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Author: | Ullrich, J. Wieseke, J. Dick, R. van |
Title: | Continuity and change in mergers and acquisitions: A social identity case study of a German industrial merger |
Journal: | Journal of Management Studies
2005 : DEC, VOL. 42:8, p. 1549-1569 |
Index terms: | human resource management organizational change employees industries mergers case studies Germany |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | This paper examines the role of a sense of continuity for organizational (here as: org-al.) identification (as: ident-n.) after an org-al. merger. It is argued that mergers and acquisitions (M&As) often end in failures partly because the change is designed in discontinuous ways and employees do not feel they are doing the same job after the merger. In-depth interviews were conducted in a recently merged German industrial company. Based on these qualitative data, it is demonstrated how features of the post-merger company structure and the way it was implemented may have eroded org-al. ident-n. Finally, proposed is a parsimonious model to be tested by future research. |
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