Structural Differentiation and Ambidexterity: The Mediating Role of Integration Mechanisms

Prior studies have emphasized that structural attributes are crucial to simultaneously pursuing exploration and exploitation, yet our understanding of antecedents of ambidexterity is still limited. Structural differentiation can help ambidextrous organizations to maintain multiple inconsistent and c...

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Published in:	Organization science (Providence, R.I.) Vol. 20; no. 4; pp. 797 - 811
Main Authors:	Jansen, Justin J. P, Tempelaar, Michiel P, van den Bosch, Frans A. J, Volberda, Henk W
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Linthicum INFORMS 01.07.2009 Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences
Subjects:	ambidexterity Analysis Assets Business enterprises Business innovation Business management Competitiveness Coordinate systems Corporate strategies Differentiation dynamic capabilities Exploitation exploration Firm theory Flexibility formal integration mechanisms Functional laterality Handedness Hypotheses informal integration mechanisms Innovations Integration Interfaces Knowledge Knowledge management Left- and right-handedness Literature reviews Management Mediation Organization theory Organizational structure Product innovation Resource management Rewards Seniority Social integration Social interaction Structural analysis structural differentiation Studies Teams Technological change Technological innovation United States
ISSN:	1047-7039, 1526-5455
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