- Title
- Sharing and developing knowledge of organization culture during international assignments
- Creator
- Boyle, Brendan; Nicholas, Stephen; Mitchell, Rebecca
- Relation
- International Journal of Cross Cultural Management Vol. 12, Issue 3, p. 361-378
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1470595812440151
- Publisher
- Sage
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2012
- Description
- This article investigates the sharing and development of knowledge of organization culture during international assignments in multinational enterprises (MNE). Organization culture is presented as a category of knowledge, and the value of this knowledge is discussed in the strategic context of MNE integration and the development of global management competencies. In-depth interview data from 21 cases of international assignments across 13 MNEs are analysed, revealing that assignees play a role in sharing knowledge of organization culture through the process of articulating tacit perspectives held across global units. The data also reveal a role for assignments in the development of comprehension of substantive heterogeneity. This article contributes to our understanding of the developmental aspects of assignments, the utility of assignments as a method for knowledge sharing and the role of international assignments in the integration of MNEs.
- Subject
- cross-cultural management; international assignments; knowledge; multinational enterprises; organization culture
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1309309
- Identifier
- uon:21835
- Identifier
- ISSN:1741-2838
- Language
- eng
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