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Organizational Ambidexterity: welcome to Paradox City

Simon M. Smith (Winchester Business School, University of Winchester, Winchester, UK)

Human Resource Management International Digest

ISSN: 0967-0734

Article publication date: 9 January 2017

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Abstract

Purpose

The paper aims to introduce the concept of organizational ambidexterity and offers some implications for practitioners of human resources (HR).

Design/methodology/approach

This paper is a developed viewpoint constructed using other literature on organizational ambidexterity.

Findings

This paper offers a unique perspective to HR practitioners which embraces a paradoxical stance that combines exploitative and explorative dimensions.

Originality/value

Organizational ambidexterity is growing and developing within the literature. This paper seeks to offer access to this complex perspective to provoke thought and potential action.

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Citation

Smith, S.M. (2017), "Organizational Ambidexterity: welcome to Paradox City", Human Resource Management International Digest, Vol. 25 No. 1, pp. 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1108/HRMID-06-2016-0087

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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