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The Development of Individual Ambidexterity Across Institutional Environments: Symmetric and Configurational Analyses

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  • Jing A. Zhang

    (University of Otago)

  • Tao Bai

    (The University of Queensland)

  • Ryan W. Tang

    (UniSA Business, University of South Australia)

  • Fiona Edgar

    (University of Otago)

  • Steven Grover

    (Macquarie University)

  • Guoquan Chen

    (Tsinghua University)

Abstract

Buoyed by recent calls for research to explore micro-level cognitive explanations for ambidexterity, this study examines how individuals’ self-efficacy and resilience affect individual ambidexterity across different institutional environments. Building on social cognitive theory, we posit that self-efficacy enhances ambidexterity via resilience and that such relationship varies across economic institutional environments. Our symmetric (PLS-SEM) and configurational (fsQCA) analyses of 1907 knowledge workers in China, New Zealand and Australia provide supportive and complementary evidence for these theoretical arguments. Specifically, PLS-SEM reveals that the mediating effects of resilience on the relationship between self-efficacy and individual ambidexterity are stronger in an environment where economic institutions are weak. fsQCA complements PLS-SEM by showing that individual ambidexterity can be explained by multiple configurations of psychological self-efficacy, resilience, characteristics related to institutions, and personal demographic factors. Taken together, these findings contribute to the international business literature by providing a nuanced understanding of how different psychological resources integrate and interact with institutional factors to enhance individual ambidexterity.

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  • Jing A. Zhang & Tao Bai & Ryan W. Tang & Fiona Edgar & Steven Grover & Guoquan Chen, 2022. "The Development of Individual Ambidexterity Across Institutional Environments: Symmetric and Configurational Analyses," Management International Review, Springer, vol. 62(4), pages 517-540, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:manint:v:62:y:2022:i:4:d:10.1007_s11575-022-00477-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s11575-022-00477-y
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