Title: The relationship between organisational ambidexterity and organisational performance: the mediating role of innovation

Authors: Esra'a M. Alamayreh; Rateb J. Sweis; Bader Y. Obeidat

Addresses: Department of Business Administration, University of Jordan, 11942, Amman, Jordan ' Department of Business Administration, University of Jordan, 11942, Amman, Jordan ' Department of Business Administration, University of Jordan, 11942, Amman, Jordan

Abstract: The impetus of this study is to examine the mediating role of innovation on the relationship between organisational ambidexterity and organisational performance in Jordanian pharmaceutical organisations. The data was collected using questionnaires that were distributed to the managerial levels employees of 14 Jordanian pharmaceutical organisations. The findings reveal that organisational ambidexterity is significantly related to innovation and organisational performance. As well as, there is a significant effect of innovation on organisational performance. Furthermore, the findings confirm that innovation mediate the relationship between organisational ambidexterity and organisational performance. This study is limited in terms of small sample size and solo industry. One clear implication is the need for managers to become more conscious of the necessity to allocate resources between ambidexterity capabilities. They also need to employ their organisations ambidexterity capabilities in favour of innovativeness with the purpose to enhance the organisational performance. This is the first study examining the role of innovation on the relationship between organisational ambidexterity and organisational.

Keywords: organisational ambidexterity; innovation; Jordanian pharmaceutical organisations; organisational performance.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBEX.2021.114716

International Journal of Business Excellence, 2021 Vol.23 No.4, pp.451 - 471

Received: 19 Jun 2018
Accepted: 27 May 2019
Published online: 04 May 2021 *

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