scholarly journals Organizational integration mechanisms and knowledge transfer effectiveness in MNCs: The moderating role of cross-national distance

2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 100872
Author(s):  
Pedro López-Sáez ◽  
Jorge Cruz-González ◽  
Jose Emilio Navas-López ◽  
María del Mar Perona-Alfageme
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Integration Mechanisms ◽  
Organizational Integration ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Cross National

The death of distance, revisited: disseminative capacity and knowledge transfer

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chansoo Park
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Tacit Knowledge ◽  
Explicit Knowledge ◽  
Psychic Distance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Tacit Knowledge Transfer ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role ◽  
Foreign Parent

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess how the transfer of explicit and tacit knowledge is affected by the knowledge disseminative capacity of a foreign parent firm, with an emphasis on the moderating role of psychic distance, by developing and testing a theoretical model of international joint venture (IJV) learning. Design/methodology/approach The author tested the hypotheses with survey data collected from 199 IJVs in South Korea, estimating a structural equation model using AMOS 23.0. Findings The authors found that the capacity of the foreign parent to disseminate knowledge to the IJV has a greater impact on explicit knowledge transfer than tacit knowledge transfer. He also found that the relationship between disseminative capacity and explicit knowledge transfer is significantly moderated by psychic distance, but the relationship between disseminative capacity and tacit knowledge transfer is not. Originality/value The results are critical for IJVs and parent firms seeking to improve knowledge transfer, as they establish the importance of parent firms’ disseminative capacities and the moderating role of psychic distance in the process of both tacit and explicit knowledge transfer. This research addresses the research gap regarding disseminative capacity by providing empirical evidence.

Complements or Substitutes? The Role of Integration Mechanisms in Knowledge Transfer in the MNE

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 (1) ◽  
pp. 14965
Author(s):  
Rong Zeng ◽  
Birgitte Grogaard ◽  
Piers Steel
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Integration Mechanisms

scholarly journals Expatriates Coaching Behaviors and Local Employees Work Performance: Mediating Role of Cross - Cultural Knowledge Transfer

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (9) ◽  
pp. 858-870
Author(s):  
Windy Lau Edwin Pasadame
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Cultural Intelligence ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Cultural Knowledge ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Coaching Behavior ◽  
Moderating Role

This study investigates How the coaching behavior of Chinese expatriates and the performance of local employees overcomes the inherent differences between them and develops the quality of relationships that play an important role in carrying out cross-cultural knowledge transfer? Existing research does not provide a good answer to this question. The knowledge transfer literature has focused on organizational vehicles and structural mechanisms, with little attention paid to understanding how the organizational processes and individuals involved can facilitate knowledge transfer. After all, it is people who have applied and transferred knowledge. This study aims to propose and analyze a model for developing expatriate coaching behavior through cross-cultural knowledge transfer in improving the work performance of local employees, to examine the moderating role of intelligence culture for expatriate coaching behavior on the relationship of cross-cultural knowledge transfer to local employee performance on expatriates and employees. This study will examine the moderating role of Perceived Organizational Support theorists have suggested that employees form global perceptions of the level of support provided by their employers and that this perception influences their behavior in the workplace. The data collection method used is a qualitative method. Based on the results of research and discussion, it can be concluded that China expatriates with high cultural intelligence, their coaching behavior has a clearer positive impact on the performance of local employees; for local employees who have high cultural intelligence, expatriate coaching behavior has a clearer positive impact on the employee's performance.

Structural differentiation and corporate venturing: The moderating role of formal and informal integration mechanisms

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 206-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Henri Burgers ◽  
Justin J.P. Jansen ◽  
Frans A.J. Van den Bosch ◽  
Henk W. Volberda
Keyword(s):  
Structural Differentiation ◽  
Corporate Venturing ◽  
Integration Mechanisms ◽  
Moderating Role
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