Expatriation research through the knowledge lens: the value of focusing on the idiosyncratic

Title: Expatriation research through the knowledge lens: the value of focusing on the idiosyncratic
Creator: Boyle, Brendan; Nicholas, Stephen; Mitchell, Rebecca
Relation: 22nd Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM 2008) . 22nd ANZAM Conference 2008: Managing in the Pacific Century (Auckland, NZ 2-5 December, 2008)
Relation: http://www.promaco.com.au/2008/anzam
Publisher: Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM)
Resource Type: conference paper
Date: 2008
Description: This paper argues that, while assignments are presented in the expatriation literature as a mechanism for the transfer of knowledge, this literature has not adequately confronted the critical issue of defining the knowledge held by expatriates in line with theory clarifying the strategic importance of knowledge. It is proposed that, by defining expatriate’s knowledge by its uniqueness or idiosyncrasy to the firm, we can better integrate the study of assignments with core internal strategic issues for the MNE, as defined by the resource-based view of the firm.
Subject: knowledge transfer; expatriate assignments; idiosyncratic knowledge
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/802881
Identifier: uon:6233
Identifier: ISBN:1863081488
Language: eng
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