Mergers and Acquisitions: An Update and Appraisal

International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2005

Volumn 20, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-38

  Cartwright, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Mega mergers'; Assessment of management styles; Integration process variables; Mergers Acquisitions (M As); Nordea banking merger; Organizational justice and equity theory; Post merger Identity; Power dynamics; Quasi mergers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954317017     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470029307.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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