scholarly journals Role of headquarter attention disparity on expatriate knowledge sharing between assignments

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Sachinie Wanasinghe
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Knowledge Flows ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Functional Identity ◽  
Perceived Benefits ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
External Effects ◽  
Unequal Distribution

<p>In acknowledgement of ongoing challenges in knowledge sharing, continuous research efforts are required to reflect the ever-changing landscape. Current research does not entirely encapsulate recent conceptualisations of multidirectional knowledge flows within the MNC, specifically from a lateral perspective. Accordingly, the role of expatriates reflect the importance of lateral knowledge sharing yet research has not holistically addressed the complex nature of exploiting such knowledge. Extensive examination of the HQ-expatriate relationship and repatriation process highlights the limited recognition for expatriates still within the expatriation cycle (i.e. moving from subsidiary to subsidiary).  This thesis seeks to add to the existing literature by exploring a potential new antecedent, headquarter attention disparity. The attention-based view of the firm reflects subsidiary level outcomes of unequal distribution of HQ attention. Extending this to explore the role on expatriate knowledge sharing is novel. The research implements a hermeneutical research design using semi-structured interviews. These sought to discover expatriate conceptualisations of lateral knowledge sharing and the related perceptions of HQ attention disparities between subsidiaries. The study draws on the ability-motivation-opportunity framework within a knowledge sender-receiver context. Expatriates coming from high-HQ attention subsidiaries demonstrate their own understanding of the acquired knowledge, influenced by individual context. These same interpretations guide subsidiary willingness to learn and the nature of knowledge sharing interactions. The results illustrate these opinions of perceived benefits to impact the inclination for knowledge sharing. Where perceptions align, there is reduced uncertainty in the expatriate-subsidiary colleague relationship whereas diverging perceptions weaken the propensity to learn and expatriates’ knowledge sharing risks deterioration. These outcomes are further susceptible to external effects. The first being perceived competence-trust in shared functional identity, the second through affect-trust within subsidiary socialisation efforts.</p>

scholarly journals Role of headquarter attention disparity on expatriate knowledge sharing between assignments

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Sachinie Wanasinghe
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Knowledge Flows ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Functional Identity ◽  
Perceived Benefits ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
External Effects ◽  
Unequal Distribution

<p>In acknowledgement of ongoing challenges in knowledge sharing, continuous research efforts are required to reflect the ever-changing landscape. Current research does not entirely encapsulate recent conceptualisations of multidirectional knowledge flows within the MNC, specifically from a lateral perspective. Accordingly, the role of expatriates reflect the importance of lateral knowledge sharing yet research has not holistically addressed the complex nature of exploiting such knowledge. Extensive examination of the HQ-expatriate relationship and repatriation process highlights the limited recognition for expatriates still within the expatriation cycle (i.e. moving from subsidiary to subsidiary).  This thesis seeks to add to the existing literature by exploring a potential new antecedent, headquarter attention disparity. The attention-based view of the firm reflects subsidiary level outcomes of unequal distribution of HQ attention. Extending this to explore the role on expatriate knowledge sharing is novel. The research implements a hermeneutical research design using semi-structured interviews. These sought to discover expatriate conceptualisations of lateral knowledge sharing and the related perceptions of HQ attention disparities between subsidiaries. The study draws on the ability-motivation-opportunity framework within a knowledge sender-receiver context. Expatriates coming from high-HQ attention subsidiaries demonstrate their own understanding of the acquired knowledge, influenced by individual context. These same interpretations guide subsidiary willingness to learn and the nature of knowledge sharing interactions. The results illustrate these opinions of perceived benefits to impact the inclination for knowledge sharing. Where perceptions align, there is reduced uncertainty in the expatriate-subsidiary colleague relationship whereas diverging perceptions weaken the propensity to learn and expatriates’ knowledge sharing risks deterioration. These outcomes are further susceptible to external effects. The first being perceived competence-trust in shared functional identity, the second through affect-trust within subsidiary socialisation efforts.</p>

scholarly journals The role of awareness and engagement in safeguarding the Muskwa-Kechika Management Area

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Rachelle Linde
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Place Branding ◽  
Policy Formation ◽  
Media Analysis ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Management Area

The Muskwa-Kechika Management Area (M-KMA) in northern British Columbia is globally significant for its size, special resource management, and cultural and ecological values. These characteristics were secured in perpetuity through the British Columbian Government’s M-KMA Act in 1998. However, today low public awareness and engagement are seen as threats to the M-KMA’s effectiveness and longevity. Using a mixed-methods approach, this research examined the role of awareness and engagement in safeguarding the M-KMA by conducting semi-structured interviews and a media analysis, both of which informed a public survey. Informing the research design were underlying theories in sense of place, place branding, and the relationship of planned behaviour to place-protective behaviour. Additionally, resource management practices like ecosystem-based management informed the research design and methods of public participation in policy formation.

scholarly journals Co-Produced Care in Veterinary Services: A Qualitative Study of UK Stakeholders’ Perspectives

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
Alison Z. Pyatt ◽  
Keith Walley ◽  
Gillian H. Wright ◽  
Emma C. L. Bleach
Keyword(s):  
Service Provision ◽  
Animal Health ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Veterinary Services ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Health Service Provision ◽  
Services Sector ◽  
Health Practitioners ◽  
Prior Experiences

Changes in client behaviour and expectations, and a dynamic business landscape, amplify the already complex nature of veterinary and animal health service provision. Drawing on prior experiences, veterinary clients increasingly pursue enhanced involvement in services and have expectations of relationship-centred care. Co-production as a conceptualisation of reciprocity in service provision is a fundamental offering in the services sector, including human medicine, yet the role of co-production in veterinary services has been minimally explored. Utilising a service satisfaction framework, semi-structured interviews (n = 13) were completed with three veterinary stakeholder groups, veterinarians, allied animal health practitioners, and veterinary clients. Interview transcript data were subject to the qualitative data analysis techniques, thematic analysis and grounded theory, to explore relationship-centred care and subsequently conceptualise co-production service for the sector. Six latent dimensions of service were emergent, defined as: empathy, bespoke care, professional integrity, value for money, confident relationships, and accessibility. The dimensions strongly advocate wider sector adoption of a co-produced service, and a contextualised co-production framework is presented. Pragmatic challenges associated with integration of active veterinary clients in a practitioner–client partnership are evident. However, adopting a people-centric approach to veterinary services and partnerships with clients can confer the advantages of improved client satisfaction, enhanced treatment adherence and outcomes, and business sustainability.

scholarly journals Community Supported Agriculture as a Driver of Food-Related Well-Being

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 4516 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilona Liliána Birtalan ◽  
Attila Bartha ◽  
Ágnes Neulinger ◽  
György Bárdos ◽  
Attila Oláh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Sustainable Agriculture ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Community Supported Agriculture ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Nutritional Characteristics

Background: There is a growing amount of research interest to understand the role of food in well-being. The demand for community supported agriculture (CSA), bringing people spatially, economically, and socially closer to food, is continuously expanding. CSAs play an important role in both sustainable agriculture practices and influencing consumers’ food-related practices, but yet have received little attention in well-being research. Methods: This study explores food-related well-being among CSA members by using an exploratory, qualitative research design and a thematic analysis of semi-structured interviews. Results: The findings stress the relevance of psychological, social, and spiritual aspects of food-related well-being beyond the nutritional characteristics of food in CSA. Conclusion: The role of sustainable agriculture in contributing to food-related well-being becomes particularly evident based on consumers’ experiences. These results are important in convincing people that their food-related experiences belong to their perceived well-being as well as stimulating people to elevate their multidimensional expectations in relation to food.

scholarly journals Researchers as knowledge brokers: A step toward research-informed policy? Lessons from the Israeli case

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Rony Ramot ◽  
Gadi Bialik
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Research Utilization ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Mediation Model ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Common ◽  
Knowledge Brokers ◽  
Future Policy

In the 1970s, the role of “chief scientist” was established in Israel as part of a knowledge mediation model aimed to promote research-informed policy and narrow the academia-field-policy gap. This paper examines how when researchers cross the boundary toward a policy role and serve as knowledge brokers, they may promote research utilization in policy. This sheds light on a key issue in the field of education research, specifically, what conditions or circumstances contribute to the maximization of research utilization and the implementation of research-based policy recommendations. Using qualitative methodology, we conducted semi-structured interviews with past chief scientists and analyzed newspaper articles to understand the complex nature of the role and to propose practical suggestions for improving its construction in future policy beyond the Israeli context. Despite the positive aura surrounding the common use of intermediaries, the issue of promoting such entities at the national educational level has not yet been realized in a coherent, stand-alone policy globally.

scholarly journals La veille stratégique entre l'efficacité décisionnelle et l’optimisation de la gouvernance : Etude restreinte dans les organismes publics tunisiens

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mostapha Tayeb Ben Amor ◽  
Fatma Chichti
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Decision Maker ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Frame Work ◽  
Internal Knowledge

In this article, we highlight the role of strategic watch in aperspective of decision-making efficiency for a better optimization of governance, and thiswithin the framework of a limited study on five (5) Tunisian public organisms. An exploratorystudy was carried out through five semi-structured interviews. The results revealed that theuse of watch practices is essential for internal knowledge sharing, transparency andadministrative openness. A new frame work that tends to improve the decision-making system.It also allows the decision-maker to move from a state of self-satisfaction to a situation ofacceptance of his decision by his environment in a climate of optimal governance.

Knowledge Sharing and Sociality

2009 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jakob Lauring ◽  
Toke Bjerregaard
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
International Development ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Knowledge Flows ◽  
Organizational Setting ◽  
Language Differences ◽  
Corporate Strategies ◽  
Actual Use ◽  
Cross Cultural Management

This chapter deals with the role of language use and knowledge sharing in the context of international subsidiaries. The chapter analyzes the role of language use for the control and sharing of knowledge in a multicultural organizational setting using findings from an ethnographic field study in a subsidiary. Whilst previous research has addressed how objective, static cultural differences impede communication and knowledge sharing, the perspective of the chapter is on the actual use of language in knowledge sharing. The empirical study thus shows how language use shapes the flow of knowledge in an international subsidiary. The findings describe the use of language differences for controlling knowledge flows and highlight how this affects the execution of long-term corporate strategies of international development. The chapter argues that the management of language use should not be viewed as an outpost of cross-cultural management but as an integral element of the effective management of international operations. This perspective is supported by research in other disciplines covering the use of language and the social dimensions of knowledge communication such as social anthropology.

scholarly journals Field configuration or field reproduction?

2014 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachael Gibson ◽  
Harald Bathelt
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Field Configuration ◽  
Knowledge Flows ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Fundamental Field ◽  
Ideal Types ◽  
Technological Trajectories ◽  
Knowledge Circulation ◽  
Global Cycles

AbstractThis paper builds on discussions about field-configuring events (FCEs) and cyclical/temporary clusters by investigating the role of trade fairs in structuring processes of knowledge creation in an industry or technology field. It argues that while fundamental field-configuring activities, such as shifts in technological trajectories, are not typically associated with trade fairs, these events play an important role in field reproduction through decentralized processes of knowledge exchange and learning, supported by the global cycles of events. Yet, knowledge flows across different events are rarely as continuous and fluid as in an ideal-type cyclical cluster context. Despite some overlap in their goals and audiences, different trade fairs generally serve different functions and are characterized by diverse knowledge practices. This is illustrated through an empirical analysis of the global trade fair cycle of the lighting industry, which is based on semi-structured interviews and systematic observations conducted at three international/national trade fairs: LightFair International (USA), IIDEX/NeoCon Canada and Light + Building (Germany). From this, we suggest that most trade fairs establish a permanent middle-ground between, but quite distant from, the extreme ideal-types of discrete field-configuration and continuous knowledge circulation.

scholarly journals Why organizations fail to share knowledge: an empirical investigation and opportunities for improvement

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
John Israilidis ◽  
Evangelia Siachou ◽  
Stephen Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Skilled Personnel ◽  
Data Source ◽  
Nuanced Understanding

PurposeThis paper explores critical failure factors (CFFs) in the context of knowledge sharing. It provides further insights into what can cause knowledge- sharing failures, inflexible knowledge-sharing strategies and ineffective knowledge- sharing mechanisms. It also examines how practitioners can reduce or even mitigate such dysfunctions.Design/methodology/approachA case-based inductive approach was conducted. Data were collected from two studies applying mixed methods. The first data set included nine in-depth, semi-structured interviews with highly skilled personnel from an aerospace and defense organization. The second data source included 375 successfully completed questionnaires from participants employed at the same organization.FindingsThe paper identifies six CFFs with an impact on knowledge sharing. It also reveals that managing organizational ignorance can play a key role in generating new knowledge and averting failure. Study findings provide insights into the importance of identifying these failures when sharing knowledge and propose relevant mitigation strategies.Originality/valueThis paper identifies a range of empirically validated CFFs that complement the extant work on the complexity of knowledge sharing and have hitherto not been seen in the literature. It also provides a more nuanced understanding of why both organizations and their people often fail to share knowledge by exploring the role of organizational ignorance.

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