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The role of organizational learning and innovative organizational culture for ambidextrous innovation

Mohammad Khalid AlSaied (School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing, Cranfield University, Cranfield, UK, and)
Abdullah Abdulaziz Alkhoraif (Business Administration Department, Saudi Electronic University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

The Learning Organization

ISSN: 0969-6474

Article publication date: 12 January 2024

Issue publication date: 12 March 2024

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Abstract

Purpose

In the era of hyper-competitiveness, firms, especially project-based management structures, have to focus on ideas for both new and existing sets of products and services, i.e. ambidextrous innovation. The ambidextrous innovation can be helpful, but achieving such a level is a problem to be solved. This study aims to yield ambidextrous innovation by using innovative culture and knowledge that has been gained from learning.

Design/methodology/approach

The present research collected data from Saudi Arabian public-sector firms. The data collected is analyzed using the partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM).

Findings

The findings of the study suggest that a range of factors can be operationalized in project-based firms to establish organizational learning and innovation culture. These factors include agile-based project management, leveraging existing innovative capabilities and growth mindset in case of innovative organizational culture and additional factors of agile-based knowledge management along with others in case of organizational learning. The PLS-SEM further concluded that both organizational learning and innovative organizational culture, in turn, help project-based Saudi Arabian public-sector firms to develop their ambidextrous innovation capability.

Originality/value

The PLS-SEM further concluded that both the organizational learning and innovative organizational culture, in turn, help project-based Saudi Arabian public-sector firms to develop their ambidextrous innovation capability.

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Citation

AlSaied, M.K. and Alkhoraif, A.A. (2024), "The role of organizational learning and innovative organizational culture for ambidextrous innovation", The Learning Organization, Vol. 31 No. 2, pp. 205-226. https://doi.org/10.1108/TLO-06-2023-0101

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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