The individual side of ambidexterity: Do individuals' perceptions match actual behaviors in reconciling the exploration and exploitation trade-off?

By Sara Bonesso, F. Gerli, Anna Chiara Scapolan. 2014

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The paper addresses the issue of the exploration–exploitation dilemma, adopting a micro level of analysis. Unlike the extensive literature on ambidexterity that investigates the organizational solutions that allow firms to pursue the balance between the two kinds of learning orientation, this research draws attention to the as yet barely analyzed individual dimension of ambidexterity. Specifically, in investigating personal ambidexterity we point to the relevance of individuals’ perceptions on what their role requires of them and the actual behaviors they perform.

Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Strategy and Management

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In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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Citations in the corpus

Values and behaviors of effective lean managers: Mixed-methods exploratory research (2017, background): “As explained by Bonesso et al. (2014) the CIT aims to retrieve real stories about specific important moments, in this case: situations ‘starring’ the focal middle manager.”
Individual ambidexterity: the duality of exploration and exploitation and its relationship with innovative performance (2017, background): “Researchers have started to argue that ambidexterity cannot be fully understood by focusing solely at the organizational level because ambidexterity has consequences for teams and individuals within ambidextrous organizations (Birkinshaw & Gupta, 2013; Bledow et al., 2009; Bonesso et al., 2014).”