Employer Responses to Poaching on Employee Productivity: The Mediating Role of Organizational Agility in Technology Companies

This study investigates the impact of an organization’s response to poaching on employee productivity while considering mediating role organizational agility, contributing sustainability literature. The aimed explore three responses toward poaching, including constructive (CR), defensive (DR), and retaliatory (RR), productivity. survey-based approach collected data from companies in Pakistani service sector, essential step understanding sustainable human resource practices developing countries. Regression analysis was used analyze data, revealing significant relationships between predictor variables Specifically, Model 1 found a negative relationship CR productivity, whereas DR showed positive association with also considered unique characteristics sector explain observed DR, respectively, 2 improved model fit by introducing agility as variable, demonstrating all four variables. suggests that could be due agile organizations being more adept at responding changing market conditions demands, resulting overall performance. provides valuable insights into agility. It contributes