Managing the human side of cross-border acquisitions in South Korea

Journal of World Business

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-108

  Froese, Fabian Jintae ^a   Pak, Yong Suhk ^b   Chong, Li Choy ^c  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cross border acquisition; Employee reactions; Human resources; Integration management; Organizational culture; South Korea

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049033402     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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