The Impact of Job Knowledge Creation and Technical Characteristic on the Localization of Managerial Job－An Empirical Study of Taiwanese Firms in Mainland-China

• Main Authors: Ching-Mei Lai, 賴靖湄
• Other Authors: Chia-Chu Liu Ph.D.
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2003
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/60484355550296702876

碩士 === 大葉大學 === 國際企業管理學系碩士班 === 91 === Abstract It is an inevitable tend that Taiwanese enterprises go investing in Mainland China. Many firms not only rely on the cheap labor and land, they also see the huge consuming potential of the local market in Mainland China. However, this comes with an important managerial issue of localization. Knowledge management and technological knowledge are key factors of firm’s competences. Firm’s application and expansion of knowledge, along with the understanding and operation of technological knowledge characteristics will enable them to reach a better performance. This study explores the influence of knowledge creation and technological knowledge characteristics to the localization of management staffs, and takes the case of Taiwanese enterprises in China for example. The empirical results show that, different knowledge creation mechanisms and technological knowledge characteristics partially support the localization of management staffs. Localization can be divided into two levels for first-line and middle management staffs. Different mechanisms will influence different levels of management staffs. This is mainly because of different job characteristics. With the results found in this study, we suggest that firms should deep understand the influence of management staffs to the operation of knowledge creation and technological knowledge characteristics, then consider further whether to localize or not. With this approach, the strategy of localization can have a better performance result for knowledge creation and technological knowledge characteristics, and increase the firm values. Key words: Knowledge Creation, Technological Knowledge, Localization, and Taiwanese Firms In China