The effect of the high performance work system onorganizational agility: a research in ground handlingcompanies operating in the civil aviation industry

The goal of this study is to examine the effect of the High Performance Work Systems on Organizational Agility in a holistic model. In this study, the Entrepreneurial Organization Climate Variable foreseen that the High Performance Work System could play an mediator role in relation to Organizational Agility and the effects of this variable were also investigated. The implementation part of this study was carried out in the Ground Handling Companies that operating in the Civil Aviation Sector and having a working license by the General Directorate of Civil Aviation. This framework is based on the thoughts and perceptions of the managers in the business. In the survey, all managers of the related enterprises were tried to be reached by a full census; the responses received from the 171 executives involved in these enterprises were included in the survey. According to research findings; it has been found that there is a positive relationship between High Performance Work Systems and Organizational Agility and that the Entrepreneurial Organization Climate also takes part in this partial mediation role. There is a theoretical and practical contribution of this study in the literature. The theoretical contribution of the study is to examine the effect of the High Performance Work Systems on Organizational Agility for the first time and to analyze the Entrepreneurial Organization Climate in a holistic model. The contribution of this study in practice, High Performance Work Systems on Organizational Agility effect of Ground Handling Companies are operating in Turkey have been researched for the first time in the business.