The Effect of Organizational Governance on the Performance and Commitment of the Lecturers

Abstract

Improved in performance requires high quality of commitment from every individual in the organization. Increased in commitment can improved worker’s performance and reduce their desire to walk out from the organization. Increased in commitment can be done with corporate governance that include transparency, accountability, fairness and social responsibility. This research was conducted in two private universities in Jakarta with a sample of 120 lecturers. The results showed that, variables in transparency, accountability, and fairness have a positive effect on lecturers’ commitment, meanwhile variables in social responsibility, transparency, and accountability have a positive effect on their performance. To improve Indonesian worker’s performance in the future, the aspects of transparency and accountability from the individual are needed, and also the social aspect in the form of social responsibility.

Keywords: governance, transparency, accountability, fairness, social responsibility, commitment and performance