 Employee experiences of acquisition processesAnette Risberg Journal of World Business, 2001, vol. 36, issue 1, 58-84 Abstract: This paper addresses multiple employee interpretations during acquisition processes. The overall purpose of the paper is to use an ambiguity approach to further the understanding of how employees interpret the postacquisition process. Unlike much of the present research, which relies on stereotypical experiences gleaned from management, this study examines acquisitions largely from an employee viewpoint. Rather than denying inconsistencies and confusion through more or less simplified stereotypical interpretations, an ambiguity approach is used as a conceptual lens to bring these inconsistencies to the surface and examine them as potential key characteristics for a more subtle understanding of the human side of acquisitions. An ambiguity approach can thus help managers during acquisitions by raising the awareness of the existence of ambiguity and multiple interpretations of the acquisition process. For example, it can help to avoid illusions of familiarity that nearby cultures and acquisitions within the industry may bring about. Such illusions could add to ambiguous interpretations. Awareness of ambiguity can also bring managers to focus on issues that may risk losing key people in the acquired company. Date: 2001 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:worbus:v:36:y:2001:i:1:p:58-84 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from Access Statistics for this article Journal of World Business is currently edited by David Collings and Jonathan Doh More articles in Journal of World Business from Elsevier |
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