Trajectories and antecedents of integration in mergers and acquisitions A comparison of two longitudial studies
| Autor: | Tony Edwards, Marko Hakonen, Martin R. Edwards, Jukka Lipponen |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Knowledge management Organizational identification Strategy and Management 050109 social psychology Context (language use) Procedural justice Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Management of Technology and Innovation 0502 economics and business Mergers and acquisitions 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences M&A ta512 mergers and acquisitions business.industry 05 social sciences General Social Sciences ongitudinal research Public relations organisational psychology employee integration Identification (information) Job satisfaction Tracking (education) Industrial and organizational psychology business Psychology organisational identification 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | Edwards, M R, Lipponen, J, Edwards, T & Hakonen, M 2017, ' Trajectories and antecedents of integration in mergers and acquisitions : A comparison of two longitudinal research studies ', HUMAN RELATIONS, vol. 70, no. 10, pp. 1258-1290 . https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726716686169 |
| ISSN: | 0018-7267 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0018726716686169 |
| Popis: | Despite existing research examining snapshots of employee reactions to organizational mergers and acquisitions (M&A), there is a complete absence of work theorizing or exploring rates of change in employees’ organizational identification with the merged entity. We address this gap using two three-wave longitudinal panel samples from different M&A settings, tracking change in identification through a two-year period. Theorizing trajectories of change in identification across the organizations in both settings, we make predictions linked to expected antecedents of change in identification. Our research context (M&A-1) involves a merger of three Finish universities tracking 938 employees from each organization in three waves (nine months pre-merger to 24 months post-merger). Our second context (M&A-2) involves a multinational acquisition tracking 346 employees from both the acquired and acquiring organization in three waves (from two to 26 months post-acquisition). Using Latent Growth Modelling, we confirm predicted trajectories of change in identification. Across both samples, a linear increase (across Time 1, Time 2 and Time 3) in justice and linear decrease in threat perceptions were found to significantly predict a linear increase in identification across the post-M&A period. We discuss organizational identification development trajectories and how changes in these two antecedents account for changes in identification across M&A contexts. |
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