The Antecedents, Consequences, and Mediating Role of Organizational Ambidexterity.

Gibson, C. B., & Birkinshaw, J. (2004). The Antecedents, Consequences, and Mediating Role of Organizational Ambidexterity. Academy of Management Journal, 47(2), 209-226.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

2004

Volume

47

Issue

2

Pages

209-226

DOI

10.5465/20159573

DOI registrant

Academy of Management

Link

https://doi.org/10.5465/20159573

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biology_ecology, futurism_foresight, organizational_management, systems_cybernetics

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8 citations across 8 artifacts.

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Primes

• Absorptive Capacity

  • This sourceIntroduces contextual ambidexterity (alignment plus adaptability at the business-unit level), supported by stretch, discipline, support, and trust.

• Adaptation
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• Adaptive Capacity
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• Ambidexterity (Exploit vs. Explore)
  • The cultural and incentive alignment that rewards both near-term operational performance (exploitation) and long-term innovation and capability development (exploration)

    This sourceIntroduces contextual ambidexterity — a business-unit context of stretch, discipline, support, and trust that lets individuals divide attention between exploitation and exploration — the cultural/contextual (rather than purely structural) mechanism, including incentives that protect well-structured failure.

• Diversity
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• System Slack
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• Three Horizons Analysis
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• Variation Strategies
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