Purpose

The existing literature presents mixed findings on how intra-multinational enterprise (MNE) competition affects cross-border interpersonal knowledge sharing; some studies indicate that it hinders, while others suggest that it facilitates, such exchanges. The purpose of this study is to address this issue by proposing and testing the U-shaped curvilinear effects of intra-MNE competition on cross-border interpersonal knowledge sharing.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors conducted a survey bias test, confirmatory factor analysis and regression analysis on data gathered from a two-stage questionnaire survey of 333 R&D employees in India, representing 40 R&D subsidiaries across MNEs headquartered in 11 countries. To mitigate potential common method bias, the authors implemented ex-ante and ex-post measures.

Findings

The results of this study show a U-shaped effect of perceived intra-MNE competition on interpersonal knowledge sharing behaviours. The authors found that low to moderate levels of intra-MNE competition hinder cross-border interpersonal knowledge sharing within the MNE, while moderate to high levels facilitate it.

Originality/value

The novelty of this study lies in challenging the current linear relationship and highlighting that the impact of the perceived intensity of intra-MNE competition on knowledge-sharing behaviours varies at different competition levels.

中文翻译：

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跨国企业内部的跨境人际知识共享：跨国企业内部的竞争是阻碍还是促进它？

 目的

现有文献对跨国企业 （MNE） 竞争如何影响跨境人际知识共享提出了不同的发现;一些研究表明它阻碍了这种交流，而另一些研究表明它促进了这种交流。本研究的目的是通过提出和测试跨国企业内部竞争对跨境人际知识共享的 U 形曲线效应来解决这个问题。

设计/方法/方法

作者对从印度的333名研发员工（代表总部设在11个国家的MNEs的40家研发子公司）的两阶段问卷调查中收集的数据进行了调查偏倚测试、验证因子分析和回归分析。为了减少潜在的常见方法偏倚，作者实施了事前和事后措施。

 发现

本研究的结果表明，感知到 MNE 内部竞争对人际知识共享行为存在 U 形影响。作者发现，低到中等水平的跨国企业内部竞争阻碍了跨国企业内部的跨境人际知识共享，而中到高水平的竞争则促进了这种竞争。

 原创性/价值

这项研究的新颖之处在于挑战了当前的线性关系，并强调了跨国企业内部竞争的感知强度对知识共享行为的影响在不同的竞争水平上是不同的。