“…HRM is essentially about matching human resources to the organization's strategic and operational needs and ensuring the full utilization of the employees (Jiang, Takeuchi, & Lepak, 2013). Most of the studies in investigating the HRM effect towards employee performance focused in manufacturing industry (Ikem, 2019), hospitality (Aboyassin & Sultan, 2017), health care (Gile, 2013), retail industry (Imna & Hassan, 2015) but studies on education industry are limited especially in private university (Amin, Khairuzzaman Wan Ismail, Zaleha Abdul Rasid, & Daverson Andrew Selemani, 2014). Networking is another strategy implemented by organization to improve the work performance of employees (Tauhed, Roziah Mohd.…”