Creating higher education quality through leadership, organizational culture and organizational commitment

The quality of higher education in Indonesia requires in-depth studies to determine the factors that play an important role in improving the quality and competitiveness at the regional and international levels. This study used a quantitative method with a path analysis model to test whether there is a direct and indirect influence on exogenous variables, namely leadership and organizational culture on endogenous variables, namely the application of the internal quality assurance system in state universities with organizational commitment as an intervening variable. The results of the analysis test show that organizational commitment plays an important role in mediating and contributing to leadership and organizational commitment to the implementation of the internal quality assurance system in higher education. Organizational commitment becomes a framework for universities to build a new paradigm in harmonizing the demands and needs of society regarding the quality of higher education in order to be able to compete professionally. Leadership and organizational culture require organizational commitment to building communication and motivation through expectations and academic values that develop in a healthy, creative, innovative and dynamic manner because they can encourage collaboration and synergy of all elements of higher education to achieve the quality standards set.