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 |
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| Journal | Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings |
| State | Published - 2008 |
| Event | 68th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2008 - Anaheim, CA, United States Duration: Aug 8 2008 → Aug 13 2008 |
Keywords
- International assignments
- Knowledge sharing
- Social capital
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