The Effect of Organizational Ambidexterity on Organization Agility: Empirical study in some universities in Iraq
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The current study investigates the effect of organizational ambidexterity on organization agility. The study was conducted in Iraq, especially in the universities of Mosul (University of Mosul, Nineveh University, Al-Hamdaniya University). The study sample included (150) employees belonging to different departments in some universities that are considered from the public sector in Iraq. The researchers used the empirical method to achieve goals of the study, and using correlation and regression to measure relationship between Organizational Ambidexterity and Organization Agility has been established and effect Organizational Ambidexterity of on the Organization Agility has been checked with the help of multiple regression analysis by (SPSS.25). the results of this study highpoint the significance of the select of Organization Ambidexterity as independent variable, a topic that is vital to understanding the success of a given organization and how to achieve agility in the organization.
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