Strategy, employee resistance and integration

Abstract

Contends the bulk of serious research on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) has so far focused on various fragments of the management and performance of M&A, these are: strategy research; economics research; finance research; organizational research; and human resource research. Chronicles three drivers of synergy realization: combination potential; organizational integration; and employee resistance — and their findings — finds each of the three drivers has an impact independently of the other two.

Citation

Gould, B. (1998), "Strategy, employee resistance and integration", The Antidote, Vol. 3 No. 3, pp. 6-7. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000006464