Repatriate knowledge transfer: Antecedents and boundary conditions of a dyadic process
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In: Journal of World Business, Vol. 53, No. 6, 01.12.2018, p. 806-816.
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T1 - Repatriate knowledge transfer
T2 - Antecedents and boundary conditions of a dyadic process
AU - Burmeister, Anne
AU - Lazarova, Mila
AU - Deller, Jürgen
PY - 2018/12/1
Y1 - 2018/12/1
N2 - In this study, we build on the ability-motivation-opportunity framework to test whether both repatriates' disseminative capacity and domestic employees' absorptive capacity as well as their opportunities for interaction affect repatriate knowledge transfer. Further, we examine the moderating effects of two distinctive factors associated with repatriate knowledge transfer: repatriate knowledge characteristics and characteristics of international assignments. Using multi-source time-lagged data from 101 dyads, we find support for most of our hypotheses. Our study contributes to theory and practice by providing an integrated analysis of antecedents and boundary conditions of repatriate knowledge transfer and by highlighting its dyadic nature.
AB - In this study, we build on the ability-motivation-opportunity framework to test whether both repatriates' disseminative capacity and domestic employees' absorptive capacity as well as their opportunities for interaction affect repatriate knowledge transfer. Further, we examine the moderating effects of two distinctive factors associated with repatriate knowledge transfer: repatriate knowledge characteristics and characteristics of international assignments. Using multi-source time-lagged data from 101 dyads, we find support for most of our hypotheses. Our study contributes to theory and practice by providing an integrated analysis of antecedents and boundary conditions of repatriate knowledge transfer and by highlighting its dyadic nature.
KW - Absorptive capacity
KW - Disseminative capacity
KW - Repatriation
KW - Reverse knowledge transfer
KW - Tacitness
KW - Business psychology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85049357378&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jwb.2018.06.004
DO - 10.1016/j.jwb.2018.06.004
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85049357378
VL - 53
SP - 806
EP - 816
JO - Journal of World Business
JF - Journal of World Business
SN - 1090-9516
IS - 6
ER -