“…Exploration and exploitation activities are important also because some other key constructs, such as ambidexterity, are often characterized in terms of exploration and exploitation (Simsek, Heavey, Veiga, & Souder, 2009, p. 865). These reasons have recently driven researchers to go back to the micro-foundations of the concept at the level of the individual, and made the antecedents of leaders' exploration and exploitation activities an essential area of focus (e.g., Jansen, Vera, & Crossan, 2009;Laureiro-Martínez, Brusoni, & Zollo, 2010;Mom, Van den Bosch, & Volberda, 2007, 2009Rosing, Frese, & Bausch, 2011;Schultz et al, 2013).…”