Effect of Talent Management and Organizational Commitment for Disaster Resilience in Mahakam Ulu Regency

Purpose: This study examines the effects of talent management strategy, employee competence, transformational leadership, and organizational culture on community-based disaster preparedness capability, with organizational commitment as a mediating variable in Mahakam Ulu Regency. 
Research Methodology: A quantitative approach was used involving 120 respondents engaged in disaster management activities. Data were collected through questionnaires distributed to BPBD personnel and disaster volunteers. The data were analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling–Partial Least Squares (SEM-PLS) with SmartPLS, including measurement model evaluation, structural model assessment, and bootstrapping-based hypothesis testing. 
Results: Talent management strategy, employee competence, transformational leadership, and organizational culture had positive and significant effects on organizational commitment and community-based disaster preparedness capability. Organizational commitment also significantly influenced disaster preparedness capability and mediated the relationships between internal organizational factors and preparedness capability. 
Conclusions: Strengthening human-resource management, employee competence, transformational leadership, organizational culture, and organizational commitment is essential for improving community-based disaster preparedness capability and supporting sustainable disaster resilience. 
Limitations: The study is limited to respondents involved in disaster management activities in Mahakam Ulu Regency and relies on cross-sectional questionnaire data. 
Contributions: This study integrates talent management, competence, leadership, organizational culture, and organizational commitment into a comprehensive disaster preparedness model and highlights organizational commitment as a key mediating mechanism linking internal organizational resources with community-based preparedness capability.