Expatriate utilization, subsidiary knowledge creation and performance: The moderating role of subsidiary strategic context

被引：46

作者：

Kawai, Norifumi ^{[1
]}

Chung, Chul ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Sussex, Business Sch, Brighton BN1 9SL, E Sussex, England

[2] Univ Reading, Henley Business Sch, Reading RG6 6UD, Berks, England

来源：

JOURNAL OF WORLD BUSINESS | 2019年 / 54卷 / 01期

关键词：

Expatriation; Knowledge creation capability; Subsidiary performance; Transnational strategy; Japanese MNCs; COMMON METHOD VARIANCE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELS; ABSORPTIVE-CAPACITY; MULTINATIONAL-CORPORATIONS; FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES; PRODUCT INNOVATIVENESS; FIRM KNOWLEDGE; FIT INDEXES; JAPANESE; MNC;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jwb.2018.09.003

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Little research examines the mechanisms for the relationship between expatriate utilization and subsidiary performance. Building on the knowledge-based view of the firm, we propose a multi-stage mediation model to explain how expatriate staffing promotes subsidiary financial performance. Our results underscore that expatriate utilization has an indirect, mediated effect on subsidiary financial performance through its links with subsidiaries' knowledge creation and product performance. Adopting a moderated mediation approach, we also find that the indirect relationship between expatriate utilization and subsidiary product performance via subsidiary knowledge creation is strengthened by the context of transnational strategy as a moderating contingency.

引用

页码：24 / 36

页数：13

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