The article has three aims. First, it reviews recent research on corporate mergers and
acquisitions and their impact on human resource issues. Second, it proposes a framework …

Scholars have been conducting serious research on the human, organizational, and cultural
aspects of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) for 30 years. Yet, over this period, there have …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 REDUCING INTERGROUP BIAS Page 3 Essays in Social Psychology
General Editors: MAHZARIN BANAJI, Yale University, and MILES HEWSTONE, University of …

Mergers and takeovers have rapidly become significant factors in US industry as numerous
companies have used such strategies to achieve corporate growth, economies of scale …

This paper introduces a knowledge‐based view of corporate acquisitions and tests the post‐
acquisition consequences on performance of integration decisions and capability‐building …

Few organizational change studies identify the aspects of change that are salient to
individuals and that influence well-being. The authors identified three distinct change …

This eye-opening study, based on the authors' direct and personal observation of a bank
merger, has three basic analytical focuses: the human issues presented by mergers at both …

Executives of 56 acquiring organizations participated in policy-capturing research that
examined how the task, cultural, and political characteristics of acquisitions influence …

Acquisition integration is a pivotal factor in determining whether the objectives of an
acquisition are achieved. In this paper, we hypothesize that the productivity of corporate …

In this article, the authors identify six theories (anxiety theory, social identity theory,
acculturation theory, role conflict theory, job characteristics theory, and organizational justice …