HR issues and activities in mergers and acquisitions

European Management Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 239-253

  Schuler, Randall ^a   Jackson, Susan ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Human resource issues; Mergers; Strategic alliances

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042406609     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0263-2373(01)00021-4     Document Type: Article

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