Title: Ambidextrous employees and sustainable innovation practices - empirical validation of structural linkage

Authors: Nikita Singh; Vinay Singh; Manoj Patwadhan; Yogesh Upadhyay

Addresses: School of Studies in Management, Jiwaji University, Gwalior, India ' ABV – Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior, India ' ABV – Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Gwalior, India ' School of Studies in Management, Jiwaji University, Gwalior, India

Abstract: Present study: 1) focuses on establishing the structural relationship between exploratory and exploitative behaviour of ambidextrous employees working in innovation-based organisations in India; 2) attempts to link the ambidextrous behaviour of employees with sustainable innovative practices of these organisations. A theoretical model was proposed and for its empirical verification, primary data was collected from 200 innovative organisations across India. The data were analysed using statistical methods namely, EFA, CFA, and structured equation model (SEM). All the proposed hypotheses show significant statistical support, and thus it is concluded that the organisational and technological sustainable innovative practices are positively influenced by employees' ambidextrous behaviour. The study contributes to a novel set of theories on the interdependence of employees' ambidextrous behaviour fostering sustainable innovation practices of the organisations, in their unique way.

Keywords: sustainability; sustainable innovation practices; exploratory behaviour; exploitative behaviour; employees' ambidexterity.

DOI: 10.1504/IJICBM.2023.129010

International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management, 2023 Vol.28 No.2, pp.218 - 244

Received: 17 Jun 2021
Accepted: 31 Aug 2021
Published online: 14 Feb 2023 *

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