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Knowledge Transfers over Geographical Distance in Organisations The Role of Spatial Mobility and Business Networks
Title
Knowledge Transfers over Geographical Distance in Organisations [electronic resource] : The Role of Spatial Mobility and Business Networks / by Vanessa Rebecca Hünnemeyer.
ISBN
9783658310189
Edition
1st ed. 2020.
Publication
Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer Spektrum, 2020.
Physical Description
1 online resource (XXX, 302 p.) 72 illus., 10 illus. in color.
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Summary
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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Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 21, 2020
Series
Perspektiven der Humangeographie,
Contents
Introduction
Knowledge transfer, space and organisations: a multi-perspective discussion
Being mobile at work: mobility practices in organisations and their impact on intra-firm networks and knowledge transfers
Expatriation: social networks and knowledge flows
Situating the research question
Studying social networks and knowledge transfer over geographical distance in organisations
The business perspective: the role of spatial mobility and intra-firm social ties
The expatriate perspective: spatial mobility, social networks and flows of knowledge
Discussion of empirical finding
Final conclusion.
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