Abstract

The study aimed to identify the role of job security as a mediating variable in the relationship between human competencies and achieving institutional excellence for industrial companies in the Al Wusta Governorate in the Sultanate of Oman. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher designed a questionnaire that included (45) questions to collect primary information from the study sample which consisted of (210) employees. Accordingly, data were collected and analyzed, and hypotheses were tested using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). Several statistical methods were used to achieve the objectives of the study, including simple and multiple regression analysis. The results obtained are as the following: 1. There is a significant effect of human competencies on achieving institutional excellence through job security as a mediating variable, the presence of an indirect, statistically significant effect of human competencies on achieving institutional excellence through job security, and job security mediated the relationship in partial at a level of (0.01) in industrial companies in Al Wusta Governorate in the Sultanate of Oman. 2. There is a significant effect of human knowledge, human capabilities, human skills, and human behaviors in achieving institutional excellence at the level of (0.01) for industrial companies in the Al Wusta Governorate in the Sultanate of Oman. The study recommended the following: 1. helping the company’s employees to implement the plans laid down elaborately through their participation in setting future plans and goals. 2. Working on trust and affection between the company and its employees by helping them highlight their talents and presenting ideas and proposals to encourage them to perform work on time. 3. Maintaining levels of job security in the companies surveyed by improving official working relationships between employees and exchanging appreciation and respect between superiors and subordinates.