A social capital perspective of knowledge sharing and career outcomes of international assignees

B. Sebastian Reiche; Maria L. Kraimer; Anne Wil Harzing

A social capital perspective of knowledge sharing and career outcomes of international assignees

B. Sebastian Reiche^*
, Maria L. Kraimer
, Anne Wil Harzing

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review

Abstract

We propose that international assignees' social capital at MNC headquarters will have implications for their knowledge sharing and career outcomes. Drawing on a longitudinal study of 260 inpatriates assigned to MNC headquarters, we examined the antecedents of structural, relational, and cognitive social capital within the headquarters and demonstrated that all social capital dimensions positively related to knowledge sharing mediated by inpatriates' boundary spanning. We also found that inpatriates' relational and cognitive social capital influenced their perceived career opportunities which, in turn, affected their on-going organizational membership. The former relationship held over time, although in the case of relational social capital it was mediated by the on-going value of inpatriates' social capital.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Academy of Management Proceedings
Volume	2008
Edition	01
Publication status	Published - Aug 2008
Externally published	Yes
Event	68th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2008 - Anaheim, CA, United States Duration: 8 Aug 2008 → 13 Aug 2008

Conference

Conference	68th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2008
Country/Territory	United States
City	Anaheim, CA
Period	8/08/08 → 13/08/08

Keywords

International assignments
Knowledge sharing
Social capital

Cite this

@inproceedings{467ad698710243c0a533492a7b7769e6,

title = "A social capital perspective of knowledge sharing and career outcomes of international assignees",

abstract = "We propose that international assignees' social capital at MNC headquarters will have implications for their knowledge sharing and career outcomes. Drawing on a longitudinal study of 260 inpatriates assigned to MNC headquarters, we examined the antecedents of structural, relational, and cognitive social capital within the headquarters and demonstrated that all social capital dimensions positively related to knowledge sharing mediated by inpatriates' boundary spanning. We also found that inpatriates' relational and cognitive social capital influenced their perceived career opportunities which, in turn, affected their on-going organizational membership. The former relationship held over time, although in the case of relational social capital it was mediated by the on-going value of inpatriates' social capital.",

keywords = "International assignments, Knowledge sharing, Social capital",

author = "Reiche, \{B. Sebastian\} and Kraimer, \{Maria L.\} and Harzing, \{Anne Wil\}",

year = "2008",

month = aug,

language = "English",

volume = "2008",

booktitle = "Academy of Management Proceedings",

edition = "01",

note = "68th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2008 ; Conference date: 08-08-2008 Through 13-08-2008",

}

TY - GEN

T1 - A social capital perspective of knowledge sharing and career outcomes of international assignees

AU - Reiche, B. Sebastian

AU - Kraimer, Maria L.

AU - Harzing, Anne Wil

PY - 2008/8

Y1 - 2008/8

N2 - We propose that international assignees' social capital at MNC headquarters will have implications for their knowledge sharing and career outcomes. Drawing on a longitudinal study of 260 inpatriates assigned to MNC headquarters, we examined the antecedents of structural, relational, and cognitive social capital within the headquarters and demonstrated that all social capital dimensions positively related to knowledge sharing mediated by inpatriates' boundary spanning. We also found that inpatriates' relational and cognitive social capital influenced their perceived career opportunities which, in turn, affected their on-going organizational membership. The former relationship held over time, although in the case of relational social capital it was mediated by the on-going value of inpatriates' social capital.

AB - We propose that international assignees' social capital at MNC headquarters will have implications for their knowledge sharing and career outcomes. Drawing on a longitudinal study of 260 inpatriates assigned to MNC headquarters, we examined the antecedents of structural, relational, and cognitive social capital within the headquarters and demonstrated that all social capital dimensions positively related to knowledge sharing mediated by inpatriates' boundary spanning. We also found that inpatriates' relational and cognitive social capital influenced their perceived career opportunities which, in turn, affected their on-going organizational membership. The former relationship held over time, although in the case of relational social capital it was mediated by the on-going value of inpatriates' social capital.

KW - International assignments

KW - Knowledge sharing

KW - Social capital

UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84858428521

M3 - Conference contribution

AN - SCOPUS:84858428521

VL - 2008

BT - Academy of Management Proceedings

T2 - 68th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2008

Y2 - 8 August 2008 through 13 August 2008

ER -

A social capital perspective of knowledge sharing and career outcomes of international assignees

Abstract

Conference

Keywords

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this