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Psychological Capital and Organizational Performance: The Mediating Role of Organizational Ambidexterity Cover

Psychological Capital and Organizational Performance: The Mediating Role of Organizational Ambidexterity

Open Access
|Sep 2022

Abstract

Background and purpose: Today’s dynamic environment is increasingly pressuring public organizations to be simultaneously flexible and efficient. The purpose of this study was to examine the mediating role of organizational ambidexterity in the relationship between psychological capital and the perfor-mance of public organizations that have bureaucratic limitations to their activity and are not as competitive as the private sector.

Methods: A questionnaire was developed and distributed among the employees of Management and Planning Organizations in 31 provinces in Iran, and a total of 373 questionnaires were returned. The data was analysed using CFA to validate the measures, and then the mediating effects of organi-zational ambidexterity was tested.

Results: The results indicated the significant relationship between psychological capital and organizational performance (B=0.55) and the positive mediation effect of organizational ambidexterity on this relationship (0.333).

Conclusion: The findings can help managers of public organizations to enhance their organizational performance by strengthening psychological capital and ambidexterity.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/orga-2022-0014 | Journal eISSN: 1581-1832 | Journal ISSN: 1318-5454
Language: English
Page range: 214 - 227
Submitted on: Mar 16, 2022
Accepted on: Jun 15, 2022
Published on: Sep 23, 2022
Published by: University of Maribor
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2022 Sohrab Ghanizadeh, Farzad Sattari Ardabili, Mohammad Kheirandish, Eshagh Rasouli, Mohammad Hassanzadeh, published by University of Maribor
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