The project titled “Factors Affecting Innovation Performance in SMEs in Turkey: Empowering Leadership Behaviors and Human Resources Management Practices to Increase Innovation” is granted funding by TÜBİTAK within the scope of TÜBİTAK 1001 – Scientific and Technological Research Projects Support Program and aims to examine how empowering leadership behaviors and HRM practices increase innovation in SMEs by shaping the psychological attitudes of employees and Organizational climate. The research aims to investigate topics such as individual innovation, Organizational innovation performance, empowering leadership behaviors and how these behaviors shape HRM practices and individual innovation in SMEs.