TY - JOUR
TI - The Knowledge Transfer From Headquarter to Local Subsidiaries Through Expatriates - Local Employees’ Perspective
AU - Przytuła, Sylwia
AU - Rozkwitalska, Małgorzata
AU - Chmielecki, Michał
AU - Basińska, Beata Aleksandra
TI - The Knowledge Transfer From Headquarter to Local Subsidiaries Through Expatriates - Local Employees’ Perspective
AB - 
	Background: Knowledge transfer between the HQ and subsidiary has recently been targets of increasing research interest. However, the role of expatriate managers and local staff perspective on this process has not been examined enough.

	Research aims: This paper has two main objectives: first to develop a conceptual framework (model) of knowledge transfer between the headquarters and local subsidiary, and second to empirically evaluate this process in five foreign subsidiaries based in Poland from a knowledge-based perspective.

	Methodology: Our study relied on qualitative case study methods. The authors report the empirical findings from five multinational subsidiaries (two German, two American and one Indian) located in Poland. 68 semi-structured interviews were conducted among HR specialists and managers.

	Key findings: The transfer of knowledge has always been in one direction, that is from the headquarters to its foreign subsidiary in Poland. Both the headquarters (as a sender) and the subsidiary (as a receiver) have been prepared in terms of tools and institutions to accumulate the knowledge. A key link in the knowledge transfer has included expatriates – their skills and abilities such as openness, willingness to learn and motivation for learning, ability to transfer their knowledge and experience to others, and ability to build positive interpersonal relations.
VL - 2018
IS - Numer 17(3)
PY - 2018
SN - 2449-8920
C1 - 2449-8939
SP - 207
EP - 239
DO - 10.4467/24498939IJCM.18.032.9628
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/international-journal-of-contemporary-management/artykul/the-knowledge-transfer-from-headquarter-to-local-subsidiaries-through-expatriates-local-employees-perspective
KW - knowledge transfer
KW - knowledge sharing
KW - expatriates
KW - host country nationals (HCN)