Top management incentive compensation and knowledge sharing in multinational corporations Export

@article{citeulike:3466056, abstract = {Growing interest has emerged in viewing the multinational corporation as a knowledge creating and diffusing entity. The importance of sharing knowledge across organizational and national boundaries has been established in previous research. However, the question of which organizational policies lead to knowledge sharing between multinational units is still not fully understood. In particular, the link between compensation mechanisms and knowledge sharing has not received attention in previous studies. By studying 164 foreign-owned subsidiaries located in Finland and China, this article attempts to identify the relationship between subsidiary bonus pay based on MNC-wide performance and knowledge sharing between different units of the MNC. In line with the knowledge-based perspective of the firm, the results suggest that incentive pay based on the collective performance of the MNC leads to greater knowledge sharing. Copyright {\copyright} 2008 John Wiley \& Sons, Ltd.}, address = {Institute of International Business, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden; Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland}, author = {Fey, Carl F. and Furu, Patrick}, citeulike-article-id = {3466056}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smj.712}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/121412779/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1002/smj.712}, journal = {Strategic Management Journal}, keywords = {incentives, knowledgesharing, mnc, topmanagement}, number = {12}, pages = {1301--1323}, posted-at = {2008-11-04 22:27:01}, priority = {5}, title = {Top management incentive compensation and knowledge sharing in multinational corporations}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smj.712}, volume = {29}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3466056 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3466056 N2 - Growing interest has emerged in viewing the multinational corporation as a knowledge creating and diffusing entity. The importance of sharing knowledge across organizational and national boundaries has been established in previous research. However, the question of which organizational policies lead to knowledge sharing between multinational units is still not fully understood. In particular, the link between compensation mechanisms and knowledge sharing has not received attention in previous studies. By studying 164 foreign-owned subsidiaries located in Finland and China, this article attempts to identify the relationship between subsidiary bonus pay based on MNC-wide performance and knowledge sharing between different units of the MNC. In line with the knowledge-based perspective of the firm, the results suggest that incentive pay based on the collective performance of the MNC leads to greater knowledge sharing. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. IS - 12 JF - Strategic Management Journal AD - Institute of International Business, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm, Sweden; Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland EP - 1323 TI - Top management incentive compensation and knowledge sharing in multinational corporations VL - 29 SP - 1301 KW - incentives KW - knowledgesharing KW - mnc KW - topmanagement AU - Fey, Carl AU - Furu, Patrick PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smj.712 ER -