Empowering knowledge dynamics: a process ontology perspective on collaborative leadership in international assignments
| dc.contributor.author | Haist, Joshua | |
| dc.contributor.author | Renshaw, Philip St John | |
| dc.contributor.author | Robinson, Jennifer | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-04-01T09:11:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-04-01T09:11:12Z | |
| dc.date.freetoread | 2025-04-01 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025 | |
| dc.date.pubOnline | 2025-03-26 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Purpose This paper conceptualizes a framework for the role of collaborative leadership in the generation and distribution of knowledge by globally mobile personnel. This framework addresses limitations in existing models that often ignore the iterative and relational processes in knowledge dynamics by emphasizing collaborative leadership’s crucial role in continuously shaping these dynamic processes. Design/methodology/approach Adopting a theoretical approach, this study applies a process ontology to demonstrate how these knowledge dynamics interact at different levels of analysis through a continuous process of becoming. It critically reviews existing literature on knowledge transfer in international assignments (IAs), highlighting the limitations of traditional paradigms. The paper also draws on the concept of leadership-as-practice to emphasize the importance of collaborative leadership to explore these complex interactions and their implications for knowledge movement. Findings By applying this lens, we identify novel phenomena, including the occurrence of knowledge dynamics not only during IAs but also in anticipation of them. We uncover asymmetries of knowledge that emerge at various stages of IAs and reveal that knowledge movement in IAs is multidirectional and processual, challenging the traditional view of linear knowledge dynamics. Originality/value This paper introduces a novel framework combining process ontology and collaborative leadership to examine knowledge dynamics in IAs. It offers a novel perspective by moving beyond the traditional, linear understanding of knowledge transfer, emphasizing the multidirectional and dynamic nature of knowledge creation and movement. By introducing process ontology and collaborative leadership, the study challenges existing paradigms and develops theoretical propositions opening new avenues for research and theory-building in the knowledge management and global mobility literature. | |
| dc.description.journalName | Journal of Global Mobility: The Home of Expatriate Management Research | |
| dc.format.extent | pp. xx-xx | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Haist J, Renshaw, PSJ, Robinson J. (2025) Empowering knowledge dynamics: a process ontology perspective on collaborative leadership in international assignments. Journal of Global Mobility: The Home of Expatriate Management Research, Available online 26 March 2025 | |
| dc.identifier.eissn | 2049-8802 | |
| dc.identifier.elementsID | 567370 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2049-8799 | |
| dc.identifier.issueNo | ahead-of-print | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1108/jgm-08-2024-0084 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/23697 | |
| dc.identifier.volumeNo | ahead-of-print | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Emerald | |
| dc.publisher.uri | https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/jgm-08-2024-0084/full/html | |
| dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | 35 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services | |
| dc.subject | 3507 Strategy, Management and Organisational Behaviour | |
| dc.subject | 3505 Human resources and industrial relations | |
| dc.subject | 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour | |
| dc.title | Empowering knowledge dynamics: a process ontology perspective on collaborative leadership in international assignments | |
| dc.type | Article | |
| dcterms.dateAccepted | 2025-02-24 |