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The role of geographical distance on the relationship between cultural intelligence and knowledge transfer

Vlajcic D.
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Marzi G.
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Caputo A.
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Dabic M.
2019
  • journal article

Periodico
BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the ways in which the geographical distance between headquarters and subsidiaries moderates the relationship between cultural intelligence and the knowledge transfer process. Design/methodology/approach: A sample of 103 senior expatriate managers working in Croatia from several European and non-European countries was used to test the hypotheses. Data were collected using questionnaires, while the methodology employed to test the relationship between the variables was partial least square. Furthermore, interaction-moderation effect was utilized to test the impact of geographical distance and, for testing control variables, partial least square multigroup analysis was used. Findings: Cultural intelligence plays a significant role in the knowledge transfer process performance. However, geographical distance has the power to moderate this relationship based on the direction of knowledge transfer. In conventional knowledge transfer, geographical distance has no significant impact. On the contrary, data have shown that, in reverse knowledge transfer, geographical distance has a moderately relevant effect. The authors supposed that these findings could be connected to the specific location of the knowledge produced by subsidiaries. Practical implications: Multinational companies should take into consideration that the further away a subsidiary is from the headquarters, and the varying difference between cultures, cannot be completely mitigated by the ability of the manager to deal with cultural differences, namely cultural intelligence. Thus, multinational companies need to allocate resources to facilitate the knowledge transfer between subsidiaries. Originality/value: The present study stresses the importance of cultural intelligence in the knowledge transfer process, opening up a new stream of research inside these two areas of research.
DOI
10.1108/BPMJ-05-2017-0129
WOS
WOS:000458218200006
Archivio
http://hdl.handle.net/11368/2997202
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-85049524782
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/BPMJ-05-2017-0129/full/html
Diritti
open access
FVG url
https://arts.units.it/request-item?handle=11368/2997202
Soggetti
  • Croatia

  • Cultural intelligence...

  • Geographical distance...

  • Knowledge transfer

  • Multinational compani...

  • Senior manager expatr...

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