Ambidexterity and performance in multiunit contexts: Cross-level moderating effects of structural and resource attributes

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Jansen, Justin J. P.; Simsek, Zeki; Cao, Qing
• 署名单位: Erasmus University Rotterdam; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Excl Erasmus MC; University of Connecticut
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• DOI: 10.1002/smj.1977
• 发表日期: 2012
• 页码: 1286-1303
• 关键词: ambidexterity; unit performance; CROSS-LEVEL; structural attributes; resource attributes

摘要

Research suggests that unit-level ambidexterity positively impacts subsequent unit performance but theory and testing on this impact remain impoverished. We develop a cross-level model suggesting that structural and resource attributes of the organizational context significantly shape the relationship between unit ambidexterity and performance. Using multisource and lagged data from 285 organizational units located within 88 autonomous branches, results from hierarchical linear modeling show that this relationship is boosted when the organization is decentralized, more resource munificent, or less resource interdependent. We also find that structural differentiation of the organization does not condition the unit ambidexterity-performance relationship. Through this cross-level theory and testing, we develop a richer explanation of the effectiveness of ambidextrous units operating in multiunit contexts. Copyright (C) 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.