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Continuity and change in mergers and acquisitions: A social identity case atudy of a german industrial merger

Ullrich, Johannes; Wieseke, J; van Dick, Rolf (2005). Continuity and change in mergers and acquisitions: A social identity case atudy of a german industrial merger. Journal of Management Studies, 42(8):1549-1569.

Abstract

It is crucial from an employee’s point of view to perceive some degree of stability even in times of major organizational change. This paper examines the role
of a sense of continuity for organizational identification after an organizational merger. We argue that mergers and acquisitions so 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 as before. Such discontinuous change engenders a critical tension between positive and negative effects of identification that has not yet been fully understood. To deepen the understanding of this tension, in-depth interviews were conducted in a recently merged German industrial company. Based on these qualitative data we demonstrate how features of the postmerger company structure and the way it was implemented may have eroded
organizational identification. Finally, we propose a parsimonious model to be tested by future research, in which the sense of continuity is consisting of both observable as well as projected continuity.

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Item Type:Journal Article, refereed, original work
Communities & Collections:06 Faculty of Arts > Institute of Psychology
Dewey Decimal Classification:150 Psychology
Scopus Subject Areas:Social Sciences & Humanities > Business and International Management
Social Sciences & Humanities > Strategy and Management
Social Sciences & Humanities > Management of Technology and Innovation
Language:English
Date:2005
Deposited On:15 Feb 2013 15:34
Last Modified:09 Sep 2024 01:35
Publisher:Wiley Online Library
ISSN:1467-6486
OA Status:Closed
Publisher DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2005.00556.x
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