BOOSTING HUMAN RESOURCE QUALITY IN INDONESIAN HIGHER EDUCATION: A GLOBAL AND NATIONAL IMPERATIVE

Educational staff are crucial to the operation of higher education institutions in Indonesia. Cultivating professional competence, creating a supportive organizational climate, and providing consistent managerial backing are core Human Resources (HR) priorities. The study's critical question is how these three factors jointly influence educational staff performance, and what their relative contribution is. The research is grounded in the Educational Human Resource Management Theory (emphasizing individual capabilities) and the Organizational Support Theory (highlighting the supportive work environment). The study employed an ex-post-facto quantitative design. Simple linear regression was used to test the individual and simultaneous impacts of the three independent variables (competency development, organizational climate, and management support). The results showed that all three variables (competency development, organizational climate, and management support) had a positive and significant impact on performance. Furthermore, these variables collectively explained 52.3% of the variance in employee performance (R2=0.523). The findings demonstrate the need for an integrated approach to improving human resources in Indonesian higher education.