The Effect of Organizational Support and Person-Organization Fit on Organizational Commitment with Job Embeddedness as a Mediating

This research analyzes the effect of organizational support and Person Organization Fit on organizational commitment, with Job Embeddedness as a mediating variable among employees of PT. Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) Daop 8 Surabaya. Furthermore, the research applies quantitatively with a questionnaire as the instrument. The questionnaires were distributed to 56 respondents as the sample. Moreover, the data analysis technique used was Structural Equation Modelling based on Partial Least Squares. The result shows that organizational support has a significant effect on Job Embeddedness. However, organizational support has a positive but insignificant effect on organizational commitment. Additionally, Job Embeddedness has a significant effect on organizational commitment. Similarly, Person-Organization Fit has a significant effect on organizational commitment. In addition, Job Embeddedness can mediate significantly the effect of organizational support on organizational commitment. Meanwhile, Job Embeddedness has not mediated significantly yet the effect of Person-Organization Fit on organizational commitment. Those findings indicate how importance of organizational support, which has been associated with an individual value relation among organizations in increasing the bond and employees' commitment towards the institution. Besides, the study gives practical implications for human resource management, especially in strengthening retention strategy and employee loyalty.