument used to collect data was a research questionnaire. Statistics used in this study consisted of percentage, mean, standard deviation, Correlation and Multiple Regression Analysis. The research results illustrated that strategic human resource management was positively associated with and had the effect on organizational performance of Thai higher education institutions. Human resource planning had the highest effect on organizational performance of Thai higher education institutions (Beta = .584, p < .01), followed by learning and development (Beta = .528, p < .01), benefits and compensation (Beta  = .425, p < .01), recruitment and selection (Beta = .372, p < .01), and employee retention (Beta = .207, p < .01). This study recommended that strategic human resource management should be applied in Thai higher education institutions to extract talent, skill and knowledge of employees to work for increasing organizational performance in four areas: producing graduates, conducting research, providing academic service to the society and preserving the Thai arts and culture.