The effect of organizational separation on individuals' knowledge sharing in MNCs
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Dasí, À., Pedersen, T., Gooderham, P., Elter, F. and Hildrum, J. 2017. The effect of organizational separation on individuals' knowledge sharing in MNCs. Journal of World Business. 52 (3), pp. 431-446. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2017.01.008
Type | Article |
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Title | The effect of organizational separation on individuals' knowledge sharing in MNCs |
Authors | Dasí, À., Pedersen, T., Gooderham, P., Elter, F. and Hildrum, J. |
Abstract | The ability of an organization to apply knowledge globally has been conceptualized as critical for the existence of multinational corporations (MNCs). We argue for an organizational separation effect on knowledge sharing that challenges the view of the MNC as a latent social community. Using a unique data-set of more than 4.000 individual responses from an MNC, Telenor, we test how three types of drivers for individuals’ knowledge sharing –individuals’ motivation, and individuals’ perceptions of organizational values and organizational work practices- work differently within, as opposed to across, business units. Our analysis suggests that while intrinsic motivation, innovative values and job autonomy are relatively important drivers of knowledge sharing within the business units, extrinsic motivation, result-oriented values and participation in corporate employee development are relatively more important for knowledge sharing across business units. |
Research Group | International and Cross-cultural Management group |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Journal | Journal of World Business |
ISSN | 1090-9516 |
Electronic | 1878-5573 |
Publication dates | |
Online | 13 Feb 2017 |
01 Apr 2017 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 08 Jan 2018 |
Accepted | 31 Jan 2017 |
Output status | Published |
Accepted author manuscript | License |
Copyright Statement | © 2017. This author's accepted manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2017.01.008 |
Language | English |
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