What is it about?
Mergers and acquisitions are often used to achieve sustainable business growth and competitive advantage. Unfortunately, the success rate of mergers and acquisitions rarely meets expectations. In a study of 2 merging Indonesian companies, 101 employees were surveyed after the merger regarding their current and retrospective perceptions of the company’s culture, the effectiveness of human resources in dealing with the merger, and their organizational commitment and employee engagement.
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Why is it important?
This will help, especially for HR practitioners, to anticipate negative effect of mergers on the employees.
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This article is a product of my Master’s degree education and I would like to thank Dr. Yancey as my awesomely supportive co-author. This wouldn’t have happened without him!
Dea Mariska Febriani
Emporia State University
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This page is a summary of: The effect of integration approaches and human resources initiatives on changes in organizational culture and employee attitudes during a merger., The Psychologist-Manager Journal, May 2019, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/mgr0000084.
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