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2017 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

Ambidextrous Leadership as a Multidimensional Construct

Authors : Khaoula Ben Zarb, Catherine Sarlandie De La Robertie, Samia Karoui Zouaoui

Published in: Country Experiences in Economic Development, Management and Entrepreneurship

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Exploration and exploitation have been considered as two distinct activities leading to two different strategies. The ability to pursue, simultaneously, exploitation and exploration appears to be the best way to promote innovation and enhance the company’s performance. This reasoning led to the ambidexterity construct and to the ambidextrous leadership. The aim of this theoretical paper, by opposition to previous researches which claim that ambidextrous leadership is a composite of flexible leadership style, is to reveal that ambidextrous leadership is a composite of three leadership styles: flexible leadership, situational leadership and versatile leadership.

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Metadata
Title
Ambidextrous Leadership as a Multidimensional Construct
Authors
Khaoula Ben Zarb
Catherine Sarlandie De La Robertie
Samia Karoui Zouaoui
Copyright Year
2017
Book
Country Experiences in Economic Development, Management and Entrepreneurship

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-46318-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-46319-3

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46319-3_52