450 research outputs found
Enhancing subsidiary absorptive capacity: the role of knowledge acquisition practices and intellectual capital
No full textDrawing from the absorptive capacity framework and the knowledge-based view of multinational corporations (MNCs), this dissertation explores linkages among knowledge acquisition practices, organizational learning, knowledge creation capability, and performance among a sample of US subsidiaries of multinational corporations operating in the manufacturing industry. Overall, data from 106 MNC subsidiaries located in the US and headquartered either in Europe or Japan support the predictions of this study and indicate that subsidiary performance is driven by both an internal and an external path of knowledge acquisition and learning. Specifically, results showed that internal and external knowledge acquisition practices were positively related to the learning of internal and external know-how respectively. Both internal and external learning, in turn, were positively related to a subsidiary’s knowledge creation capability, which, in turn, was positively related to subsidiaries’ performance in the US. However, the external learning–knowledge creation capability path was much stronger than the internal learning–knowledge creation path which was positive only under conditions of low external learning, low subsidiary social capital, and high subsidiary organizational capital. Several methods for testing mediated relationships converged on the finding that internal and external learning as well as knowledge creation capability carry the influence of internal and external knowledge acquisition practices to subsidiary competitive advantage through an indirect path.
Results, in general, did not support the predictions that intellectual capital positively moderates the relationship between learning and knowledge creation capability. Moreover, two of the three significant interactions of the relationship between internal learning and knowledge creation capability – social capital and external learning - were in the opposite direction of what was hypothesized - yielding to an unexpected pattern of findings. Only in the case of high organizational capital, the relationship between internal learning and knowledge creation capability was positively stronger. For the relationship between external learning and knowledge creation capability, none of the proposed intellectual capital moderators were significant.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-131)by Saba Colakogl
Subsidiary staffing and performance: the case of foreign multinationals in the U.S.
No full textInternational staffing is an important mechanism for the control and coordination of culturally and geographically dispersed operations of a multinational corporation. However literature on subsidiary staffing patterns and the search for the antecedents of subsidiary staffing has led to mixed results in the past. Moreover, the relation between subsidiary staffing and subsidiary performance has received very limited attention from researchers. Thus, this thesis is aimed at improving our understanding of the antecedents and outcomes of subsidiary staffing by addressing two research questions.
My first research question relates to the antecedents of subsidiary staffing. I explore the influence of cultural distance between home and host countries, uncertainty avoidance dimension of the home country's national culture, and dependence of the subsidiary on the headquarters on subsidiary staffing patterns. My second research question relates to whether there is a relation between how a subsidiary is staffed and how it performs. Within this question, I explore whether multinational corporations face a paradox when staffing culturally distant subsidiaries. Although the literature suggests that cultural distance leads to ethnocentric staffing patterns, I argue that this decision will lower subsidiary performance since cultural distance will also diminish the ability of parent country nationals to operate successfully in such an environment.
I test my model on a random sample of 52 foreign multinationals operating in the U.S. Although U.S. is the top recipient of foreign direct investment in the world, this population has not been studied in published international staffing studies, and thus is a valuable contribution to the emerging literature on this topic.
The results provide support for both of the research questions. All the three antecedents are significant predictors of the ratio of parent country nationals in the workforce. For the second research question, although there is no direct relation between subsidiary staffing and performance, this relation depends on the cultural distance between the U.S. and the home country. Ethnocentric staffing diminishes subsidiary performance significantly when cultural distance is high.M.S.Includes bibliographical references (p. 56-64)
An empirical examination of personal learning within the context of teams.
No full textUsing a sample of 588 employees in 59 work teams, we tested a model that situates personal learning within the context of teams, viewing it as a joint function of teams’ leadership climate (i.e., transformational leadership) and task characteristics (i.e., task routineness and task interdependence). Consistent with our hypotheses, we found that the positive relationships between transformational leadership climate and the two dimensions of personal learning (relational job learning and personal skill development) were moderated by the nature of the teams’ tasks. Specifically, transformational leadership climate was more strongly associated with personal learning for members of teams working on tasks that were less routine, rather than more routine. However, no significant moderation was found for leadership climate and task interdependence. Our findings underscore the importance of taking into account the contextual conditions within which leadership influence occurs while also demonstrating the potential role that leaders can play in promoting employees’ personal learning. Overall, our study bolsters theories that conceptualize adult learning as a transaction between people and their social environments and points to a practical need to match leadership styles with team task characteristics to unleash transformational leadership effects.Peer reviewe
Forthaven Saba, Nederlandse Antillen
No full textOm cruiseschepen te ontvangen op Saba, Nederlandse Antillen, zijn een aantal alternatieven ontwikkeld. De haven wordt ook gebruikt als goederenhaven en hiervoor is een prognose opgesteld voor het jaar 2005. De golfsituatie was onbekend en daarom is door middel van programma's een golfklimaat berekend voor en in de haven. Het alternatief dat het best aan de gestelde criteria voldoet is gekozen. Dit betekenqdat de kade met 35 m wordt verlengd tot een totale lengte van 110 m. Ook de golfbreker wordt verlengd om de schepen tegen golfaanval te beschermen.Hydraulic EngineeringCivil Engineering and Geoscience
The Self-translator’s [In]Visibility: Domestication, Foreignization, and More
No full textThis paper examines the translator's invisibility and visibility in applying the translation strategies of domestication and foreignization used in autobiographical self-translation from Japanese to English. This study is part of a larger research project investigating the self-translation process I experienced while self-translating my autobiography, originally written in Japanese, my native language, into English, my second language. In this autobiographical self-translation process, the roles of the author, first-person narrator, protagonist, and translator are coterminous. Therefore, the narrative's translation process must be examined from multiple perspectives, which involve, for instance, the author-translator's perceptions of the new target audience, the events, and participants described in the story, etc. Focusing primarily on the influence of the audience, the present study examines, from a social-psychological perspective, the translator's style-shifting behavior as manifested in the application of the two translation strategies. Domestication, for instance, can be seen as the translator's convergence toward the target text audience (i.e., readers) and foreignization as a divergence from them. Self-translators may apply foreignization, not only for divergence but for other reasons—e.g., their emotional attachment toward the source text, story, and characters. In self-translation, the author and translator are identical. This fact may make the issue of translators' invisibility insignificant. Yet, self-translators may still become invisible when they apply domestication and converge toward the target text audience. But at the same time, the application of domestication or foreignization by self-translators may be regarded as their expression of their selves, which makes them truly visible as translators—likely not to the audience but to themselves
Talent Attraction in the Automotive Industry: Employer Branding Strategies for Next-Generation Employees
No full textAuthor Syeda Saba Siddique, LL.BMasterarbeit Johannes Kepler Universität Linz 202
Talent Attraction in the Automotive Industry: Employer Branding Strategies for Next-Generation Employees
No full textAuthor Syeda Saba Siddique, LL.BMasterarbeit Johannes Kepler Universität Linz 202
Towards a design for an improved drinking water supply system on Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba
No full textIn 2008, the author has conducted a research study on behalf of the Caribbean Water Association on the consequences of the constitutional change of the Netherlands Antilles for the drinking water supply on Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba (BES). This research study formed the basis for further research in the form of this MSc. thesis. Being the responsible Ministry for the supply of drinking water on the future BES islands, VROM positively embraced the idea to study solution alternatives to improve the current situation on the BES islands. The Ministry of VROM granted the author with the financial means and support to conduct this thesis research study. In chapter 7 of this report a set of guidelines and instruments is presented that can support the Ministry of VROM in defining and preparing an improved drinking water supply on the BES islands.Sanitary EngineeringWatermanagementCivil Engineering and Geoscience
A new system of authorship best assessment
No full textPurpose:The standard bibliometric indexes ("m-quotient "H-," "H2-," "g-," "a-," "m-," and "r-" index) do not considered the research' position in the author list of the paper. We proposed a new methodology, System of Authorship Best Assessment (SABA), to characterize the scientific output based on authors' position. Material and Methods:Four classes S1A, S1B, S2A, and S2B include only papers where the researcher is in first, first/last, first/second/last, and first/second/second-last/last position respectively were used for the calculation of H-index and number of citations The system was tested with Noble prize winners controlled with researchers matched for H-index. The different in percentage between standard bibliometric index and S2B was calculated and compared. Results:The percentage differences in Noble prize winners between S2B-H-index versus Global H-index and number of citations is very lower comparing with control group (median 4.15% [adjusted 95% CI, 2.54-5.30] vs 9.00 [adjusted 95% CI, 7.16-11.84], p < 0.001; average difference 8.7% vs 20.3%). All different in percentage between standard bibliometric index and S2B except two (H2- and m-index) were significantly lower among Noble prize compared with control group. Conclusion:The SABA methodology better weight the research impact by showing that for excellent profiles the S2B is similar to global values whereas for other researchers there is a significant difference
Women leaders in trade unions of Pakistan : stories of struggle and leadership
No full textFriedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Pakistan Office ; author: Saba Gul Khattak ; illustrators Abdullah Shahid, Aiman Saleem, Areeban Shaukat Qureshi [und weitere
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