scholarly journals Implicit Bias and Cultural Competence: A Framework for Enhancing Tacit Knowledge Transfer

Author(s):  
Manar Alsaid ◽  
Suliman Hawamdeh ◽  
Bobbie Sartin Long

A competência cultural se refere à capacidade de se comunicar e interagir com pessoas de diferentes culturas, ao mesmo tempo que reconhece a existência de preconceitos implícitos. O preconceito implícito sugere que os estereótipos e julgamentos preconcebidos podem afetar o julgamento de alguém e podem levar a ações não intencionais. Os eventos recentes que se seguiram à morte de George Floyd geraram protestos em todo o mundo em apoio ao movimento Black Lives Matters e à justiça social. Os eventos destacaram a necessidade de reexaminar as práticas atuais de policiamento e enfocar as questões sociais e culturais que afetam o policiamento. O trabalho policial é complexo e às vezes exige que os policiais tomem ações rápidas e tomem decisões em frações de segundo, especialmente ao lidar com situações traumáticas, como apreender criminosos, proteger cenas de crime, preservar evidências, ajudar nas investigações e fazer testes em tribunais. Às vezes, essas tarefas são percebidas negativamente pelo público como resultado de incidentes violentos e encontros adversos com policiais. O trabalho de policiamento requer indivíduos altamente treinados com um espectro de habilidades, conhecimentos e competências. Neste artigo, examinamos algumas das questões culturais e estruturais relativas ao trabalho policial e propomos uma estrutura conceitual que pode servir como um preditor para melhorar a competência cultural e a mudança comportamental.

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 453-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amit Kumar ◽  
Swarup Kumar Dutta

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand how firms affiliated to business groups (BGs) are able to improve their innovation capability (IC) when engaged in coopetition (collaboration between competing firms). This study aims to explore the relationship between coopetitive relationship strength (CRS), the extent of tacit knowledge transfer (TKT) and IC as well as examine the moderating effect of both BG affiliation and coopetitive experience. Design/methodology/approach The paper examines inter-firm relationships within the empirical context of Indian manufacturing and service firms, by adopting (ordinary least square) regression analysis to test the various hypotheses. The central thesis is that the TKT in coopetition constitutes an important driver to the IC. Findings The paper provides some evidence that inter-firm CRS influences the extent of TKT, and the extent of TKT affects firm IC. The results support that firms in coopetition gain more if their coopetitive partner has a BG affiliation. In absence of a BG affiliation of any of the coopetitive partners, the buildup of TKT reduces as CRS is increased. Research limitations/implications Additional large-sample of data may attempt to validate relationships. The study, however, did not consider all enablers that are critical for TKT. Despite these limitations, analysis provides important and novel perspectives. Practical implications The paper contributes to develop executives’ practices in understanding potential benefits of coopetitive relationship. The implications of this research are important for managers seeking understanding of the management of coopetition. Originality/value The paper makes a modest attempt to investigate the various scenarios of the presence or absence of the moderation of BGs and its impact on CRS in the buildup of TKT. This is the first attempt to link coopetition to the TKT in the BG literature. This study also contributes to our understanding of coopetition in a non-western context.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chansoo Park

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess how the transfer of explicit and tacit knowledge is affected by the knowledge disseminative capacity of a foreign parent firm, with an emphasis on the moderating role of psychic distance, by developing and testing a theoretical model of international joint venture (IJV) learning. Design/methodology/approach The author tested the hypotheses with survey data collected from 199 IJVs in South Korea, estimating a structural equation model using AMOS 23.0. Findings The authors found that the capacity of the foreign parent to disseminate knowledge to the IJV has a greater impact on explicit knowledge transfer than tacit knowledge transfer. He also found that the relationship between disseminative capacity and explicit knowledge transfer is significantly moderated by psychic distance, but the relationship between disseminative capacity and tacit knowledge transfer is not. Originality/value The results are critical for IJVs and parent firms seeking to improve knowledge transfer, as they establish the importance of parent firms’ disseminative capacities and the moderating role of psychic distance in the process of both tacit and explicit knowledge transfer. This research addresses the research gap regarding disseminative capacity by providing empirical evidence.


2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kiran M. Ismail

Taking insights from the extant literatures in cross-cultural management and organizational knowledge management, this paper explores the role of cultural dimensions of individualism and collectivism in transfer of tacit knowledge between foreign agents. Tacit knowledge transfer is positively influenced by four key factors: absorptive capacity of target unit, source unit’s motivational disposition to share knowledge, cultural compatibility, and the extent of personal communication between foreign agents. It is proposed that the level of transfer of tactic knowledge between agents from collectivist cultures will be higher than the level of tacit knowledge transfer between agents from individualist cultures. It is also proposed that when there is cultural difference between foreign agents, the level of tacit knowledge transfer involving a source from a collectivist culture and a target from an individualist culture will be lower than transfer between an individualist source and a collectivist target. However, the proposed relationships are influenced by factors such as nature of knowledge, expectations of reciprocity, and the quality of interpersonal relationship between foreign agents. Several ideas for overcoming knowledge transfer obstacles and enhancing the effectiveness of knowledge transfer, as well as research implications of the proposed model are also discussed in detail.


2012 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 1789-1795 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhao Yuqin ◽  
Wang Guijun ◽  
Bao Zhenqiang ◽  
Pan Quanke

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