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Ambidexterity as historically embedded process : evidence from NASA, 1958-2016

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Heracleous, Loizos Th., Yniguez, Carlos and Gonzalez, Steven A. (2019) Ambidexterity as historically embedded process : evidence from NASA, 1958-2016. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 55 (2). pp. 161-189. doi:10.1177/0021886318812122

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Abstract

Even though the growing ambidexterity literature has delivered useful insights, this theme has been researched largely in static and a-contextual terms, without adequate attention to how an organization’s history and context can shape its present. In this paper we employ NASA as an in-depth case study to trace how its historical trajectory has shaped its current propensity to be ambidextrous. Our study reveals organizational ambidexterity as a path-dependent, contingent process rather than something necessarily achievable via the more generic prescriptions of structural, temporal or contextual ambidexterity models.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Strategy & International Business
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Organizational resilience, Organizational change, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Case studies
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Applied Behavioral Science
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
ISSN: 0021-8863
Official Date: 1 June 2019
Dates:
DateEvent
1 June 2019Published
18 November 2018Available
4 October 2018Accepted
Volume: 55
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 161-189
DOI: 10.1177/0021886318812122
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Publisher Statement: Heracleous, L., Yniguez, C., & Gonzalez, S. A. (2018). Ambidexterity as Historically Embedded Process: Evidence From NASA, 1958 to 2016. The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021886318812122. © The Author(s) 2018. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.
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