Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Professor, Department of Public Administration, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Department of Public Administration, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran

3 PhD Student in Human Resource Management, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract

Nowadays, many researchers accept the idea that organizational ambidexterity- the ability to exploit existing resources at the same time to explore new information - is key to organizational survival. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of formal and informal coordination mechanisms in individual ambidexterity by empirical examination of 114 firms in the field of electronics. The scope of formal mechanisms was evaluated by individual decision - making authority and duty recognition. A social network analysis was conducted to measure three informal mechanisms, network continuity, heterogeneity, and informal of network relationships. both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were used to confirm the structures. The hypotheses were tested based on the hierarchical regression analysis. the results showed that two main hypotheses could be confirmed. A reverse U - correlation was found between individual professionalism and professionalism. this study is carried out at the individual level and its results are generalizable, review and use at organizational levels

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