Eliciting and analysing employees' expectations of a merger

Human Relations

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 705-725

  Dackert, Ingrid ^c   Jackson, Paul R ^a   Brenner, Sten Olof ^c   Johansson, Curt R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Meaning; Merger; Organizational culture; Repertory grid method

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038717607     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00187267030566004     Document Type: Review

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