Naslov
Knowledge sharing and its management in an international work environment: drivers, challenges and consequences
(Guest editorial Knowledge sharing and its management in an international work environment: drivers, challenges and consequences)

Autori
Dabić, Marina ; Moeller, Miriam ; Caputo, Andrea ; Stoermer, Sebastian

Izvornik
Journal of Global Mobility: The Home of Expatriate Management Research (2049-8799) 9 (2021), 4; 457-463

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, uvodnik, ostalo

Ključne riječi
Knowledge sharing, international work environment, global context, multiculturalism

Sažetak
As organizations are becoming increasingly multicultural in their composition and global in their focus, we set out to zero in on extant dialog around creating, sharing and managing knowledge in an international work environment with this special issue. With this objective in mind, we inform on a range of contributions to provide a perspective on meaningful future research opportunities in this exciting domain. We first want to acknowledge that research is at an early developmental stage and has only begun to uncover factors that have the power to influence knowledge creation and transfer in an increasingly multicultural, international and diverse context. This is surprising since global work assignments and multiculturalism in the workplace have commonly been considered significant opportunities for the conveyance and generation of knowledge and a driver of learning. As an example, this research includes the crucial role of individuals’ ability, motivation and career aspirations (Lazarova and Tarique, 2005), the role of cultural intelligence (Vlaj
cic et al., 2019 ; Stoermer et al., 2021), knowledge sharing activities of expatriates and host country staff (Heizmann et al., 2018), language effects on knowledge sharing (Peltokorpi and Yamao, 2017) and reverse knowledge transfers from subsidiaries (Burmeister et al., 2015 ; Kong et al., 2018), including boundary conditions and the role of leadership (Bucher et al., 2020 ; Duvivier et al., 2019 ; Froese et al., 2021). Building on these vital advancements, this special issued called for articles that could further illuminate why individuals are motivated to share knowledge, how they accumulate knowledge and why individuals opt to hide their knowledge in an international working context. Second, as organizations begin to rely on a much a broader range of global personnel (Reiche et al., 2019 ; Shaffer et al., 2012) to tap into opportunities that can yield new organizational learning and other positive outcomes, a vast range of global work categories emerged. The special issue aims to elaborate on existing and elucidating new factors and dynamics that inform on knowledge creation and transfer nuances generated by a range of global work categories (Reiche et al., 2020 ; Shaffer et al., 2019), such as inpatriates or repatriates and associated management practices that can facilitate knowledge sharing by these specific categories of global workers. Third, international work arrangements do not have to necessarily be connected to physically transcending borders. In an age of digitization and in the light of the Covid- 19 pandemic, remote management and virtual international teams are gaining importance, but what are the ramifications for the sharing and management of knowledge in these fairly novel constellations of work? The articles featured in this special issue tackles these recent developments and the nascent gaps in research debate in or way or another and, thus, make a welcomed contribution to the pertinent literature and management practice.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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