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Review of Managerial Science
Erschienen in: Review of Managerial Science 1/2020

10.08.2018 | Review Paper

Ambidextrous leadership: a meta-review applying static and dynamic multi-level perspectives

verfasst von: Julia Mueller, Birgit Renzl, Matthias Georg Will

Erschienen in: Review of Managerial Science | Ausgabe 1/2020

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Abstract

The ability to achieve ambidexterity is seen as an important prerequisite for sustaining competitive advantages in organizations. One means to this end is ambidextrous leadership, which, by definition, attempts to achieve an improved corporate outcome on the macro level through leadership behavior on the micro-level. We present here a meta-review of the field of ambidextrous leadership research that indicates that the studies therein lack explicit definition of the levels analyzed within this multi-level concept as well as links between these levels. We first address the development of static and dynamic multi-level models in management and sociological research. Second, we describe the multi-level characteristics of the concept of ambidextrous leadership. Third, we use the static and dynamic multi-level models to analyze how current research reflects different levels of ambidextrous leadership and the links between these levels. Based on our meta-review, we identify new areas for future investigation and we develop an agenda for systematizing leadership research by explicitly considering the micro and macro level of an organization.
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Metadaten
Titel
Ambidextrous leadership: a meta-review applying static and dynamic multi-level perspectives
verfasst von
Julia Mueller
Birgit Renzl
Matthias Georg Will
Publikationsdatum
10.08.2018
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Review of Managerial Science / Ausgabe 1/2020
Print ISSN: 1863-6683
Elektronische ISSN: 1863-6691
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-018-0297-9

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