This research is aimed to acknowledge whether organizational commitment can play a role as a mediator of the relationship between both Person Organization Fit and Leader Member Exchange and performance. Research samples were 150 employees of 20 (twenty) cigarette company in Kudus, Central Java. Data analysis used SPSS program version 25 with Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) approach. Research findings showed that the proposed five hypotheses were accepted : 1) Person-Organization Fit has a significant effect on organizational commitment, 2) Person-Organization Fit has a significant effect on performance, 3) Leader member exchange has a significant effect on Organizational commitment, 4) Leader Member Exchange has a significant effect on performance, and 5) Organizational commitment has a significant effect on performance. Organizational commitment has a role as a mediating variable and strengthens the relationship between Person-Organizational Fit and Leader Member Exchange with the performance. This research recommends the management of cigarette company in Kudus to implement various organizational efforts in order to improve Person-Organization Fit and Leader Member Exchange to encourage the improvement of the employee’s performance through organizational commitment.
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
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