Dynamics of Acquired Firm Pre-Acquisition Employee Reactions

Journal of Management

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 599-639

  Teerikangas, Satu ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

acquisition; employee reactions; human side; M A; pre deal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857254969     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206310383908     Document Type: Article

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