NONE 20260513102246653 wseas/wseas content-registration-form+ja@crossref.org content-registration-form WSEAS TRANSACTIONS ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS 1109-9526 2224-2899 Ghazy Al-Badaineh Faculty of Business, Department of Business Administration Tafila Technical University PO Box 179 ,66110 Tafila, Jordan JORDAN Organizational alignment is now the number one predictor of performance in the dynamic competitive environment that we are working within. In this study, we are interested in investigating whether job satisfaction and organizational commitment play a mediating role on the relationship between strategic alignment and employee performance in the Jordanian Income Tax Department (JIST) Jordanian Income Tax Department. A sample of managers and supervisors (n = 180) was surveyed and data was analysed using quantitative research design with SPSS, and PROCESS macro. The findings reveal that employee task performance, contextual performance, and adaptive (modifiable) task performance are significantly associated with strategic fit. Those relationships seem to be partially mediated by organizational commitment and job satisfaction, with the composite mediation being the most relevant. Yet, given that this is a cross-sectional study based on a single firm, the results are correlational and should be read carefully. 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