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Angwin, Duncan N., Mellahi, Kamel, Gomes, Emanuel and Peter, Emmanuel (2016) How communication approaches impact mergers and acquisitions outcomes. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 27 (20). pp. 2370-2397. doi:10.1080/09585192.2014.985330
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2014.985330
Abstract
Communication is generally viewed as a critical component in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) performance, yet surprisingly little research has examined the link between different communication approaches and M&A outcomes. This paper provides a systematic empirical study to evaluate the link between communication approaches and M&As outcome. Specifically, a typology is created to examine interaction between the process and content of communication and M&A outcomes, in terms of employee commitment to merged organization strategy and M&A survival. Using data drawn from a single clearly defined M&A wave in the Nigerian banking sector, different communication practices are related to M&A outcomes. The findings are the first to show the effects of communications practices in African M&A and answer the calls for extending M&A research beyond western developed countries. They confirm the importance of communication practices in M&A, extend earlier findings on the importance of post-acquisition integration communication in US and European contexts and show the importance of communicating throughout the whole M&A process.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) | ||||||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Strategy & International Business Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | The International Journal of Human Resource Management | ||||||||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||||||||
| ISSN: | 0958-5192 | ||||||||||||
| Official Date: | 2016 | ||||||||||||
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| Volume: | 27 | ||||||||||||
| Number: | 20 | ||||||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 2370-2397 | ||||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/09585192.2014.985330 | ||||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||||||
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