International labour migration and tacit knowledge transactions: A multi-level perspective
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Williams, AM (2006) International labour migration and tacit knowledge transactions: A multi-level perspective Global Networks, 7 (1). 29 - 50. ISSN 1470-2266
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0374.2006.00155.x
Abstract
There has been limited research on the role of international migration in the transfer of tacit knowledge, as opposed to skills and capital. In part, this results from lack of engagement between research on migration and that on knowledge and learning, even in debates concerning the relative importance of distanciated versus localised knowledge transfers. However, positioning international migration in relation to the literature on knowledge management opens up new perspectives on its role in the overall transfer of knowledge in the economy. Starting from the premise that all tacit knowledge transactions are socially situated, this paper sets out a multi-level approach to understanding the role of migrants in knowledge exchanges. The national, the urban and the firm constitute key levels in this analysis, although these are understood as inter-folded rather than as discrete sites of analysis.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Posted with the publisher's permission. The definitive version is available at http://www.blackwell-synergy.com |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Business, Economics and Law > Hospitality and Tourism Management |
| ID Code: | 59943 |
| Deposited By: | Symplectic Elements |
| Deposited On: | 22 Mar 2012 10:46 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Jun 2013 02:52 |
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