Building Multiunit Ambidextrous Organizations-A Transformative Framework

Human Resource Management

Volumn 54, Issue , 2015, Pages s155-s177

  Chebbi, Hela ^a   Yahiaoui, Dorra ^b   Vrontis, Demetris ^c   Thrassou, Alkis ^c  

^a Paris School of Business   (France)

^b KEDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Ambidexterity; Context; Division; Evolution; Human resource management; Multiunit; Structure; Telecommunications

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952715884     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.21662     Document Type: Article

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