EXPATRIATE KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER, SUBSIDIARY ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY, AND SUBSIDIARY PERFORMANCE

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Chang, Yi-Ying; Gong, Yaping; Peng, Mike W.
• 署名单位: National Taiwan University of Science & Technology; Hong Kong University of Science & Technology; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/amj.2010.0985
• 发表日期: 2012
• 页码: 927-948
• 关键词: SELF-REPORTED AFFECT; MULTINATIONAL-CORPORATIONS; RELATIONAL EMBEDDEDNESS; METHOD VARIANCE; Managers; PERSPECTIVE; LEVEL; ORGANIZATIONS; COORDINATION; perceptions

摘要

In this study, we theoretically identify three dimensions of expatriate competencies ability, motivation, and opportunity seeking for knowledge transfer. Integrating the ability-motivation-opportunity framework and the absorptive capacity perspective, we propose that expatriate competencies in knowledge transfer influence a subsidiary's performance through the knowledge received by the subsidiary, but that this indirect effect is stronger when subsidiary absorptive capacity is greater. We collected multi-source, time-lagged data from 162 British subsidiaries of Taiwanese multinational firms. The results support our hypotheses. Overall, we contribute to expatriation theory and research by revealing specific expatriate competencies as well as identifying boundary conditions for successful expatriate knowledge transfer.