The effect of intellectual capital on contextual ambidextrous learning. Evidence from Italian hospitals

Our research aims to empirically explore the link between intellectual capital dimensions and exploratory and exploitative learning processes. We contribute to existing literature in two ways. First, we advance research on intellectual capital by extending and empirically validating the conceptual distinction between the three intellectual capital dimensions of human, organizational and social capital. Second, we contribute to research regarding the analysis of organizational antecedents of exploratory and exploitative learning processes and specifically focus on the link between intellectual capital and knowledge exploitation/exploration.