The effect of readiness for organizational change on organizational agility: Case of Gaziantep airport

The key to organizational change and agility is staff involvement in the changes. Organizations can facilitate adaptation to the new system by making employees open and willing to innovate, by involving them in all phases of change, and by providing appropriate support. Airport employees are the most important stakeholders in the aviation industry, where many complex tasks are carried out together and it is very important to keep up with speed and change. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of airport employees' susceptibility to organizational change on organizational agility. Quantitative data analysis method was used as a research method and survey method was used as data collection tool. With the convenience sampling method, the study was applied to 128 people working at Gaziantep airport. In addition to demographic questions, the scale of susceptibility to organizational change and organizational agility scale were used in the research. SPSS 25.0 program was used in the analysis of the data. As a result of the descriptive analysis, it was determined that both the organizational change susceptibility scores (X̄ =43.89) and agility scores (X̄ =62.61) of the participants were well above the average. It was determined that the data showed normal distribution and parametric tests were performed. While the independent sample t test was used in the comparisons of two groups, one-way analysis of variance (One-way ANOVA) was used in the comparisons of groups of three or more. It was determined that there was no difference in both organizational agility and organizational change perception levels (p>.05) according to the education, age, department, marital status, gender and working period variables of the employees. Relationships between organizational change and organizational agility variable were examined by Pearson Correlation test and a moderate relationship was found (r=.45 p<.01). The effect of organizational change susceptibility on organizational agility was determined by regression analysis (R2=.20 p<.05). As a result, the hypotheses were accepted. Keywords: Change Management, Organizational Behavior, Susceptibility to Organizational Change, Organizational Agility