The role of formalization and organizational trust as antecedents of ambidexterity: An investigation on the organic agro-food industry

This article investigates the influence of specific key organizational factors (i.e., enabling formalization, coercive formalization, and trust) as antecedents of ambidexterity. Moreover, we propose a new way of operationalizing ambidexterity, under a holistic vision, including the synergies between...

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Autores: Chams-Anturi, Odette, Moreno-Luzón, María D., ROMANO, Pietro
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:Colombia
Recursos:Corporación Universidad de la Costa
Repositorio:Repositorio REDICUC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.cuc.edu.co:11323/7999
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/11323/7999
https://doi.org/10.1177/2340944420966331
https://repositorio.cuc.edu.co/
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Ambidexterity
Formalization
Organizational trust
Organic agro-food industry
Descrição
Resumo:This article investigates the influence of specific key organizational factors (i.e., enabling formalization, coercive formalization, and trust) as antecedents of ambidexterity. Moreover, we propose a new way of operationalizing ambidexterity, under a holistic vision, including the synergies between exploration and exploitation. The study has been developed in the Spanish organic agro-food industry; a total of 239 usable responses were received from two respondents from each company—the general manager and the quality manager. The findings show that enabling formalization and organizational trust are positively related to ambidexterity, but contrary to our predictions, we found no evidence to show that coercive formalization is related to ambidexterity. In turn, we found different results for trust as a moderating factor on the types of formalization and ambidexterity.