This study investigated impacts of strategic management practices on organizational performance in Abu Dhabi, UAE public organisations, considering the mediating effects of the teamwork and organisational commitment on these inter-relationships. The study adopted quantitative design using deductive reasoning. Data was collected using structured questionnaire from 358 respondents in the public organisations and analysed using both descriptive statistics and inferential statistical tool of Partial Least Squares – Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). The study found that strategic management practices of strategy formulation and strategy evaluation have significant impact on organisational performance. However, the strategy implementation practice was found not to have significant impact on organisational performance in UAE public organisations. The study also found that organisational commitment and teamwork have significant influence on organisational performance in UAE public organisations. The study also found that organisational commitment and teamwork significantly mediates the impact of strategic management practices on organisational performance in UAE public organization except the impact strategy implementation on organisational performance which was not significantly mediated by organisational commitment. This study contributed to knowledge by establishing that the strategic management practices of strategy formulation and evaluation significantly influence organisation performance in public organisations, and that the influences are significantly mediated by organisational commitment and teamwork.
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