Come together? The organizational dynamics of post-merger cultural integration

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 10, Issue 5-7, 2002, Pages 349-368

  Carroll, Glenn R ^a   Harrison, J Richard ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural integration; Demography; Merger; Organisational culture; Organisations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CULTURAL INTEGRATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 1542767784     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-190X(02)00090-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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