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The Bridging Role of Expatriates and Inpatriates in Knowledge Transfer in Multinational Corporations

机译:外籍人士和外籍人士在跨国公司知识转移中的桥梁作用

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Drawing on the knowledge-based view of the firm, this article provides the first empirical study that explicitly investigates the relationship between different categories of international assignees and knowledge transfer in multinational corporations (MNCs). Specifically, we examine (1) the extent to which expatriate presence in different functional areas is related to knowledge transfer from and to headquarters in these functions and (2) the extent to which different categories of international assignees (expatriates vs. inpatriates) contribute to knowledge transfer from and to headquarters. We base our investigation on a large-scale survey, encompassing data from more than 800 subsidiaries of MNCs in 13 countries. By disaggregating the role of knowledge transfer across management functions, directions of knowledge transfer, and type of international assignees, we find that (1) expatriate presence generally increases function-specific knowledge transfer from and, to a lesser extent, to headquarters; and that (2) the relevance of expatriates and former inpatriates varies for knowledge flows between headquarters and subsidiaries. Additionally, we discuss implications for research and practice, in particular regarding different management functions and different forms of international assignments, and provide suggestions for future research. (c) 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
机译:本文基于企业的知识观,提供了第一项实证研究,该研究明确调查了不同类别的国际受让人与跨国公司(MNC)中的知识转移之间的关系。具体来说,我们研究(1)不同职能领域中外派人员的存在与这些职能之间总部之间的知识转移相关的程度,以及(2)不同类别的国际受让人(外派人员与外派人员)的贡献程度总部之间的知识转移。我们的调查基于大规模调查,其中包括来自13个国家/地区的800多家跨国公司的子公司的数据。通过分解知识转移在管理职能,知识转移的方向和国际受让人的类型方面的作用,我们发现(1)外派人员的存在通常会增加特定职能部门从总部以及在较小程度上向总部转移的知识; (2)外派人员和前外派人员的相关性因总部与子公司之间的知识流而异。此外,我们讨论了对研究和实践的意义,特别是关于不同管理职能和不同形式的国际任务的意义,并为将来的研究提供了建议。 (c)2015年威利期刊有限公司

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