Role Entrepreneurial Leadership as A Gate Way to Achieve Organizational Ambidexterity: A Case Study in International Organizations, Erbil City
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The current research aims to analyze the role and impact of entrepreneurial leadership represented by main dimensions (innovation, proactivity, risk taking) on organizational ambidexterity through main dimensions (exploratory ambidexterity, exploitative ambidexterity, structural ambidexterity) for leaders and managers in international organizations in the city of Erbil. The research has been focused on the philosophical concepts of the research variables and dimensions, and on the nature of the relationship and influence between these two variables. A hypothetical scheme was designed expressing the main hypothesis, and the questionnaire form was used as a means of obtaining data, as it was distributed to the managers of international organizations in the city of Erbil. The population of study was (203) managers, and (96) managers was chosen as sample for the research, the research followed a descriptive analytical approach in order to explain the sample size. Furthermore, the research figured out several conclusions, the most important of which were revealed by the results of the correlation on the positive role entrepreneurial leadership on organizational ambidexterity in the searched sample. After that, the research suggests the necessity of investing in the strong role of entrepreneurial leadership dimensions in attaining organizational ambidexterity, and directing this relationship towards serving the searched organizations. The scientific value of the research was represented in providing conceptual framework for the both variables and finding the relationship and influence between them in the organization under research.
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