The Relationship between Length of Employment and Length of Leadership - Moderating Effects of Knowledge Management Preferences

Author

Kao, Hsin ; Kao, Peng-Hsiang ; Liou, Ji-Chyuan

Author_Institution

Int. Bus. Dept., China Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Hsinchu, Taiwan

fYear

2009

fDate

7-9 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

5

Lastpage

8

Abstract

This research examined the possible relationship between Length of Employment (LE) and Length of Leadership (LL) in the current companies by Taiwanese expatriates in China. Moreover, validity of the process that knowledge management (KM) can mediate LE and LL were also investigated in this research. Data analysis included descriptive and inferential statistical techniques such as Cronbach alpha, hierarchical multiple regression and interaction effect graph were used to test the hypotheses. The results showed that there were significant positive correlations between expatriates´ LE and LL. Moreover, there is only combination KM could mediate LE and the LL in the companies studied.

Keywords

data analysis; employment; knowledge management; organisational aspects; professional aspects; statistical analysis; China; Taiwanese expatriates; cronbach alpha; data analysis; hierarchical multiple regression; interaction effect graph; knowledge management preferences; length of employment; length of leadership; statistical techniques; Conference management; Data analysis; Educational institutions; Employment; Innovation management; Knowledge management; Marine animals; Resource management; Technology management; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Innovative Computing, Information and Control (ICICIC), 2009 Fourth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kaohsiung

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5543-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICICIC.2009.365

Filename

5412228