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Author:Vaara, E.
Tienari, J.
Säntti, R.
Title:The international match: Metaphors as vehicles of social identity-building in cross-border mergers
Journal:Human Relations
2003 : APR, VOL. 56:4, p. 419-451
Index terms:Culture
Mergers
Language:eng
Abstract:This article focuses on cultural identity-building in the cross-border merger context. To provide an alternative to the dominant essentialist analyses of cultures and cultural differences, cultural identity-building is conceptualized as a metaphoric process. The focus is on two processes inherent in the cross-border merger context: construction of images of Us and Them and construction of images of a Common Future. Based on an analysis of a special metaphor exercise carried out in a recent Finnish-Swedish merger, the article illustrates how the metaphoric perspective reveals specific cognitive, emotional and political aspects of cultural identity-building that easily remain 'hidden' in the case of more traditional approaches.
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