ORGANIZATIONAL AMBIDEXTERITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS: PROPOSITION OF EVOLUTIVE STAGES OF MBIDEXTERITY

AMBIDESTRALIDADE ORGANIZACIONAL EM INSTITUIÇÕES DE ENSINO SUPERIOR: PROPOSIÇÃO DE ESTÁGIOS EVOLUTIVOS DE AMBIDESTRIA

ABSTRACT

Purpose:

The general objective of the research was to propose evolutionary stages of organizational ambidexterity.

Design/methodology/approach:

The research methodology was classified as an exploratory and descriptive study, whose method of data collection was through a questionnaire, the sample was census by adherence, from a population of 110 higher education institutions (HEI), participating in the study 79 cases, distributed throughout the Brazilian territory.

Findings:

It is noteworthy that HEI are part of the same economic group, and even though 96% of the cases were classified as ambidextrous organizations, there was a great dispersion between them, suggesting some heterogeneity of the investigated cases.

Originality:

With the findings, the proposition of the existence of different levels of ambidexterity arose. This phenomenon, in a preliminary way, was labeled as the Degree of Maturity of Ambidextrous Organizational

Keywords:
Ambidextrous Organizations; Organizational Ambidexterity; Private Higher Education Institutions