Ambidextrous leadership and project-based organisational innovation performance: the mediating role of innovative climate and moderating role of organisational learning. (15th March 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chughtai, Muhammad Ahsan; Naqvi, Syed M. Imran Haider; Ahsan, Qurratulain; Haq, Saif Ul
• Is Part Of: Middle East journal of management. Volume 9:Number 3(2022)
• Page Start: 227
• Page End: 246
• Publication Date: 2022-03-15
• Subjects: ambidextrous leadership -- innovation performance -- innovative climate -- organisational learning -- software projects -- project-based organisations; Management -- Middle East -- Periodicals; Organizational effectiveness -- Middle East -- Periodicals; Organizational behavior -- Middle East -- Periodicals; 658.00956
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2050-3636

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of ambidextrous leadership on project-based organisations' innovation performance with the mediation of innovative climate and moderation of organisational learning. Hence, the prevalent objective of the existing study is the instigation of a mediating and moderation model to inquest the efficiency of ambidextrous leadership in the presence of organisational learning and innovative climate. For this research paper, data had been collected by following a quantitative deductive approach of positivist research philosophy. Among 1, 500 questionnaires distributed to software project employees based in Pakistan registered under P@sha, 749 useable responses were received. Later, data was analysed through SPSS 26 and Smart PLS 3. The outcomes of the research indicate that ambidextrous leadership significantly influence project-based organisational innovation performance. Furthermore, there is the support that the manifestation of organisational learning tends to positively moderate the impact of ambidextrous leadership on project-based organisational innovation performance, whereas innovative climate plays an integral role as a catalyst for enhancing project-based organisational innovation performance through ambidextrous leadership. These outcomes will help developing countries' software firms like in Pakistan that want to improve performance through organisational learning and innovative culture.