On Acculturation in Business Mergers: Empirical Findings from a Commercial Bank's Opinion Survey in Taiwan

Gili Yen and Nelson N. H. Liao
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Gili Yen: Department of Business Administration, College of Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan, R.O.C
Nelson N. H. Liao: Office of the President, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan, R.O.C

Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies (RPBFMP), 2003, vol. 06, issue 02, 141-166

Abstract: The present paper introduces a conceptual framework, followed by implementation of a structured company-wide questionnaire to examine empirically the issue of acculturation in business merger. Employees working at the acquiring firm grouped either as employees working at the headquarter or as employees working at the existing branches, when compared with their counterparts working at the newly established branch (formerly, the acquired firm), differ along various organizational cultural constructs which in turn lead to statistically significant differences in employees' working attitudes. Based on the above empirical findings, the authors therefore conclude that acculturation in business merger deserves serious attention.

Keywords: Acculturation; company-wide opinion survey; business merger; organizational culture; employees' working attitudes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G1 G2 G3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1142/S0219091503001079

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