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The moderating role of technological turbulence on entrepreneurial orientation and organisational ambidexterity
Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2022.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/90892 The moderating role of technological turbulence on entrepreneurial orientation and organisational ambidexterity Mamabolo, Anastacia ichelp@gibs.co.za Kwidini, Thamsanqa UCTD Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2022. The failure rate of small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) in South Africa is alarming. Added to tough economic conditions in the country, and the lacking financial and management skills among many of these entrepreneurs, the unprecedented rate of technological changes alters the entrepreneurial landscape. Therefore, the notion of entrepreneurial orientation has become fundamental in developing entrepreneurial thinking and making strategic choices with the aim of exploring and exploiting new opportunities in a changing context. Yet, this process takes place in a state of organisational ambidexterity. Therefore, this study sought to determine whether entrepreneurial orientation is a precursor of organisational ambidexterity. Technological turbulence was introduced in the study to examine whether it has a moderating effect on the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and organisational ambidexterity in a sample of 166 SMMEs. This descriptor-explanatory quantitative study used the confirmatory factor analysis and correlation matrix to examine the relationship between constructs. The study found a strong correlation between entrepreneurial orientation and organisational ambidexterity. However, technological turbulence had no moderating effect on the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and organisational ambidexterity. Therefore, the findings suggest that while SMMEs are ambidextrous organisations, the lack of a positive moderating role by technological turbulence suggests that this could be one of the many contributing factors that lead to the high failure rate of SMMEs. pt23 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted 2023-05-28T16:59:46Z 2023-05-28T16:59:46Z 19-04-2023 2022 Mini Dissertation * A2023 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/90892 en © 2023 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD The moderating role of technological turbulence on entrepreneurial orientation and organisational ambidexterity |
| title | The moderating role of technological turbulence on entrepreneurial orientation and organisational ambidexterity |
| title_full | The moderating role of technological turbulence on entrepreneurial orientation and organisational ambidexterity |
| title_fullStr | The moderating role of technological turbulence on entrepreneurial orientation and organisational ambidexterity |
| title_full_unstemmed | The moderating role of technological turbulence on entrepreneurial orientation and organisational ambidexterity |
| title_short | The moderating role of technological turbulence on entrepreneurial orientation and organisational ambidexterity |
| title_sort | moderating role of technological turbulence on entrepreneurial orientation and organisational ambidexterity |
| topic | UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/90892 |