The curvilinear relationships between top decision maker goal orientations and firm ambidexterity: Moderating effect of role experience
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Resumo: | Ambidextrous firms are those that can simultaneously manage exploitative and explorative innovation, which is why ambidexterity is key for firms that desire to pursue strategic entrepreneurship. Researchers have explored many of the reasons why some firms are more ambidextrous than others. However, little attention has been devoted to understanding how attributes of top decision makers can influence their firms' ambidexterity. By drawing on upper echelons theory and goal orientations research, we explain how firms' ambidexterity can be affected by top decision makers' motivations in achievement situations (i.e., goal orientations). Testing our hypotheses on a sample of 274 top decision makers of firms in the United States, we find that top decision makers' learning goal orientation – their desire to take risks and maximize learning–has an inverted U-shaped relationship with ambidexterity while top decision makers' performance prove goal orientation – their desire to demonstrate competence with existing skills – has a U-shaped relationship with ambidexterity. These effects are weaker for top decision makers who have greater role experience. |
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The curvilinear relationships between top decision maker goal orientations and firm ambidexterity: Moderating effect of role experienceAmbidexterityGoal orientationsMicrofoundationsRole experienceStrategic entrepreneurshipUpper echelons theoryAmbidextrous firms are those that can simultaneously manage exploitative and explorative innovation, which is why ambidexterity is key for firms that desire to pursue strategic entrepreneurship. Researchers have explored many of the reasons why some firms are more ambidextrous than others. However, little attention has been devoted to understanding how attributes of top decision makers can influence their firms' ambidexterity. By drawing on upper echelons theory and goal orientations research, we explain how firms' ambidexterity can be affected by top decision makers' motivations in achievement situations (i.e., goal orientations). Testing our hypotheses on a sample of 274 top decision makers of firms in the United States, we find that top decision makers' learning goal orientation – their desire to take risks and maximize learning–has an inverted U-shaped relationship with ambidexterity while top decision makers' performance prove goal orientation – their desire to demonstrate competence with existing skills – has a U-shaped relationship with ambidexterity. These effects are weaker for top decision makers who have greater role experience.Frontiers Media S.A.2021-12-15T11:27:21Z2021-01-01T00:00:00Z20212021-12-15T11:26:35Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10071/23743eng1664-107810.3389/fpsyg.2021.621688Pryor, C.Santos, S. C.Xie, J.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-09T17:57:44Zoai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/23743Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:29:51.686188Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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The curvilinear relationships between top decision maker goal orientations and firm ambidexterity: Moderating effect of role experience |
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The curvilinear relationships between top decision maker goal orientations and firm ambidexterity: Moderating effect of role experience |
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The curvilinear relationships between top decision maker goal orientations and firm ambidexterity: Moderating effect of role experience Pryor, C. Ambidexterity Goal orientations Microfoundations Role experience Strategic entrepreneurship Upper echelons theory |
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The curvilinear relationships between top decision maker goal orientations and firm ambidexterity: Moderating effect of role experience |
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The curvilinear relationships between top decision maker goal orientations and firm ambidexterity: Moderating effect of role experience |
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The curvilinear relationships between top decision maker goal orientations and firm ambidexterity: Moderating effect of role experience |
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The curvilinear relationships between top decision maker goal orientations and firm ambidexterity: Moderating effect of role experience |
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The curvilinear relationships between top decision maker goal orientations and firm ambidexterity: Moderating effect of role experience |
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Pryor, C. |
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Pryor, C. Santos, S. C. Xie, J. |
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Santos, S. C. Xie, J. |
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Pryor, C. Santos, S. C. Xie, J. |
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Ambidexterity Goal orientations Microfoundations Role experience Strategic entrepreneurship Upper echelons theory |
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Ambidexterity Goal orientations Microfoundations Role experience Strategic entrepreneurship Upper echelons theory |
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Ambidextrous firms are those that can simultaneously manage exploitative and explorative innovation, which is why ambidexterity is key for firms that desire to pursue strategic entrepreneurship. Researchers have explored many of the reasons why some firms are more ambidextrous than others. However, little attention has been devoted to understanding how attributes of top decision makers can influence their firms' ambidexterity. By drawing on upper echelons theory and goal orientations research, we explain how firms' ambidexterity can be affected by top decision makers' motivations in achievement situations (i.e., goal orientations). Testing our hypotheses on a sample of 274 top decision makers of firms in the United States, we find that top decision makers' learning goal orientation – their desire to take risks and maximize learning–has an inverted U-shaped relationship with ambidexterity while top decision makers' performance prove goal orientation – their desire to demonstrate competence with existing skills – has a U-shaped relationship with ambidexterity. These effects are weaker for top decision makers who have greater role experience. |
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