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Objectives of this study was to investigate the effect of team leader`s role on the organizational performance. 664 questionnaires were collected from manufacturing, financial industries and research institutes in August-September of 2000. Major findings of this study were; First, the team leader`s role was found to influence the organizational performance significantly. The team leader`s role as a team builder was found to influence the job commitment, the job satisfaction and the organizational loyalty of team members. The team leader`s role as a gatekeeper was found to influence the job satisfaction of team members. The team leader`s role as a strategic planner and a champion were found to influence the organizational loyalty of team members. Second, the job satisfaction, the job commitment, and the organizational loyalty were found to be influenced by education, position, length of career and being a manager. Higher level of education was associated with higher level of the job commitment and the organizational loyalty. Managers were found to have a higher level of the job satisfaction, the job commitment and the organizational loyalty than average team members. Contribution of this study was that the empirical results of this study can help team leaders to manage their team organizations by using dynamics between the team leader`s role and the organizational performance found in this study. Limitations of this study were: 1) samples employed in this study were limited in selected regions, 2) variables known to influence the organizational performance were excluded, 3) static research methodology were used.