Psychological factors of organizational mergers: The relationship between premerger status, identification with the organization, perceived control, and subjective well-being;Psychologische erfolgsfaktoren bei unternehmenszusammenschlüssen: Der zusammenhang von aktueller übernahmeposition, identifikation mit der organisation, erlebter kontrolle und subjektivem wohlbefinden der mitarbeiter/innen

Zeitschrift fur Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-16

  Greitemeyer, Tobias ^a   Fischer, Peter ^b   Nürnberg, Carola ^b   Frey, Dieter ^b   Stahlberg, Dagmar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Group status; Mergers; Perceived control

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645325650     PISSN: 09324089     EISSN: 21906270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1026/0932-4089.50.1.9     Document Type: Review

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