Ambidextrous Leadership in the Innovation Process

Kathrin Rosing (), Nina Rosenbusch and Michael Frese
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Kathrin Rosing: University of Giessen
Nina Rosenbusch: University of Giessen

A chapter in Innovation and International Corporate Growth, 2010, pp 191-204 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Innovation research is full of paradoxes. Bledow, Frese, Anderson, Erez, and Farr (2009) summarize several kinds of conflicting demands inherent to the innovation process and demonstrate the commonness of tensions within this process. The main paradoxes of innovation are probably achieving a balance of new and old activities, of structured and chaotic activities, and of uncertain and reliable activities. All these activities map onto ambidexterity – the ability to achieve a balance of exploration and exploitation. In this chapter, we will argue that ambidexterity is required within the innovation process, not only on the organizational level but also for each individual person involved in an innovation process. Leaders in the context of innovation need to be able to support subordinates in their attempts to act ambidextrously – by ambidextrous leadership.

Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-10823-5_12

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