Cultivating positive emotions in mergers and acquisitions

Abstract

The chapter should help managers to realize what they could do in order to enhance positive emotions and well being during challenging times of a post-merger integration.

Indeed, negative affects, such as anxieties, aggressions, uncertainties, and stress are a very common phenomenon in mergers and acquisitions. On the other side, positive emotions are proved to be particularly suited for preventing and dealing with negative emotions.

For researchers this chapter serves as an encouragement to shift their attention to positive emotions, and it aims to instill some ideas for further research.

Citation

Kusstatscher, V. (2006), "Cultivating positive emotions in mergers and acquisitions", Cooper, C.L. and Finkelstein, S. (Ed.) Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions (Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions, Vol. 5), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 91-103. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1479-361X(06)05005-8