Long-term Human Outcomes of a “Shotgun” Marriage in Higher Education: Anatomy of a Merger, Two Decades Later

Rosalind M. O. Pritchard and Arthur Williamson

Higher Education Management and Policy, 2007, vol. 20, issue 1, 1-23

Abstract: This article addresses a gap in the research literature on mergers in higher education by giving special consideration to the human resource dimension. It focuses on the forced merger of two higher education institutions that was implemented in Northern Ireland over 20 years ago and from which the University of Ulster was established. The authors draw upon the views of the university staff who experienced this merger and who were still employed by the university in 2006. The article emphasises how the merge affected staff and influenced their subsequent experiences, as academics and administrators. by Rosalind Pritchard and Arthur Williamson

Date: 2007
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