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Subsidiaries as Learning Engines: Understanding Middle Managers' Search for Knowledge as Micro-Foundation

Author(s)
Tippmann, Esther  
Sharkey Scott, Pamela  
Mangematin, Vincent  
Uri
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/7844
Date Issued
2011
Date Available
2016-09-01T12:37:56Z
Abstract
A lot of research on MNC knowledge flows has concentrated on the organizational conditions that promote learning through a more efficient reuse of existing knowledge. Departing from this predominant research stream and recognizing the important role of middle managers in learning processes, we investigated how subsidiary middle managers actually search for knowledge when dealing with problems and evaluated the outcomes in terms of generating organizational adaptation. Using multiple case studies of three ICT subsidiaries and 33 knowledge search processes, we uncover how subsidiary middle managers' knowledge search which tackles distance and dynamically integrates diverse knowledge sources can generate learning outcomes. We thus argue that the middle managers’ pro-active and self-initiated search for knowledge is a micro-foundation of subsidiary learning. The findings contribute by offering a micro-perspective of how middle managers' actions generate organization-level outcomes, extending theory on knowledge flows and subsidiary learning.
Type of Material
Book Chapter
Publisher
Palgrave MacMillan
Subjects

Multinational corpora...

Knowledge flows

Knowledge seeking beh...

Middle managers

Organizational adapta...

Web versions
http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9780230289970
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
Journal
Berrill, J., Hutson, E. and Sinkovics, R. (eds.). Firm-level Internationalisation, Regionalism and Globalisation
ISBN
978-0-230-30510-6
This item is made available under a Creative Commons License
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/
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Tippmann_et_al._(2011)_book_chapter.doc

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241.5 KB

Format

Microsoft Word

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Owning collection
Business Research Collection

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