An investigation of the relationship between organization culture and organizational agility with Structural Equality Model: Kirşehi̇r provincial sample

In this study, the effect of employees' organizational culture perceptions on organizational agility is examined. A limited number of studies on Organizational Agility were found in the literature review. First of all, a conceptual framework is presented about organizational culture and organizational agility. Then, the findings and results obtained from the survey conducted within the scope of the research are presented. In this study, a questionnaire was applied on private sector organizations in Kırşehir, which has 100-250 employees. Quantitative data analysis was applied in the study. In addition to demographic questions, the questionnaire, 5-Likert scale used, is consisted of organizational culture scale containing 5-dimensional expressions such as "teamwork-conflict", "climate-morale", "information flow and involvement", "supervision" and "meetings" and organizational agility scale including three-dimensional expressions such as "sensing agility", "decision-making agility" and "acting agility". For organizational culture; the scale developed by Glaser (1983) and adapted by Glaser et al. (1987) was used. Again, for organizational agility, the scale developed by Jaworski and Kohli (1993) and adapted by Wageeh (2016) was used. Structural equation modeling was preferred as a model. The data were transferred to SPSS Statistics 23 and IBM SPSS Amos 22. For the scales, exploratory factor analysis was applied first (IBM SPSS Statistics 23). According to the exploratory factor analysis, the structure of the dimensions was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis (IBM SPSS Amos 22) and reliability analysis was applied. As a result of the research findings; when employees' perceptions about organizational culture increased positively, it was determined that the level of organizational agility increased in the workplace. Keywords: Organization, Organizational Agility, Organizational Culture.