Managing culture and human resources in mergers and acquisitions

Handbook Of Research In International Human Resource Management

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 405-430

  Goulet, Philip K ^a   Schweiger, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4337/9781845428235.00029     Document Type: Chapter

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