ABSTRACT: This paper aims to develop a framework to determine the relationship between Recruitment &Selection, and the organizational commitment through the tribalism as a mediating factor in Yemen Islamicbanking sector. The search for the answer to this question focuses on What are the effects of Recruitment &Selection, on organizational commitment, and what extent is tribalism playing a mediator role on therelationship between HRM practices and organizational commitment in Yemen Islamic banks, in order toexamine the problem and analyze the interrelationships between variables, The study used Recruitment &Selection to determine organizational commitment. Mainly the quantitative approach was used in this study, toachieve the main objectives, data were collected from staff in Yemen Islamic banking sector. The surveyemployed questionnaires to obtain personal and social facts, beliefs and attitudes; the unit of analysis for thisstudy is the individual level. Four hundred fifty questionnaires were distributed to four Islamic banks in thebanking sector, a total of 292 distributed questionnaires were valid for analysis from the study population,representing 65%, which it is acceptable in scientific research, also used Smart PLS-SEM to validate themeasurement model and structural model, which contributes the methodological aspect significantly. Theresults indicate that there is a significant impact among Recruitment & Selection, and OrganizationalCommitment, also this research reveals that tribalism is playing an important role as a mediator on therelationship between Recruitment & Selection, and Organizational Commitment in Islamic banks in Yemen.
KEYWORD: Recruitment & Selection- Organizational Commitment- Tribalism- Yemen Islamic banks sector.