HR practices during post-merger conflict and merger performance

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 73-99

  Weber, Yaakov ^a   Rachman Moore, Dalia ^a   Tarba, Shlomo Yedidia ^b  

^a College of Management ^*  (Israel)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

cross cultural conflict; HR practices; post merger integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859987675     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470595811413111     Document Type: Article

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