Simultaneous pursuit of innovation and efficiency in complex engineering projects-a study of the antecedents and impacts of ambidexterity in project teams

Project Management Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 97-110

  Liu, Li ^a   Leitner, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

ambidexterity; contextual ambidexterity; exploitation; exploration; innovation; structural separation; temporal separation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871438706     PISSN: 87569728     EISSN: 19389507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pmj.21301     Document Type: Article

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