Personality Traits, Entrepreneur’s Ambidexterity, and Knowledge Brokerage: Evidence from Technology Firms

The mediating role of the novelty ecosystem between personality traits, entrepreneurial networks and entrepreneurial ambidexterity among small and medium enterprises

“…Entrepreneurial ambidexterity refers to an organisation's ability to be aligned and efficiently identify, explore and exploit opportunities while simultaneously being adaptive to changes in the environment (Keller & Weibler, 2014). An ambidextrous business is one that is capable of both exploiting existing competencies and exploring new opportunities with equal dexterity (Yap et al, 2017). Entrepreneurial ambidexterity capabilities may enhance incremental and radical innovation for the business to adapt to its internal and external environment so as to remain competitive.…”

“…Personality traits like openness to experience, curiosity, creativity, intellect and flexibility are associated with exploration activities which require experimenting with new approaches and creating novelty ecosystems (Christensen et al, 2018). Furthermore, exploitation activities need behavioural flexibility to disassociate them from existing work practices and routines (Yap et al, 2017). On the other hand, conscientiousness is related to goal-directed behaviour, which requires predefined goals coupled with existing knowledge, competencies and previous experience, in order to exploit for goal attainment, change the status quo and search for new ways.…”