Knowledge transfers over geographical distance in organisations : the role of spatial mobility and business networks / Vanessa Rebecca Hünnemeyer.
2020
HD69.S8 H86 2020
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Title
Knowledge transfers over geographical distance in organisations : the role of spatial mobility and business networks / Vanessa Rebecca Hünnemeyer.
ISBN
9783658310189 (electronic book)
3658310189 (electronic book)
3658310170
9783658310172
3658310189 (electronic book)
3658310170
9783658310172
Published
Wiesbaden, Germany : Springer Spektrum, [2020]
Language
English
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In English with acknowledgements and summary in German.
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1 online resource.
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HD69.S8 H86 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification
650.13
Summary
Current corporate structures based on internationalisation and decentralisation are opposed to the nature of the most important resource: knowledge. The acquisition and exchange of (tacit) knowledge relies on interpersonal interactions and is thus time- and place-dependent. Given that the combination of heterogeneous knowledge stocks furthers innovation, organisations develop strategies to ensure the transfer of knowledge. To enable intra-organisational knowledge flows spatial mobility at the workplace affects a wide range of employees. The study examines in which ways spatially mobile employees, i.e. expatriates, contribute to those knowledge flows. The study of ego networks reveals not only social dynamics of knowledge transfer, but the geographical framework allows to discuss knowledge flows from a spatial perspective. On the one hand, the empirical results confirm their knowledge transfer function. On the other hand, the relational geographical perspective reveals that expatriates do not represent a homogeneous group, but their roles in the knowledge transfer process, the geographical reach of their networks and their knowledge resources depend on job-, knowledge-, individual- and space-related factors.
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Perspektiven der Humangeographie
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