How Yin-Yang cognition affects organizational ambidexterity: the mediating role of strategic flexibility

Feifei Jiang (), Donghan Wang () and Zelong Wei ()
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Feifei Jiang: Xi’an Jiaotong University
Donghan Wang: Communication University of China
Zelong Wei: Xi’an Jiaotong University

Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 2022, vol. 39, issue 4, No 2, 1187-1214

Abstract: Abstract 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.

Keywords: Asia; Paradox; Strategic flexibility; Organizational ambidexterity; Mediation; Eastern philosophy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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