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Vol. 12 No. 2 (2025): December

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Population Ecology and Lecturer Performance: The Roles of Culture, LMX, Commitment, and OCB

https://doi.org/10.24252/minds.v12i2.56086
Hermansyah Andi Wibowo
Universitas Serang Raya, Indonesia
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5943-4263
Abdul Fatah
Universitas Serang Raya, Indonesia

Corresponding Author(s) : Hermansyah Andi Wibowo

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Jurnal Minds: Manajemen Ide dan Inspirasi, Vol. 12 No. 2 (2025): December

Abstract

This study examines the relationships among perceived organizational culture, leader–member exchange (LMX), organizational commitment, organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), and lecturers’ performance in Indonesian higher education. It contributes to population ecology theory by reframing inertia as an individual-level perceptual and relational mechanism under regulatory pressure rather than a firm-level survival outcome. Drawing on the population ecology perspective, the study treats organizational stability and adaptation as contextual forces shaped by coercive regulations that structure routines and norms. Using cross-sectional data and covariance-based structural equation modeling (CB-SEM; N = 240), the findings show that perceived organizational culture positively influences LMX, organizational commitment, and OCB, which in turn enhance lecturer performance. The results demonstrate how individual adaptive behaviors reflect the inertia–adaptation balance within regulated academic systems. Practically, the study informs university leaders on leveraging culture and leader–member relations to sustain lecturer performance amid regulatory constraints.

Keywords

Organizational culture LMX Organizational commitment OCB Organizational performance
Wibowo, H. A., & Fatah, A. (2025). Population Ecology and Lecturer Performance: The Roles of Culture, LMX, Commitment, and OCB. Jurnal Minds: Manajemen Ide Dan Inspirasi, 12(2), 687–702. https://doi.org/10.24252/minds.v12i2.56086
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