Abstract:

The concepts and practices of today’s business world and related developing academic studies are undergoing a significant process of change. In this process of change, getting knowledge, producing and using has become inevitable for organizations, and as a result, human resources have become the most important factor providing competitive advantage. Parallelly, the concept of flexibility has been highlighted by the ability of organizations to adjust and respond to the process of rapid change and transformation. In the light of this information, this research was prepared to reveal the impact of innovative human resource management practices in the Defense Industry on organizational flexibility. The research was conducted in 10 large-scale enterprises operating in the Turkish Defence Industry, 498 white-caped employees and managers. The reliability and validity of the surveys used for measurement has been analyzed, the regression analysis has been applied to test the claim hypothesis. According to the research findings; in our country’s defense industry, innovative human resource management practices have a significant impact on organizational flexibility. It is believed that the research is an important step forward for both administrative and subsequent academic studies and will give a different perspective to the sector.

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