Walking the Tightrope: An Assessment of the Relationship between High-Performance Work Systems and Organizational Ambidexterity

This study explores central questions related to the connections between a firm's human resources (HR) system and its ability to exhibit “organizational ambidexterity.” We build from existing work on the behavioral view of ambidexterity to assess the extent to which the utilization of certain HR practices may be linked to a context marked by discipline, stretch, trust, and support. We further argue that these disparate practices may be combined...