Merger and acquisition announcements as corporate wedding narratives

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 223-242

  Demers, Christiane ^a   Giroux, Nicole ^b   Chreim, Samia ^c  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Change; Financial services; Internal communications; Mergers and acquisitions; Narratives

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037254199     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810310468170     Document Type: Article

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