Cross-level effects of entrepreneurial orientation and ambidexterity on the resilience of small business owners

Nicole Gottschalck, Katrice Branner, Lisa Rolan and Franz Kellermanns

Journal of Small Business Management, 2024, vol. 62, issue 1, 103-139

Abstract: This study explores the effect of a firm’s entrepreneurial orientation on the individual resilience of small business owners and how this relationship is moderated by firm-level ambidexterity. We build on social cognitive theory to discuss whether and how the three dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation that is, innovativeness, proactivity, and risk-taking) interact with the two components of ambidexterity (that is, exploration and exploitation) to jointly influence the resilience of small business owners. Our findings indicate that a risk-taking orientation is positively related to resilience and that an innovativeness orientation causes resilience to suffer when an exploitative approach is pursued. For firms with a proactivity orientation, however, exploitation has a positive moderating effect. Our study adds to the literature by linking firm-level determinants and individual-level outcomes in the special context of small businesses.Video AbstractRead the transcriptWatch the video on Vimeo© 2021 International Council for Small Business

Date: 2024
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