Philosophical Pragmatism and Social Action Today

Relevant Knowledge as an Instrument for Expatriate Manager’s Actions

“…This phenomenon could be best explained through a philosophical pragmatism framework. "Pragmatism is the intellectual attitude related to action that consider thought more than a passive reflexion or representation of the reality" (Cojanu, 2014).…”

“…Thus, they find their knowledge transfer actions to be more than just passive reflections or representations of their reality. Their knowledge transfer actions are the result of their perceptions of relevant and useful knowledge -those that provide valuable results (Cojanu, 2014). According to philosophical pragmatism, managers perceive knowledge to be relevant in terms of the impact it has on existing knowledge and the effort needed to process it (Schulz, 2003).…”

“…This research focuses on the psychological components of the observed unit -the expatriate manager. Although prior research has often focused on different expatriate managers' psychological components, such as motivation (Sanchez-Vidal, Sanz-Valle, & Barba-Aragon, 2018), individual readiness (Lee & Kartika, 2014), managerial attention (Kumar, 2013), etc., there is a lack of research when it comes to expatriate managers' attitudes related to their actions, which are considered to be more than just a passive reflection of reality (Cojanu, 2014). This study examines the philosophy behind MNCs' global knowledge flow.…”