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Anatomy of a merger: behavior of organizational factors and processes throughout the pre‐ during‐ post‐ stages (part 2)

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In this article, the authors examined corporate culture and its affects on employees when two companies merge and considered the importance of lucid communication throughout the process, and concluded with the process of managing and strategy throughout the phases, giving guidelines that managers and CEOs should follow in the event of an MA during the merger; postmerger.
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The multiple organizational factors impacting upon a merger as well as those processes being impacted upon throughout the merger process will be examined. Part 1 of this article examined corporate culture and its affects on employees when two companies merge and considered the importance of lucid communication throughout the process. Part 2 of the article addresses the critical issue of stress, which is an outcome within the new and uncertain environment. Finally, the article concludes with the process of managing and strategy throughout the phases, giving guidelines that managers and CEOs should follow in the event of an MA during the merger; post‐merger. This is intended to further assist managers and CEOs distinguish the important issues facing employees at each of the three junctures of the M&A process.

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Organizational Commitment, Job Satisfaction and Turnover Among Psychiatric Technicians. Technical Report No. 16.

Abstract: Abstract : A study is reported of the variations in organizational commitment and job satisfaction, as related to subsequent turnover in a sample of recently-employed psychiatric technician trainees. A longitudinal study was made across a 10 1/2 month period, with attitude measures collected at four points in time. For this sample, job satisfaction measures appeared better able to differentiate future stayers from leavers in the earliest phase of the study. With the passage of time, organizational commitment measures proved to be a better predictor of turnover, and job satisfaction failed to predict turnover. The findings are discussed in the light of other related studies, and possible explanations are examined. (Modified author abstract)
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A Longitudinal Investigation of Coping Processes During a Merger: Implications for Job Satisfaction and Organizational Identification

TL;DR: In this paper, the utility of a stress and coping model of employee adjustment to a merger was evaluated using questionnaires (Time 1: 3 months after merger implementation; Time 2: 2 years later).
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Mergers and acquisitions: A review of phases, motives, and success factors

TL;DR: The field of M&A research is far too broad and complex to be covered in one review essay, so we attempt to begin at the beginning, covering some historical and background issues before surveying three topics fundamental to successful M&As as mentioned in this paper.
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Between merger and syndrome: The intermediary role of emotions in four cross-border M&As

TL;DR: In this article, a qualitative analysis of four cross-border M&A cases focusing on the impact of managerial communication and behaviour on employee emotions, behaviour, and performance is presented.
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Organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and turnover among psychiatric technicians.

TL;DR: In this paper, a study of the variations in organizational commitment and job satisfaction, as related to subsequent turnover in a sample of recently-employed psychiatric technician trainees, was reported.
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Communication with Employees Following a Merger: A Longitudinal Field Experiment

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