R&D employee tenure in MNC subsidiaries: the role of institutional distance and experience

Borah, Dhruba, Massini, Silvia and Piscitello, Lucia (2023) R&D employee tenure in MNC subsidiaries: the role of institutional distance and experience. R & D MANAGEMENT, 53 (1). pp. 71-96.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/radm.12546

Abstract

<jats:p>Long tenure of research and development (R&D) employees helps organisations to utilise employees' knowledge over a sustained time period and strengthen their competitive advantage. It also allows organisations to benefit from the training investments made on their R&D employees. Thus, identifying the determinants of R&D employees' tenure is crucial for designing effective R&D employee retention strategies. This paper analyses the factors explaining R&D employees' tenure in the subsidiaries of multinational corporations (MNCs). Building on institutional theory, we claim that formal and informal institutional distance between MNCs' home and host country might lead to R&D employees' short tenure in subsidiaries. We further suggest that R&D employees' international experience and MNCs' host country experience play a moderating role. We find support for our hypotheses by mobilising an original database that combines patent data and the LinkedIn profiles of 939 R&D employees in 256 MNC subsidiaries in India.</jats:p>

Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Management
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	01 Jun 2022 14:15
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2023 02:43
DOI:	10.1111/radm.12546
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3155781