Faculty Publications
Local Embeddedness And Expatriates' Effectiveness For Knowledge Transfer Within MNCs: A Cultural Perspective
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Cultural and Technological Influences on Global Business
First Page
420
Last Page
436
Abstract
The development of expatriates' social relationships in a local environment is critical given that social ties are considered the key players of a Multinational Corporation's (MNC) network and a prerequisite for knowledge transfer within the organization. By building on the national and organizational culture literature, we develop a conceptual model to better understand how expatriates can effectively build local embeddedness. Our conceptual arguments include how four groups of culture-related factors predict expatriates' local embeddedness, expatriates' cross-cultural experience, expatriates' cultural orientation, local national culture, and MNCs' organizational culture. Finally, we also investigate under what conditions expatriates' social ties within the MNC can influence the expatriates' effectiveness in knowledge transfer. © 2013, IGI Global.
Department
Department of Management
Original Publication Date
12-1-2013
DOI of published version
10.4018/978-1-4666-3966-9.ch022
Recommended Citation
Ji, Fiona Xiaoying and Connerley, Mary L., "Local Embeddedness And Expatriates' Effectiveness For Knowledge Transfer Within MNCs: A Cultural Perspective" (2013). Faculty Publications. 1525.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/1525
