Human resource practices and performance of mergers and acquisitions in Israel

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 203-211

  Weber, Yaakov ^a   Tarba, Shlomo Yedidia ^a  

^a College of Management ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Mergers and acquisitions; Post acquisition integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952879264     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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