Korkmay, Oya2025-03-172025-03-1720201083-4346https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13099/2436This study aims at testing the mediating role of the leader-member exchange in the relationship between the Pelz effect as the independent variable and job satisfaction as the dependent variable. Using the face-to-face survey method, data were collected from 109 white-collar staff members working in a district municipality in Mersin, Turkey. The data collected were assessed using the SPSS 20.0 program. Because of a correlation analysis performed to make an assessment, a positive relationship of medium-level significance was found to exist between job satisfaction and leader-member exchange. It was also found that a positive relationship of medium-level significance existed between the leader-member exchange and the Pelz effect, as the mediating variable and independent variable of the study respectively. It was found in the regression analysis that the leader-member exchange had a partial mediating role in the relationship between the Pelz effect and job satisfaction.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessjob satisfactionleader-member exchangeleadershipthe Pelz effectArticle253291312N/AWOS:0005621735000052-s2.0-85092222986Q4