Vahtera, P, Buckley, P orcid.org/0000-0002-0450-5589 and Aliyev, M orcid.org/0000-0002-1457-094X (2017) Affective conflict and identification of knowledge sources in MNE teams. International Business Review, 26 (5). pp. 881-895. ISSN 0969-5931
Abstract
How does affective conflict influence identification of knowledge sources in MNE teams? We apply social exchange theory and consider the effect of two types of affective interpersonal conflict: relational tension and self-interest on identification of knowledge sources in MNE teams. We further analyse how these effects are related to geographic and nationality differences. We test our hypotheses with a field study of 1181 dyadic interactions between 160 members within 40 MNE teams engaged in product innovation, human resources, and operational improvement in three large diversified MNEs. We find that affective conflict has a direct negative relationship to identification of knowledge sources in MNE teams. This relationship is further negatively moderated by geographic differences and nationality differences. Our study contributes to theoretical and empirical micro-foundations of conflict and identification of knowledge sources in MNE teams.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper published in International Business Review. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Knowledge identification; Knowledge-based view; Conflict; Teams and team-work; Cross-cultural teams; Multicultural teams |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > International Business Division (LUBS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 07 Mar 2017 10:37 |
Last Modified: | 20 Jan 2021 12:20 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2017.02.006 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2017.02.006 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:113216 |