The Path and Boundary of Simultaneous Ambidextrous Leadership's Influence on Radical Innovation

Abstract

Abstract: Based on ambidextrous leadership in time and space, this study discusses how and why ambidextrous leadership in the context of spatial separation influences radical innovation. Study 1 empirically tests the boundary of simultaneous ambidextrous leadership's influence on radical innovation by using two-time data of 487 employees in the manufacturing industry. Study 2 reveals the path of simultaneous ambidextrous leadership's influence on radical innovation through case interviews of S.&T. enterprises. Study 3 uses data of 135 employees in S.&T. enterprises to compare the configuration paths of the impact of many important factors on radical innovation by QCA method. The results show that simultaneous ambidextrous leadership has a significant positive impact on radical innovation, and external interaction mediates the moderating role of fault-tolerant ability between the two; simultaneous ambidextrous leadership influences radical innovation through decision-making participation and knowledge sharing at the knowledge level, and efficiency and expected contribution at psychological level. Motivation-oriented path of participation-innovation, with decision-making participation, efficacy and expected contribution as the core elements, is the optimal path for simultaneous ambidextrous leadership to influence radical innovation. This paper not only provides a space-time separation perspective for future researches on ambidextrous leadership, but also reveals the best conditions for radical innovation from the perspective of boundaries and paths.

Key words: simultaneous ambidextrous leadership, space-time separation, fault-tolerant ability, external interaction, radical innovation

Li Shuwen, Luo Jinlian, Hua Changhua, Tang Huijie, Guo Limin. The Path and Boundary of Simultaneous Ambidextrous Leadership's Influence on Radical Innovation[J]. Management Review, 2022, 34(6): 103-114.

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