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During the past few decades, many aspects of the transfer of technology from developed to less-developed countries have been examined in detail. Although much of the transfer has been done by transnational corporations (TNCs), one area that has received scant attention in the literature is the cross-cultural training of workers in the host country. A model is developed to show how critical training the worker is to the success of the TNC in the host country. This model emphasizes the need for workers to be trained to understand and use the new (foreign) technology and to understand the culture of the foreign corporation.
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Thomas S. Barker is a Ph.D. student in higher education with a concentration in management and economics at the University of North Texas.
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Cobb, S.L., Barker, T.S. A model of cross-cultural training in the transfer of technology. J Technol Transfer 17, 8–15 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02172606
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