The power of shared vision: bidirectional knowledge transfer between expatriates and host country nationals

Expatriation leads to many organizational outcomes to a host country including knowledge transfer. Little is known about the influence of individual and social capital factors on knowledge transfer involving expatriates and host country nationals (HCNs) bi-directionally. This paper examines the dete...

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المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Ismail, Maimunah, Zulkifly, Nurul Afiqah, Hamzah, Siti Raba'ah
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اللغة:English
منشور في: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 2019
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22547/1/The%20power%20of%20shared%20vision%20bidirectional%20knowledge%20transfer%20between%20expatriates%20and%20host%20country%20nationals.pdf
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author Ismail, Maimunah
Zulkifly, Nurul Afiqah
Hamzah, Siti Raba'ah
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Zulkifly, Nurul Afiqah
Hamzah, Siti Raba'ah
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description Expatriation leads to many organizational outcomes to a host country including knowledge transfer. Little is known about the influence of individual and social capital factors on knowledge transfer involving expatriates and host country nationals (HCNs) bi-directionally. This paper examines the determinants of knowledge transfer involving the two groups of professionals bi-directionally. Focusing on the individual and social capital factors, we investigated the role played by shared vision in the effects of cultural intelligence and feedback-seeking behaviour on knowledge transfer. This empirical study is supported by three theories, namely the resource-based theory, the social capital theory and the anxiety and uncertainty theory. Data were obtained from a sample of 134 expatriate-HCN pairs who are employed in business organizations including multinational companies in the areas of Klang Valley, Malaysia. Our findings suggest that shared vision mediated significantly the influence of cultural intelligence and feedback-seeking behaviour on knowledge transfer as perceived by expatriates as well as HCNs. Implications to theory and human resource practice are discussed.
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spelling upm.eprints-225472019-11-12T08:36:46Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22547/ The power of shared vision: bidirectional knowledge transfer between expatriates and host country nationals Ismail, Maimunah Zulkifly, Nurul Afiqah Hamzah, Siti Raba'ah Expatriation leads to many organizational outcomes to a host country including knowledge transfer. Little is known about the influence of individual and social capital factors on knowledge transfer involving expatriates and host country nationals (HCNs) bi-directionally. This paper examines the determinants of knowledge transfer involving the two groups of professionals bi-directionally. Focusing on the individual and social capital factors, we investigated the role played by shared vision in the effects of cultural intelligence and feedback-seeking behaviour on knowledge transfer. This empirical study is supported by three theories, namely the resource-based theory, the social capital theory and the anxiety and uncertainty theory. Data were obtained from a sample of 134 expatriate-HCN pairs who are employed in business organizations including multinational companies in the areas of Klang Valley, Malaysia. Our findings suggest that shared vision mediated significantly the influence of cultural intelligence and feedback-seeking behaviour on knowledge transfer as perceived by expatriates as well as HCNs. Implications to theory and human resource practice are discussed. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/22547/1/The%20power%20of%20shared%20vision%20bidirectional%20knowledge%20transfer%20between%20expatriates%20and%20host%20country%20nationals.pdf Ismail, Maimunah and Zulkifly, Nurul Afiqah and Hamzah, Siti Raba'ah (2019) The power of shared vision: bidirectional knowledge transfer between expatriates and host country nationals. International Journal of Business and Society, 20 (2). pp. 501-520. ISSN 1511-6670 http://www.ijbs.unimas.my/index.php/content-abstract/current-issue/592-the-power-of-shared-vision-bidirectional-knowledge-transfer-between-expatriates-and-host-country-nationals
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