Trust and repatriate knowledge transfer: Whom do you trust, and how does this trust develop?
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in: Academy of Management Proceedings, Jahrgang 2015, Nr. 1, 10972, 08.2015.
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T1 - Trust and repatriate knowledge transfer
T2 - Whom do you trust, and how does this trust develop?
AU - Burmeister, Anne
AU - Deller, Jürgen
AU - Szkudlarek, Betina
AU - Oddou, Gary
AU - Blakeney, Roger
PY - 2015/8
Y1 - 2015/8
N2 - This paper reports the results of theory-building qualitative research that aims to contribute to a more nuanced understanding of the role of trust as it affects repatriate knowledge transfer. Data were obtained from 29 semi-structured interviews with German and U.S. repatriates using the critical incident technique. First, repatriates perceived an asymmetry between themselves and knowledge recipients regarding the different importance attached to the underlying dimensions of trustworthiness. Second, the type of knowledge influenced the mode of interaction and the trust development process between repatriates and knowledge recipients. Third, three trusting relationships between repatriates, recipients, and supervisors were detected as relevant for RKT. This study overcomes the simplistic treatment of the trust construct in previous studies on knowledge transfer. In addition, it clarifies the impact of different knowledge types and third actors, namely supervisors on the knowledge transfer process.
AB - This paper reports the results of theory-building qualitative research that aims to contribute to a more nuanced understanding of the role of trust as it affects repatriate knowledge transfer. Data were obtained from 29 semi-structured interviews with German and U.S. repatriates using the critical incident technique. First, repatriates perceived an asymmetry between themselves and knowledge recipients regarding the different importance attached to the underlying dimensions of trustworthiness. Second, the type of knowledge influenced the mode of interaction and the trust development process between repatriates and knowledge recipients. Third, three trusting relationships between repatriates, recipients, and supervisors were detected as relevant for RKT. This study overcomes the simplistic treatment of the trust construct in previous studies on knowledge transfer. In addition, it clarifies the impact of different knowledge types and third actors, namely supervisors on the knowledge transfer process.
KW - Business psychology
KW - Content Analysis
KW - critical incident technique
KW - international assignment
KW - repatriate knowledge transfer
KW - repatriation
KW - trust
KW - Trustworthiness
KW - Content analysis
KW - critical incident technique
KW - international assignment
KW - repatriate knowledge transfer
KW - repatriation
KW - trust
KW - Trustworthiness
U2 - 10.5465/AMBPP.2015.10972abstract
DO - 10.5465/AMBPP.2015.10972abstract
M3 - Conference article in journal
VL - 2015
JO - Academy of Management Proceedings
JF - Academy of Management Proceedings
SN - 0065-0668
IS - 1
M1 - 10972
ER -