Knowledge Sharing of Self-Initiated Expatriates: The Effects of Job Embeddedness, Career Capital, and Supervisor Incivility

Taiba Hussain (), Alexandra Henderson () and Sophia Soyoung Jeong ()
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Taiba Hussain: Zayed University
Alexandra Henderson: Zayed University
Sophia Soyoung Jeong: New York University Abu Dhabi

Management International Review, 2024, vol. 64, issue 5, No 3, 843-870

Abstract: Abstract Self-initiated expatriates are recognized as a major source of knowledge and have the potential of acting as key players in helping organizations gain and maintain competitive advantage. Using conservation of resources theory as a guiding theoretical framework, we examined the effect of job embeddedness on self-initiated expatriates’ knowledge sharing, as well as the moderating effects of career capital and supervisor incivility. We utilized a sample of 170 self-initiated expatriates and their supervisors working in public service organizations in the United Arab Emirates. Results showed that job embeddedness was positively related to the two facets of knowledge sharing: knowledge donating and knowledge collecting. The study also revealed that knowing how career capital positively moderated the relationship between job embeddedness and knowledge donating, while it did not moderate the relationship between job embeddedness and knowledge collecting. Supervisor incivility negatively moderated the relationship between job embeddedness and both knowledge donating and knowledge collecting. This study examines the motivational and contextual factors that affect knowledge sharing of self-initiated expatriates, which have previously been overlooked.

Keywords: Knowledge sharing; Self-initiated expatriates; Job embeddedness; Career capital; Supervisor incivility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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