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Mergers and acquisitions and employees' level of anxiety: the role of HRM practices

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  • Vathsala Wickramasinghe
  • Nadeesha Sajeewani

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Anxiety due to organisational change is an important issue in occupational health. The paper presents the findings of a study that investigated the level of anxiety experienced by employees due to an acquisition and the effect of human resource management practices in easing anxiety. The sample consisted of employees from both acquiring and target entities, who had experience spanning three phases of merger and acquisition, i.e., pre-, during, and post. The findings showed significant differences in the level of anxiety between the two entities as well as across the three phases. The results showed that human resource management practices play an important role in easing anxiety, which is a widely identified occupational health issue in mergers and acquisitions.

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  • Vathsala Wickramasinghe & Nadeesha Sajeewani, 2022. "Mergers and acquisitions and employees' level of anxiety: the role of HRM practices," International Journal of Happiness and Development, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 7(3), pages 265-290.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijhdev:v:7:y:2022:i:3:p:265-290
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