The Role of Organizational Agility in Project Performance: Effective Work Teams as a Mediating Variable an Analytical Study of the Opinions of a Sample of Individuals Working on Several Real Estate Development Projects in Sulaymaniyah Governorate.

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine “The Role of Organizational Agility in Project Performance: Effective Work Teams as a Mediating Variable in a Number of Real Estate Development Projects in Sulaymaniyah Governorate.” The study is based on several research questions derived from the main question: Does organizational agility play a role in project performance through the mediating role of effective work teams?

The study employed a descriptive-analytical methodology and a philosophical perspective encompassing the independent variable, organizational agility, with its dimensions: sensing agility, decision-making agility, and operational agility. Project performance was treated as the dependent variable, represented by the dimensions: time performance, cost performance, quality performance, customer satisfaction, innovation performance, and responsiveness performance. Effective work teams were examined as a mediating variable, comprising: communication effectiveness, cohesion, participation, collaboration, and goal achievement. A conceptual model was developed to illustrate the relationships and effects among the study variables. The hypotheses were empirically tested on a sample of 176 individuals, including project managers, supervisors, department heads, administrative managers, and engineers working across 14 projects in Sulaymaniyah Governorate. The primary data collection tool was a questionnaire, and the statistical analyses were conducted using SPSS (V.28) and AMOS (V.28). The study’s key findings indicate a significant positive correlation among the research variables and their dimensions. Furthermore, the study confirmed a positive mediating role of effective work teams in enhancing the effect of organizational agility on project performance.Based on these findings, the study offers several recommendations, the most important of which is to promote the adoption of practices that support organizational agility and effective work teams, thereby contributing to achieving superior project performance within an organizational environment characterized by rapid changes and continuous development.