IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/mimoxx/v41y2011i3p25-41.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Antecedents of Employees' Identification with a Merger

Author

Listed:
  • Audrey Rouzies

Abstract

Research has shown that mergers and acquisitions (M&As) provoke a drop in psychological attachment, identification, and commitment in the affected organizations. Drawing on M&A literature, social identity theory, and social categorization theory, this paper answers the questions of what factors influence identification with a merger and how do these factors evolve over time. A longitudinal and mixed method design has been used to gather both quantitative and qualitative data through three rounds of data collection. The results show that identification with the previous organization, perception of opportunity, sense of belongingness to the dominant organization, and interaction intensity are significant factors explaining identification with the merger.

Suggested Citation

  • Audrey Rouzies, 2011. "Antecedents of Employees' Identification with a Merger," International Studies of Management & Organization, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 41(3), pages 25-41, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:mimoxx:v:41:y:2011:i:3:p:25-41
    DOI: 10.2753/IMO0020-8825410302
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.2753/IMO0020-8825410302
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.2753/IMO0020-8825410302?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:taf:mimoxx:v:41:y:2011:i:3:p:25-41. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Chris Longhurst (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.tandfonline.com/mimo .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.