Works
- Structural differentiation and ambidexterity: the mediating role of integration mechanisms, Organization Science 20(4), 797 to 811, 2009
- Ambidexterity and performance in multiunit contexts: cross-level moderating effects of structural and resource attributes, Strategic Management Journal 33(11), 1286 to 1303, 2012
- Structural and contextual approaches to ambidexterity: a meta-analysis of organizational and environmental contingencies, European Management Journal 37(5), 564 to 576, 2019
In Organizational Structures
Known for
Senior teams and ambidexterity
Ideas
Integration of differentiated units. Structural differentiation leads to ambidexterity through senior team social integration and cross-functional interfaces. Caveat: Surveys of executive directors of private firms in 2005 (452 respondents) and 2006 (230); Jansen, Simsek, and Cao (2012) found differentiation did not condition unit-level performance effects.