Purpose: Does formalization really destroy creative or innovative thinking? What if formal innovation training actually …, prior to any resources being used? This is the aim of the study, to determine whether formalization has a positive impact on … study showed that formalization could improve both group- and organizational-level innovativeness, which was contrary to …

risks. Formalization seems to be an effective mechanism to mitigate said costs and risks, although the issue of whether … formalization actually proves productive or counterproductive remains an open question. This study empirically analyses the direct … impact of formalization and the interaction effect between formalization and trust between partners in order to gauge their …

This article investigates the influence of specific key organizational factors (i.e., enabling formalization, coercive … formalization, and trust) as antecedents of ambidexterity. Moreover, we propose a new way of operationalizing ambidexterity, under a … manager and the quality manager. The findings show that enabling formalization and organizational trust are positively related …

interventions have been implemented to increase the formalization of firms and workers, including information campaigns, simplified … registration procedures, reductions of payroll taxes, and interventions enforcing formalization. We compile a database of 170 … impact estimates from 38 academic studies that evaluate empirically one or more of these formalization interventions. The …