Mediator role of leadership functions in the relationship between political components and political success: A case study

Representation of citizens in democratic systems is provided through political parties. Within this framework, political parties trying to achieve political success with increasing voter loyalty and becoming permanent have to shape their policies by analyzing the conditions of the day correctly. In this study, it is aimed to reveal the effect of political components and leadership roles on political success. Within the scope of the research, an analysis study was conducted with a participant group of 572 people. The political components scale, the leaders' duties scale, the political success scale and the demographic information form were used. Factor and reliability analysis, descriptive statistics, correlation, regression, t-test and ANOVA were used on SPSS for analyses. The obtained findings were evaluated at 95% confidence interval and 5% significance level. According to the findings obtained from the research, political components have an increasing effect on the perception of leaders' duties and political success. However, the duties of leaders also increase political success. In the analyzes conducted to evaluate the intermediary role, it was determined that the duties of the leaders played a mediating role in the relationsheep between organizational culture and political success. The perception of democratic governance and democratic leadership styles decreases with increasing age, while the perception of leaders' roles increases. Participants in the younger age group have a higher perception of political success. According to the evaluations made in terms of education level, the perceptions of the undergraduates' and graduates' about the elements of organizational culture and the duties of the leaders are high, and their perception of political success is low. However, as the income level increases, the perception of the elements of organizational culture and the roles of leaders also increases. The results of the research show that the most important criterion for achieving political success is that political success will be achieved by transforming democratic management and democratic leadership style into organizational culture. Political parties must correctly perceive the demands of the voters in this regard in order for the political success to be sustainable.