Unpacking the microfoundations of educational innovation and change: a multi-level study of ambidexterity, commitment, and trust using Coleman’s bathtub model
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T1 - Unpacking the microfoundations of educational innovation and change
T2 - a multi-level study of ambidexterity, commitment, and trust using Coleman’s bathtub model
AU - Pietsch, Marcus
AU - Buyukgoze, Hilal
AU - Gümüş, Sedat
AU - Çoban, Ömür
AU - Özdemir, Nedim
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2025/11/15
Y1 - 2025/11/15
N2 - Using data from 3,075 teachers and 246 school leaders, this study examines the microfoundations of ambidexterity in public schools. Drawing on Coleman’s bathtub model and the concept of contextual ambidexterity, we apply multilevel structural equation modelling to show that leader trust enhances organizational ambidexterity, fully mediated by teacher commitment and individual ambidexterity. By connecting individual- and organizational-level mechanisms, the study advances public management theory and addresses a methodological gap in studies of public sector organizations. The findings offer new insights into how trust-based leadership fosters adaptive capacity in public organizations, informing leadership development and innovation strategies across the public sector.
AB - Using data from 3,075 teachers and 246 school leaders, this study examines the microfoundations of ambidexterity in public schools. Drawing on Coleman’s bathtub model and the concept of contextual ambidexterity, we apply multilevel structural equation modelling to show that leader trust enhances organizational ambidexterity, fully mediated by teacher commitment and individual ambidexterity. By connecting individual- and organizational-level mechanisms, the study advances public management theory and addresses a methodological gap in studies of public sector organizations. The findings offer new insights into how trust-based leadership fosters adaptive capacity in public organizations, informing leadership development and innovation strategies across the public sector.
KW - Ambidexterity
KW - commitment
KW - microfoundations
KW - multilevel analysis
KW - schools
KW - trust
KW - Educational science
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=105021930057&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/14719037.2025.2582610
DO - 10.1080/14719037.2025.2582610
M3 - Journal articles
JO - Public Management Review
JF - Public Management Review
SN - 1471-9037
ER -