HR Development in Saudi Public Universities: The Role of Organizational Culture and Communication

Universities in Saudi Arabia are expected to improve their quality, standard, effectiveness, and efficiency to achieve their objective of becoming world-class universities. Moreover, organizational communication tends to affect human resources development performance. This study seeks to examine the organizational culture and communication influence on HRD performance among academicians. A total of 425 academicians at institutions of higher learning in Saudi Arabia responded to a questionnaire survey. The result indicated that organizational culture and communication positively impact HRD performance. Decision makers in higher education have to focus more in implementing effective communication and organizational culture to improve the HRD performance of universities.