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| Author: | Weber, R.A. Camerer, C.F. |
| Title: | Cultural conflict and merger failure: An experimental approach |
| Journal: | Management Science
2003 : APR, VOL. 49:4, p. 400-415 |
| Index terms: | Organizational culture Mergers |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper uses laboratory experiments to explore merger failure due to conflicting organizational cultures. A laboratory paradigm is introduced for studying organizational culture capturing several key elements of the phenomenon. In these experiments, subjects in "firms" are allowed to develop a culture, and then merge two firms. As expected, performance decreases following the merging of two laboratory firms. In addition, subjects overestimate the performance of the merged firm and attribute the decrease in performance to members of the other firm rather than to situational difficulties created by conflicting culture. |
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