Family firm ambidexterity: the influence of paradoxical tensions and the Entrepreneurial Family’s cohesion
研究了创业家族凝聚力如何通过悖论张力（潜在和显著）影响家族企业的双元性，基于206家德国家族企业的调查数据验证了假设。
Abstract This study presents paradoxical tensions as the ‘missing link’ at the intersection of the entrepreneurial family and family firm management: a link that crucially affects innovation-related decisions such as ambidexterity. Specifically, the study argues that the relationship between family cohesion and organizational ambidexterity within entrepreneurial family firms is mediated by paradoxical tensions (latent and salient). Drawing on survey data from 206 German family firms, support is found for the hypotheses advanced. Building on cognitive resource theory, this study demonstrates that differently perceived paradoxical tensions in entrepreneurial family firms have different meaningful effects on organizational ambidexterity. Implications for theory and future research are discussed.