Soft quality management practices and product innovation ambidexterity: the mediating role of market orientation ambidexterity

Younès El Manzani (), Mostapha El Idrissi and Zakaria Lissaneddine
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Younès El Manzani: Université Paris-Saclay, UVSQ - Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, LAREQUOI - Laboratoire de recherche en Management - UVSQ - Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Mostapha El Idrissi: UCA - Université Cadi Ayyad [Marrakech]
Zakaria Lissaneddine: National School of Business and Management (ENCG de Meknès) - ENCG de Meknès

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Abstract: Purpose-This study empirically analyses the direct impacts of Soft Quality Management Practices (SQMP) and Market Orientation Ambidexterity (MOA) on Product Innovation Ambidexterity (PIA). It also examines the mediating role of MOA on the relationship between SQMP and PIA. Design/methodology/approach-Following a quantitative research methodology, a wellstructured questionnaire is used to collect data from 130 Moroccan certified ISO 9001 firms. The conceptual framework of the study was tested using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Findings-The results show that SQMP have no significant association with PIA while they positively and significantly impact MOA. The study also revealed that MOA has a positive and significant impact on PIA and fully mediates the relationship between SQMP and PIA. Research limitations/implications-Due to the conceptualization of MOA and PIA as combined ambidexterity, the results of the study might be different in the case of balanced ambidexterity. Practical implications-To achieve PIA, managers need to be aware that implementing SQMP, while important, is not enough. They must invest sufficient resources to properly implement these practices to support MOA. Consequently, MOA will lead their organization to PIA by establishing the significant impact of SQMP on PIA. Originality/value-Regardless of the abundant literature on the relationship between QM practices and innovation, this study is among the first to examine the impact of SQMP on PIA. Using MOA as a mediator can give a meaningful answer to the indecisive empirical results of the impact of QM on innovation. Furthermore, this research contributes to the scarce literature on relevant studies conducted in developing countries.

Keywords: Soft quality management practices ISO 9001 organizational ambidexterity innovation ambidexterity market orientation ambidexterity product innovation ambidexterity PLS-SEM Morocco; Soft quality management practices; ISO 9001; organizational ambidexterity; innovation ambidexterity; market orientation ambidexterity; product innovation ambidexterity; PLS-SEM; Morocco (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-05-10
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Published in European Journal of Innovation Management, 2022, 26, pp.1333 - 1364. ⟨10.1108/ejim-09-2021-0460⟩

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DOI: 10.1108/ejim-09-2021-0460

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