Power advantage and unit ambidexterity: A tripartite mediation framework
研究组织单元的权力优势如何通过情感、行为和认知三方中介影响其双元能力，基于146个营销单元与901个权力关系的样本，发现权力优势单元通过积极情感和认知多样性实现双元性。
Abstract While research on unit‐level ambidexterity is burgeoning, the role of a unit's power advantage has been largely overlooked. Yet, organizational units are interdependent, and gaining an advantageous position across a network of multiple power relationships with other units enables them to create a context favorable to pursuing both exploration and exploitation. This study, therefore, examines how a unit's power advantage shapes its ability to achieve ambidexterity through a tripartite mediation of affective, behavioral, and cognitive contextual factors. Employing a multisource, time‐separated sample of 146 marketing units engaging in 901 dyadic (power) relationships with other units, we find that power‐advantaged units are more likely to attain ambidexterity directly or indirectly through fostering unit positive affect and cognitive diversity, but not through behavioral autonomy. We conclude by discussing the theoretical and practical implications of our findings.