Studying the Effect of Individual Ambidexterity on the Performance of Health Care Workers: a Case Study of Shahrekord Medical Sciences University

Subject Areas : Human resources management)

Somaye lalegani ¹ , Alireza Koushkie ² , Mirali Seyyadnaghavy ³

1 - PhD candidate, Department of Management, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Government Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting and Accounting, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Government Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting and Accounting, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2021-03-24 Accepted : 2021-10-20 Published : 2022-09-23

Keywords: performance, effectiveness, Efficiency, Organizational ambidexterity, individual ambidexterity,

Abstract :

In this research, the effect of individual ambidexterity on high level performance of the medical staff of Sahrekord University of Medical Sciences was investigated. High level performance of employees includes three main dimensions of team performance, efficiency and effectiveness of the department. The hidden dimensions of ambidexterity include exploration and exploitation. Past studies in the field of ambidexterity have mostly been conducted at organizational levels, but in the present study, there was an attempt to study the impact of ambidexterity at the level of individuals. In this research, we generally investigated the relationship between individual ambidexterity and employee performance, seeking to answer whether individual ambidexterity influences the performance, efficiency and effectiveness of organizational units. In order to answer the research questions, 260 questionnaires were sent to the medical staff of Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences. The data were gathered and analyzed using statistical methods and structural equation modeling based on the least squares method. It was found that individual ambidexterity had a positive influence on employee performance and that there was a significant relationship between individual ambidexterity and the efficiency and effectiveness of the department

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