Knowledge Transfers over Geographical Distance in Organisations

Knowledge Transfers over Geographical Distance in Organisations
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Total Pages : 322
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ISBN-10 : 9783658310189
ISBN-13 : 3658310189
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Book Synopsis Knowledge Transfers over Geographical Distance in Organisations by : Vanessa Rebecca Hünnemeyer

Download or read book Knowledge Transfers over Geographical Distance in Organisations written by Vanessa Rebecca Hünnemeyer and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-08-30 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current corporate structures based on internationalisation and decentralisation are opposed to the nature of the most important resource: knowledge. The acquisition and exchange of (tacit) knowledge relies on interpersonal interactions and is thus time- and place-dependent. Given that the combination of heterogeneous knowledge stocks furthers innovation, organisations develop strategies to ensure the transfer of knowledge. To enable intra-organisational knowledge flows spatial mobility at the workplace affects a wide range of employees. The study examines in which ways spatially mobile employees, i.e. expatriates, contribute to those knowledge flows. The study of ego networks reveals not only social dynamics of knowledge transfer, but the geographical framework allows to discuss knowledge flows from a spatial perspective. On the one hand, the empirical results confirm their knowledge transfer function. On the other hand, the relational geographical perspective reveals that expatriates do not represent a homogeneous group, but their roles in the knowledge transfer process, the geographical reach of their networks and their knowledge resources depend on job-, knowledge-, individual- and space-related factors.


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