Subsidiary knowledge flow strategies and purpose of expatriate assignments

被引：18

作者：

Cheong, Adeline ^{[1
]}

Sandhu, Manjit S. ^{[2
]}

Edwards, Ronald ^{[3
]}

Poon, Wai Ching ^{[4
]}

机构：

[1] 10 Jalan Puteri 12-2A, Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia

[2] Monash Univ, Sch Business, Dept Management, Grad Res, Subang Jaya, Malaysia

[3] Asia Pacific Univ Technol & Innovat APU, Technol Pk Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 57000, Malaysia

[4] Monash Univ Malaysia, Sch Business, Dept Econ, Bandar Sunway 47500, Selangor, Malaysia

来源：

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS REVIEW | 2019年 / 28卷 / 03期

关键词：

Subsidiaries; Knowledge flows; Purpose of expatriation; Multinational corporation; Knowledge transfer; MULTINATIONAL-CORPORATIONS; HRM PRACTICES; FIRM; COORDINATION; PERFORMANCE; MNC; CAPABILITIES; STICKINESS; IMPACT;

D O I：

10.1016/j.ibusrev.2018.11.004

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Although a general association between the role of international assignees and knowledge transfer has been noted in the international human resource literature, very little is known on how subsidiary knowledge flow strategies influence the purpose of expatriate assignments. Building specifically on Gupta and Govindarajan's typology of subsidiary knowledge flow strategies and Rocking's expatriate assignment purpose, we examine the link between subsidiary knowledge flow and the purpose of expatriate assignments using a mixed method approach. Combining survey data and qualitative interviews from 156 subsidiaries in the service and manufacturing sector in Malaysia and Singapore, we find that subsidiaries with divergent strategic roles have different knowledge flow strategies, thus leading to different purposes of expatriate assignments.

引用

页码：450 / 462

页数：13

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