TY - JOUR
T1 - How Yin-Yang cognition affects organizational ambidexterity
T2 - the mediating role of strategic flexibility
AU - Jiang, Feifei
AU - Wang, Donghan
AU - Wei, Zelong
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - This study examines the underlying mechanisms through which Yin-Yang cognition, an Eastern philosophy of paradoxical cognition, affects firm ambidexterity. Based on strategic cognition theory, this research identifies strategic flexibility as a mediator. Moreover, we also identify three fundamental characteristics of Yin-Yang cognition based on an Eastern philosophy. Using a sample of 206 manufacturing firms in China to test our model, we find that two types of strategic flexibility (resource flexibility and coordination flexibility) are important channels through which Yin-Yang cognition influences organizational ambidexterity. We describe how these findings offer several theoretical and managerial implications.
AB - This study examines the underlying mechanisms through which Yin-Yang cognition, an Eastern philosophy of paradoxical cognition, affects firm ambidexterity. Based on strategic cognition theory, this research identifies strategic flexibility as a mediator. Moreover, we also identify three fundamental characteristics of Yin-Yang cognition based on an Eastern philosophy. Using a sample of 206 manufacturing firms in China to test our model, we find that two types of strategic flexibility (resource flexibility and coordination flexibility) are important channels through which Yin-Yang cognition influences organizational ambidexterity. We describe how these findings offer several theoretical and managerial implications.
KW - Asia
KW - Eastern philosophy
KW - Mediation
KW - Organizational ambidexterity
KW - Paradox
KW - Strategic flexibility
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85102624394
U2 - 10.1007/s10490-021-09759-9
DO - 10.1007/s10490-021-09759-9
M3 - 文章
AN - SCOPUS:85102624394
SN - 0217-4561
VL - 39
SP - 1187
EP - 1214
JO - Asia Pacific Journal of Management
JF - Asia Pacific Journal of Management
IS - 4
ER -