The impact of human resource management practices and organizational commitment on organizational excellence by applying to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs ) in the Arab Republic of Egypt

The purpose of the study is to investigate the impact of human resource management practices on organizational excellence and the role of organizational commitment as a mediator in this relationship. The study was based on the positivism philosophy and the deductive approach. Primary data are collected through a questionnaire distributed to employees in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and the sample is 400 questionnaires that are analyzed by regression analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM). The results concluded that there is a significant relationship between human resource management practices and organizational excellence (partially supported), there is a significant relationship between human resource management practices and organizational commitment (partially supported), and there is a significant relationship between organizational commitment and organizational excellence (partially supported). The effect of organizational commitment in the relationship between human resource management practices and organizational excellence is fully supported (entirely supported).