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

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.

Keywords

• organizational ambidexterity
• psychological capital
• organizational performance
• public organizations