A Study on Ambidextrous Orientation in Entrepreneurial Firms: a View of CEO Social Networks

摘要：

There is growing evidence that ambidextrous firms are more successful than firms that are oriented to only exploration or only exploitation. Drawing on the information processing perspective, this study examines whether CEOs social networks, both intra-firm and inter-firm, can simultaneously facilitate an entrepreneurial firms organizational ambidexterity. Furthermore, this study argues that TMT (top management team) cognitive conflict will moderate the information advantage brought by CEOs social networks. Data of 122 entrepreneurial firms provide evidence that CEOs intra-firm network embeddedness and inter-firm network embeddedness have a positive interaction on organizational ambidexterity. Besides, TMT cognitive conflict magnifies the impact of CEOs inter-firm network on ambidexterity.

关键词： Ambidexterity CEO Social Networks TMT Cognitive Conflict

作者: ZHANG Hong-ping

作者单位: School of Management, Shandong University, P.R.China, 250100

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2007 International Conference on Dtrategic Management（2007年战略管理国际会议）

会议地点: 成都

会议语种:英文

页码: 756-762

在线出版日期: 2007-04-19（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）