Subsidiary knowledge flow strategies and purpose of expatriate assignments |
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Authors: | Adeline Cheong Manjit S Sandhu Ronald Edwards Wai Ching Poon |
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Institution: | 1. 10 Jalan Puteri 12/2A, Bandar Puteri, Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia;2. Department of Management, Deputy Director Graduate Research, School of Business, Monash University, Malaysia;3. Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation (APU), Technology Park Malaysia, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, 57000, Malaysia;4. Department of Economics, School of Business, Monash University Malaysia, 47500 Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia |
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Abstract: | 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 Hocking’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. |
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Keywords: | Subsidiaries Knowledge flows Purpose of expatriation Multinational corporation Knowledge transfer |
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