Individual‐level ambidexterity and entrepreneurial entry
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-23-2018
Department
College of Business
Abstract
This study examines the organizational drivers of entrepreneurial entry through the lens of individual‐level ambidexterity. We theorize that employees that both explore and exploit new activities within organizations are more likely to become entrepreneurs outside the organization. Multilevel analysis results from a large sample of Global Entrepreneurship Monitor survey data support this hypothesis. This study contributes to the entrepreneurship literature by highlighting the role of individuals' prior ambidexterity experiences in organizations as foundational building blocks of entrepreneurial entry. The study links entrepreneurship and ambidexterity theories with evidence that an individual's ambidexterity and entrepreneurial activities are related.
Publication Title
Journal of Small Business Management
Recommended Citation
Yeganegi, S.,
Laplume, A.,
Dass, P.,
&
Greidanus, N.
(2018).
Individual‐level ambidexterity and entrepreneurial entry.
Journal of Small Business Management,
57(4), 1444-1463.
http://doi.org/10.1111/jsbm.12405
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