Ambidexterity and performance in multiunit contexts: Cross-level moderating effects of structural and resource attributes

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1286-1303

  Jansen, Justin J P ^a   Simsek, Zeki ^b   Cao, Qing ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

ambidexterity; cross level; resource attributes; structural attributes; unit performance

Indexed keywords

AMBIDEXTERITY; CROSS-LEVEL; RESOURCE ATTRIBUTES; STRUCTURAL ATTRIBUTES; UNIT PERFORMANCE;

PLANNING;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84866249040     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.1977     Document Type: Article

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