Suparjo*, Yoga Adhi Dana, Charisha Magda Komala and Endang Sri Sunarsih
The main purpose of this research is to acknowledge whether organizational commitment has a mediation effect on a correlation among perceived organizational support, knowledge sharing, and employee engagement with performance. Data was collected from 190 lecturers and education staff at 10 private universities in the area of Central Java Province, Indonesia. Respondents were chosen by using purposive sampling technique. Structural Equation Modelling was used to analyse the collected data. This study resulted in perceived organizational support, knowledge sharing and employee engagement significantly affect performance. Moreover, perceived organizational support, knowledge sharing and employee engagement significantly affect organizational commitment. The mediating effect analysis showed that organizational commitment mediated the correlation of perceived organizational support, knowledge sharing, and employee engagement with performance. This research recommends that private universities' performance can be improved by perceived organizational support, knowledge sharing, and employee engagement through the indirect effect of employee organizational commitment.