Disentangling the antecedents of ambidexterity: Exploration and exploitation
| Autor: | Kevin F. Mole, Nicos Nicolaou, James C. Hayton, Oksana Koryak, Andy Lockett |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Knowledge management business.industry Attention based view Strategy and Management 05 social sciences SME Sample (statistics) General Medicine Management Science and Operations Research Focus (linguistics) Ambidexterity Structural distribution Management of Technology and Innovation 0502 economics and business Situated TMT Top management HD28 050211 marketing Sociology business Composition (language) 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | IndraStra Global. |
| ISSN: | 2381-3652 0048-7333 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.respol.2017.12.003 |
| Popis: | We view ambidexterity as a paradox whereby its components, exploration and exploitation, generate persistent and conflicting demands on an organization. Drawing on the attention based view of the firm (ABV), we examine three antecedents of organizational ambidexterity that reflect ABV’s three principles − the principle of focus of attention; the principle of situated attention; and the principle of structural distribution of attention. Specifically, we examine the influence of top management team (TMT) composition, whether or not the firm has a clear written vision, and the extent to which organizational attention is focused on investments in R&D, and continuous improvement. We empirically validate our model on a sample of 422 small and medium-sized enterprises in the UK and find that ambidexterity is supported by a blend of integration and differentiation approaches. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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