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Abstract
The global consumer market demands personalized products and it is quite challenging for the manufacturing industry to address the consumer requirements along with optimal production. In order to curb customization and production challenges, emerging industrial technologies (EIT) are adopted by the industries such as artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things (IoT), autonomous robots (AuR), and mobile technologies (MT). However, this technological transformation may impact organizational sustainability due to EIT's higher capital investment, lack of skilled personnel to operate EIT, and EIT dependency on extensive energy consumption. In addition, EIT must resonate with the sustainable ways of production and consumption which again brings in another challenge of balancing sustainability and production. Ambidextrous practices may enable industrial stakeholders to explore and exploit this disparity. Therefore, it is required to explore the impact of EIT on organizational sustainability along with the mediation of ambidextrous practices which is a notable gap in the existing literature. The sample is taken from Pakistani textile industry to estimate the relationship between the research variables while a quantitative survey approach was adopted to collect data from textile industry professionals. The collected data from 192 respondents was analyzed using partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) method in SmartPLS 4. The findings reveal a differential influence of EIT on the organizational sustainability dimensions, significant impact in the case of AI, complementary mediation of OA with AuR, competitive mediation of Organizational Ambidexterity for IoT, and fully mediated by Organizational Ambidexterity for MT. The study enriches the dynamic capabilities framework, highlighting Organizational Ambidexterity as essential for effective technological integration to achieve sustainability. For practitioners and policymakers, this research offers a strategic roadmap for leveraging EIT aligned with organizational sustainability objectives, advocating for the development of ambidextrous capabilities to navigate implementation hurdles effectively.
全球消费市场需要个性化的产品,对于制造业来说,在满足消费者需求的同时实现最佳生产是一项相当大的挑战。为了应对定制和生产挑战,新兴工业技术(EIT)被各行各业所采用,如人工智能(AI)、物联网(IoT)、自主机器人(AuR)和移动技术(MT)。然而,由于 EIT 的资本投资较高、缺乏操作 EIT 的熟练人员以及 EIT 对大量能源消耗的依赖,这种技术转型可能会影响组织的可持续性。此外,电子工业技术必须与可持续的生产和消费方式产生共鸣,这再次带来了平衡可持续性与生产的另一个挑战。双管齐下的做法可以使工业利益相关者探索和利用这种差异。因此,有必要探讨企业创新技术对组织可持续性的影响,以及混合实践的中介作用,这在现有文献中是一个明显的空白。研究样本取自巴基斯坦纺织业,以估算研究变量之间的关系,同时采用定量调查方法从纺织业专业人士那里收集数据。研究结果表明,EIT 对组织可持续发展维度具有不同的影响,人工智能具有显著影响,OA 与 AuR 具有互补性中介作用,组织灵敏性对物联网具有竞争性中介作用,组织灵敏性对 MT 具有完全中介作用。这项研究丰富了动态能力框架,强调了组织灵巧性对于实现可持续发展的有效技术整合至关重要。对于从业人员和政策制定者来说,这项研究为利用与组织可持续发展目标相一致的电子信息技术提供了战略路线图,倡导发展灵活多变的能力,以有效克服实施障碍。
期刊介绍:
Sustainable production and consumption refers to the production and utilization of goods and services in a way that benefits society, is economically viable, and has minimal environmental impact throughout its entire lifespan. Our journal is dedicated to publishing top-notch interdisciplinary research and practical studies in this emerging field. We take a distinctive approach by examining the interplay between technology, consumption patterns, and policy to identify sustainable solutions for both production and consumption systems.