Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between leader-member exchange and performance with meta-analysis method. Accordingly, individual and general effect values of the studies were calculated. The study group has been formed 23 independent theses and articles which examined the relationship between the leader-member interaction with employee performance published between the dates 01.01.2000-31.12.2021 in Turkey. It was observed that the number of participants was 7695. These studies have been accessed through Council of Higher Education National Thesis Center, ULAKBIM National Database and Google Scholar. It was paid attention to have sample size and Pearson correlation coefficient (r) values in the studies. The effect sizes of the studies were determined according to the random effects model. CMA 3.0 program was used in the analysis. According to the findings, it was observed that the relationship between leader-member interaction and employee performance had a positive and medium level (r = .44) overall effect size.

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