Organizational Culture Ambidexterity and Performance: The Critical Role of Organizational Ambidexterity

Ambidexterity concept refers to the ability of organizations to address two incompatible objectives. In environmental uncertainty, organizational ambidexterity typically has a positive effect on performance and leads to sustainable competitive advantage, long-term success and survival. Nevertheless, it is possible only when the culture enables organizational members to exploit current competence (exploitation) and explore new opportunities and abilities (exploration).The purpose of this study is to assess the effects of organizational culture ambidexterity and organizational ambidexterity on performance. In order to evaluate the research hypotheses, companies operating in the food industry were selected as population and questionnaires from managers of 62 companies is collected and analyzed. The proposed model is analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling techniques with the help of Warp PLS program. Results support the relationship between organizational culture ambidexterity and organizational ambidexterity, as well as their relationship with performance. Also according to the results, organizational ambidexterity has a mediator role in the relationship between organizational culture ambidexterity and performance.