Learning by teaching technological knowledge: conceptual skill development in Japanese overseas subsidiaries
Learning by teaching technological knowledge: conceptual skill development in Japanese overseas subsidiaries
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10.1007/s43546-022-00307-1
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2022-08
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Yutaka Fujioka;N. Kambayashi
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作者：
Yutaka Fujioka;N. Kambayashi
近年来，知识转移研究产生了大量关于跨国公司技术转移的知识。然而，这些研究只关注对知识接受者的影响，而不是对知识提供者的影响。为了填补这一研究空白，本研究以教育学中提出的“教中学”概念为线索，首次论证了技术知识的提供者对技术知识的影响。本研究（1）以海外子公司间生产技术系统的国际水平转移为研究对象，（2）通过邮寄问卷调查的方式，从391家日本跨国制造业子公司获得原始数据，（3）通过多元回归分析和结构方程模型（SEM）对数据进行分析。结果表明，跨国公司的海外子公司可以使他们的生产技术系统明确（使他们更容易教），通过技术指导，从而开发他们的工程师和操作人员的概念技能。本研究的结果为发展以下两方面的理论提供了可能性：（1）在知识提供者处更新知识库;（2）在知识转移中建立提供者与教材之间的关系。
In recent years, knowledge transfer studies have produced a great deal of knowledge on technology transfer in MNCs. However, these studies have focused exclusively on the effects on the recipients of knowledge and not on the effects on the suppliers of knowledge. To fill this research gap in previous studies, this study takes the concept of “learning by teaching” proposed in pedagogy as a clue and demonstrates for the first time the effects on the suppliers of technological knowledge. This study (1) sets the international horizontal transfer of production technology systems among overseas subsidiaries as the research object, (2) obtains original data from 391 Japanese multinational manufacturing subsidiaries through a mail questionnaire survey, and (3) analyses the data through multiple regression analysis and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results revealed that overseas subsidiaries of MNCs can make their production technology systems explicit (making them easier to teach) through technical guidance and thereby develop the conceptual skills of their engineers and operators. The results of this study open up the possibility of developing theories on (1) updating the knowledge base at the supplier of knowledge and (2) building the relationship between the supplier and the teaching materials in knowledge transfer.