TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Role of Organisational Structure in the  Effect of Holacracy Adoption Level on Resistance to Change and Innovative Behaviour Tendency in Türkiye Higher Education System
TT  - Türkiye Yükseköğretim Sisteminde Holakrasiyi Benimseme Düzeyinin  Değişime Direnç ve İnovatif Davranış Eğilimi Üzerindeki Etkisinde Örgütsel Yapının Rolü
AU  - Şener, Emine
AU  - Turpçu, Merve
AU  - Maruf, Muhammed
PY  - 2025
DA  - December
Y2  - 2025
DO  - 10.53478/yuksekogretim.1547778
JF  - Yükseköğretim Dergisi
JO  - TÜBA-HER
PB  - Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2146-796X
SP  - 573
EP  - 585
VL  - 15
IS  - 3
LA  - en
AB  - This study aims to analyse the role of organizational structure in the effect of the level of adoption of holacracy on resistance to change and innovative behaviour tendency of academic staff in universities in Türkiye.  The population of the study consists of academic staff working in universities in Türkiye. The data collection process was completed with volunteer academic staff without sample selection. In this direction, after obtaining the ethics committee’s permission for the research, the online questionnaire form was sent to the academic staff via e-mail, and 506 academic staff were reached. Structural equation modelling and mediation effect analysis were performed. According to the findings, it was concluded that organizational structure has a significant mediating effect on the effect of holacracy adoption level on innovative behaviour. Accordingly, as universities develop processes and practices to increase the perceptions of academic staff towards the organisational structure, they will also increase the effect of the level of adoption of holacracy on innovative behaviour. In addition, it was determined that the organisational structure did not have a mediating role in the effect of the level of adoption of holacracy on resistance to change.
KW  - Level of Adoption of Holacracy
KW  - Resistance to Change
KW  - Innovative Work Behaviour
KW  - Organisational Structure
KW  - Higher Education System
N2  - Bu çalışmanın amacı, Türkiye’deki üniversitelerde çalışan akademik personelin holakrasiyi benimseme düzeyinin değişime direnç ve yenilikçi davranış eğilimi üzerindeki etkisinde örgütsel yapının rolünü analiz etmektir. Çalışmanın evrenini Türkiye’deki üniversitelerde çalışan akademik personel oluşturmaktadır. Veri toplama süreci, örneklem seçimi yapılmadan gönüllü akademik personel ile tamamlanmıştır. Bu doğrultuda, araştırma için etik kurul izni alındıktan sonra çevrimiçi anket formu akademik personele e-posta yoluyla gönderilmiş ve 506 akademik personele ulaşılmıştır. Çalışmada yapısal eşitlik modellemesi ve aracılık etki analizi yapılmıştır. Bulgulara göre, örgütsel yapının holakrasiyi benimseme düzeyinin yenilikçi davranış üzerindeki etkisinde anlamlı bir aracılık etkisine sahip olduğu sonucuna varılmıştır. Buna göre, üniversiteler akademik personelin örgütsel yapıya yönelik algılarını artırmaya yönelik süreç ve uygulamalar geliştirdikçe, holakrasiyi benimseme düzeyinin yenilikçi davranış üzerindeki etkisini de artıracaklardır. Ayrıca, örgütsel yapının holakrasiyi benimseme düzeyinin değişime direnç üzerindeki etkisinde aracılık rolü olmadığı belirlenmiştir.
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