Facilitating acquisition integration through deep-level cultural learning interventions: A longitudinal field experiment

Organization Studies

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1477-1499

  Schweiger, David M ^a,b,c   Goulet, Philip K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Department of International Business ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Integration; Intervention; Learning; Mergers and acquisitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644493141     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840605057070     Document Type: Review

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