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Individual‐Level Ambidexterity and Entrepreneurial Entry

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  • Sepideh Yeganegi
  • Andre O. Laplume
  • Parshotam Dass
  • Nathan S. Greidanus

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This study examines the organizational drivers of entrepreneurial entry through the lens of individual‐level ambidexterity. We theorize that employees that both explore and exploit new activities within organizations are more likely to become entrepreneurs outside the organization. Multilevel analysis results from a large sample of Global Entrepreneurship Monitor survey data support this hypothesis. This study contributes to the entrepreneurship literature by highlighting the role of individuals' prior ambidexterity experiences in organizations as foundational building blocks of entrepreneurial entry. The study links entrepreneurship and ambidexterity theories with evidence that an individual's ambidexterity and entrepreneurial activities are related.

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  • Sepideh Yeganegi & Andre O. Laplume & Parshotam Dass & Nathan S. Greidanus, 2019. "Individual‐Level Ambidexterity and Entrepreneurial Entry," Journal of Small Business Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 57(4), pages 1444-1463, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ujbmxx:v:57:y:2019:i:4:p:1444-1463
    DOI: 10.1111/jsbm.12405
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