THE EFFECT OF LEADERSHIP STYLE ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT AS A MEDIATOR VARIABLE IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR OF YEMEN

Abstract

Manufacturing firms in Yemen could be a significant source of the nation’s income. As well as can creates many jobs opportunities for millions of Yemeni people. Therefore manufacturing in Yemen requires a lot of improvement in many sectors, such as employee’s skill and quality control, as well as improving the commitment among the employees make the organizations become more efficient and effective, also the improvement could increase the organizational performance. The major objective of this research is to evaluate the impact of organizational examined the effect of leadership on organizational performance and organizational commitment as a mediator, focused in the manufacturing firms in Yemen, the study’s area was limited only four areas, where the area is safe civil war. Also, the quantitative method was conducted based on the response of questionnaires in data collection, the research revealed there were 78.5% of the participants who successfully obtained the complete data, managers and deputies participated in this research. To examine the hypothesis, the EFA and CFA structural equation models were carried out using SPSS Amos 21.0. The results indicated significantly positive effect of leadership on the organizational performance and indicated the significantly the strength of an indirect or a mediating effect of organizational commitment on organizational performance.