Purpose

As a response to the increased frequency of disruptive events and intense competition, organizational agility has become a key concept in organizational research. Fostering organizational agility requires leveraging knowledge that exists both outside (exploration) and inside (exploitation) the organization. This research tests the so-called ambidexterity hypothesis, which claims that a balance between exploration and exploitation leads to increased organizational outcomes, including the development of organizational agility. Complementing previously established measurement models on ambidexterity, this research proposes an alternative measurement model to analyze how ambidexterity can enhance organizational agility and, indirectly, performance, taking into consideration the moderating effect of environmental competitiveness.

Design/methodology/approach

A review of existing measurement models for ambidexterity shows that tension, a crucial aspect of ambidexterity, is often neglected. The authors, therefore, develop a new measurement model of ambidexterity to incorporate ambidexterity-induced tension. Using this measurement model, they examine the effect of ambidexterity on the development of entrepreneurial and adaptive agility as well as performance.

Findings

Ambidexterity positively influences both entrepreneurial and adaptive agility, indicating that a balance between exploration and exploitation has superior organizational effects. This finding confirms the ambidexterity hypothesis with respect to organizational agility. Furthermore, both entrepreneurial and adaptive agility drive organizational performance. These two indirect effects via agility fully mediate the impact of ambidexterity on organizational performance. Finally, environmental competitiveness positively moderates the relationship between ambidexterity and adaptive agility.

Originality/value

The findings extend research on ambidexterity by showing its positive effects on organizational agility. Furthermore, the study proposes an alternative operationalization to capture the ambidexterity construct that may lay the groundwork for further applications of the ambidexterity concept.

中文翻译：

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利用组织知识发展敏捷性并提高绩效：双元性的作用

目的

作为对日益频繁的破坏性事件和激烈竞争的回应，组织敏捷性已成为组织研究中的一个关键概念。培养组织敏捷性需要利用组织外部（探索）和内部（利用）存在的知识。这项研究测试了所谓的双元假说，该假说声称探索和利用之间的平衡会导致组织成果的增加，包括组织敏捷性的发展。作为对先前建立的双元性测量模型的补充，本研究提出了一种替代测量模型，以分析双元性如何提高组织敏捷性，并间接提高绩效，同时考虑到环境竞争力的调节作用。

设计/方法论/途径

对现有双灵巧测量模型的回顾表明，作为双灵巧的一个重要方面的紧张常常被忽视。因此，作者开发了一种新的双手灵巧测量模型，将双手灵巧引起的紧张纳入其中。使用这种测量模型，他们研究了双元性对创业和适应性敏捷性以及绩效发展的影响。

发现

双元性对创业和适应敏捷性产生积极影响，表明探索和利用之间的平衡具有卓越的组织效应。这一发现证实了关于组织敏捷性的双元假说。此外，创业精神和适应性敏捷性都可以推动组织绩效。这两种通过敏捷性产生的间接影响充分调节了双元性对组织绩效的影响。最后，环境竞争力正向调节双元灵巧性和适应敏捷性之间的关系。

原创性/价值

研究结果显示了双元性对组织敏捷性的积极影响，从而扩展了双元性的研究。此外，该研究提出了另一种操作方法来捕捉双元性结构，这可能为双元性概念的进一步应用奠定基础。