Abstract:

In the research, it is aimed to determine whether the voice of the employee has a mediating role in the effect of leader-member interaction on innovative employee behavior. Employees of 231 companies operating in the machinery manufacturing industry in the province of Karaman were selected as the sample. A face-to-face questionnaire was applied to the relevant sample. As a data collection tool in the research; leader-member interaction scale, innovative employee behavior scale and voice scale were used. The data obtained as a result of the research were analyzed through the SPSS 26 program, and firstly, descriptive statistics were given according to the distribution according to demographic variables and scale scores. The values of kurtosis and skewness were checked for the normality of the scale scores. The purpose of doing this is to determine whether the data is normally distributed. According to the analysis, the distribution of the data was normal. Pearson correlation method was used to determine the relationship between scale sub-dimensions. Then, hierarchical regression method was applied for the mediation findings. According to the results of the research, significant and positive relationships were determined between all the variables of the study. Accordingly, leader-member interaction affects innovative employee behaviors. The voice of the employee plays a mediating role in this effect. In other words, according to the results of the research, the voice of the employee has a mediating role in the effect of leader-member interaction on innovative employee behavior.

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