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Conceptualizing factors affecting knowledge transfer between expatriates and host country nationals

This paper intends to examine factors influencing transfer of knowledge between expatriates and host country nationals (HCNs). This conceptual paper reviews literature on knowledge transfer, its relation with expatriates and HCNs, and the factors affecting knowledge transfer involving the two groups...

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Main Authors: Zulkifly, Nurul Afiqah, Ismail, Maimunah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2015
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66071/1/GREduc2015-17.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.660712019-02-11T02:44:25Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66071/ Conceptualizing factors affecting knowledge transfer between expatriates and host country nationals Zulkifly, Nurul Afiqah Ismail, Maimunah This paper intends to examine factors influencing transfer of knowledge between expatriates and host country nationals (HCNs). This conceptual paper reviews literature on knowledge transfer, its relation with expatriates and HCNs, and the factors affecting knowledge transfer involving the two groups of human resources. Transfer of knowledge among terrestrial dispersed and diverse locations has become significant as it is essential in retaining competitive advantage among multinational corporations (MNCs) globally where both expatriates and HCNs co-exist. They function as ‘boundary spanners’ which means that they facilitate the process of knowledge transfer. However, owing to expatriates and HCNs come from different cultural backgrounds, forming a positive relationship between them may face challenges. Existing research has focused on general mechanisms of unidirectional knowledge transfer but not many were conducted specifically on the factors influencing knowledge transfer involving expatriates and HCNs bi-directionally. Therefore, this study attempts to conceptualize factors influencing knowledge transfer between expatriates and HCN bi-directionally. Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66071/1/GREduc2015-17.pdf Zulkifly, Nurul Afiqah and Ismail, Maimunah (2015) Conceptualizing factors affecting knowledge transfer between expatriates and host country nationals. In: Graduate Research in Education (GREDuc) 2015 Seminar, 20 Dec. 2015, Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia. (pp. 140-147).
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description This paper intends to examine factors influencing transfer of knowledge between expatriates and host country nationals (HCNs). This conceptual paper reviews literature on knowledge transfer, its relation with expatriates and HCNs, and the factors affecting knowledge transfer involving the two groups of human resources. Transfer of knowledge among terrestrial dispersed and diverse locations has become significant as it is essential in retaining competitive advantage among multinational corporations (MNCs) globally where both expatriates and HCNs co-exist. They function as ‘boundary spanners’ which means that they facilitate the process of knowledge transfer. However, owing to expatriates and HCNs come from different cultural backgrounds, forming a positive relationship between them may face challenges. Existing research has focused on general mechanisms of unidirectional knowledge transfer but not many were conducted specifically on the factors influencing knowledge transfer involving expatriates and HCNs bi-directionally. Therefore, this study attempts to conceptualize factors influencing knowledge transfer between expatriates and HCN bi-directionally.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Zulkifly, Nurul Afiqah
Ismail, Maimunah
spellingShingle Zulkifly, Nurul Afiqah
Ismail, Maimunah
Conceptualizing factors affecting knowledge transfer between expatriates and host country nationals
author_facet Zulkifly, Nurul Afiqah
Ismail, Maimunah
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title Conceptualizing factors affecting knowledge transfer between expatriates and host country nationals
title_short Conceptualizing factors affecting knowledge transfer between expatriates and host country nationals
title_full Conceptualizing factors affecting knowledge transfer between expatriates and host country nationals
title_fullStr Conceptualizing factors affecting knowledge transfer between expatriates and host country nationals
title_full_unstemmed Conceptualizing factors affecting knowledge transfer between expatriates and host country nationals
title_sort conceptualizing factors affecting knowledge transfer between expatriates and host country nationals
publisher Faculty of Educational Studies, Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate 2015
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66071/1/GREduc2015-17.pdf
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