Employee commitment in the post-acquisition integration process: The effect of integration speed and leadership

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 298-310

  Schweizer, Lars ^a   Patzelt, Holger ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acquisitions; Employee commitment; Integration speed; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866744722     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scaman.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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