Ambidextrous production teams: The productivity dilemma revisited

Nicholas Oliver; Melike Senturk; Thomas Calvard; Kristina Potocnik; Maurizio Tomasella

Ambidextrous production teams: The productivity dilemma revisited

Nicholas Oliver, Melike Senturk, Thomas Calvard, Kristina Potocnik, Maurizio Tomasella

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Ways to simultaneously achieve objectives such as efficiency and flexibility or consistency and adaptability fascinate many OM scholars. In this paper, we use the concept of “contextual ambidexterity” to explore how small production teams can resolve such trade-offs. Using data from 68 student teams we investigate how discipline, stretch and trust-support are related to productivity, quality and dependability. We find little evidence of trade-offs per se; rather, there is an underlying capability that supports all three aspects of performance. Discipline and trust-support show strong, significant relationships to performance; stretch is related to productivity but not quality or dependability.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	EurOMA 2018 Proceedings
Number of pages	10
Publication status	Published - 31 Dec 2018
Event	25th EurOMA Conference - Budapest, Hungary Duration: 23 Jun 2018 → 27 Jun 2018 http://euroma2018.org/euroma-2018-proceedings/

Conference

Conference	25th EurOMA Conference
Country/Territory	Hungary
City	Budapest
Period	23/06/18 → 27/06/18
Internet address	http://euroma2018.org/euroma-2018-proceedings/

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productivity
trade-offs
ambidexterity

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