Ambidextrous leadership: a meta-review applying static and dynamic multi-level perspectives

Julia Mueller (), Birgit Renzl () and Matthias Georg Will ()
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Julia Mueller: Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
Birgit Renzl: Universität Stuttgart
Matthias Georg Will: Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg

Review of Managerial Science, 2020, vol. 14, issue 1, No 2, 37-59

Abstract: Abstract The ability to achieve ambidexterity is seen as an important prerequisite for sustaining competitive advantages in organizations. One means to this end is ambidextrous leadership, which, by definition, attempts to achieve an improved corporate outcome on the macro level through leadership behavior on the micro-level. We present here a meta-review of the field of ambidextrous leadership research that indicates that the studies therein lack explicit definition of the levels analyzed within this multi-level concept as well as links between these levels. We first address the development of static and dynamic multi-level models in management and sociological research. Second, we describe the multi-level characteristics of the concept of ambidextrous leadership. Third, we use the static and dynamic multi-level models to analyze how current research reflects different levels of ambidextrous leadership and the links between these levels. Based on our meta-review, we identify new areas for future investigation and we develop an agenda for systematizing leadership research by explicitly considering the micro and macro level of an organization.

Keywords: Ambidextrous leadership; Multi-level concept; Micro-level; Macro level; Meta-review; Microfoundations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D L M12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/s11846-018-0297-9

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