Israeli Expatriate Managers, Knowledge Transfer and Retention: A Empirical Study in: The Transfer of Tacit Knowledge by Israeli Expatriate ManagersTheir Perception on Retention
Автор:Jack Aschkenazi Год: 2008 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 204 ISBN: 3639058518 Relatively to its size, Israel is very involved in International Business. The Israeli high tech industry is well positioned among the top five world leaders in the field.Israel while small is experiencing a constant growth in expatriate managers.Israel is part of the Western World and yet there is little research related to the activities of Israeli Multinational Corporations, to Israeli Expatriate Management, or to tacit knowledge transfer activities of Israeli expatriate managers. Retention of Israeli expatriate managers upon completion of their assignments has also not been examined.This study examines the activity of Israeli expatriate managers in transferring tacit knowledge to home offices during their assignments .While on assignment, an expatriate manager acquire valuable knowledge. Should this knowledge be lost because of attrition, upon completion of an assignment, this would cause an considerable loss to the company. Hence the use for a study on retention.
