THE EFFECT OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP ON ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT AND JOB PERFORMANCE WITH THE MEDIATOR ROLE OF LEADER MEMBER EXCHANGE (LMX) AND THE MODERATOR ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE PERCEPTION: AN ANALYSIS IN TURKISH DEFENSE INDUSTRY COM

The current study used leader-member exchange as a mediator and organizational justice perception as a moderator to examine the effects of transformational leadership on employees’ job performance and organizational commitment. The participants in the research were employees of Turkish defense sector companies. By employing the stratified sampling technique, 308 samples were collected. The questionnaire that includes a personal information form and five-point Likert-type ratings was used to collect the data. The findings demonstrate how organizational commitment and employee’s job performance are impacted by transformational leadership in Turkish defense industry firms. The results show how crucial it is for businesses to promote transformational leadership qualities and constructive leader-member exchange in order to enhance employee outcomes. It is advised that Turkish Defense Industry companies put the policies into place that will foster loyalty of employees, organizational effectiveness, leadership potential, and ultimately the success of the business. This paper's findings are useful for both academics and field practitioners in different ways. First, the study contributes to the body of literature by employing a novel model. Using applied analysis to test the model is another crucial component. Additionally, the thesis's findings shed light on how managers' attitudes and actions toward staff members and organizational climate might affect employee behavior, resulting in better business performance for Turkish defense sector organizations that have recently demonstrated noteworthy achievements.