The Development of Individual Ambidexterity Across Institutional Environments: Symmetric and Configurational Analyses

Abstract Buoyed by recent calls for research to explore micro-level cognitive explanations ambidexterity, this study examines how individuals’ self-efficacy and resilience affect individual ambidexterity across different institutional environments. Building on social theory, we posit that enhances via such relationship varies economic Our symmetric (PLS-SEM) configurational (fsQCA) analyses of 1907 knowledge workers in China, New Zealand Australia provide supportive complementary evidence these theoretical arguments. Specifically, PLS-SEM reveals the mediating effects between are stronger an environment where institutions weak. fsQCA complements showing can be explained multiple configurations psychological self-efficacy, resilience, characteristics related institutions, personal demographic factors. Taken together, findings contribute international business literature providing a nuanced understanding resources integrate interact with factors enhance ambidexterity.