The role of cultural friction in the sociocultural integration micro-mechanisms in cross-border mergers and acquisitions

Muriel Durand (mdurand@em-normandie.fr) and René Díaz-Pichardo (renediazp@hotmail.com)
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Muriel Durand: Métis Lab EM Normandie - EM Normandie - École de Management de Normandie = EM Normandie Business School
René Díaz-Pichardo: ICN Business School, CEREFIGE - Centre Européen de Recherche en Economie Financière et Gestion des Entreprises - UL - Université de Lorraine

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Abstract: This research explores the sociocultural micro-mechanisms driving the relationship between post-merger identification and organizational citizenship behavior which has been reiteratively observed but not explained in the mergers-and-acquisitions literature. Adopting a multi-paradigmatic research approach and social identity theory, we introduce interpersonal trust and cultural friction as a microfounded variable to address this research gap. Structural equation modeling on survey data from managers having experienced at least one cross-border merger and acquisition (CBM&A) offers evidence of a full mediation effect of interpersonal trust in this well-established relationship. Counterintuitively, cultural friction shows positive impacts. This study contributes to the field of CBM&As by demonstrating the usefulness of cultural friction as a microfounded variable in explaining identity formation and work-related attitudinal outcomes.

Keywords: Cross-border mergers and acquisitions; Post-merger integration; Cultural friction; Organizational citizenship behavior; Post-merger identification; Interpersonal trust; Conductas de ciudadanía organizacional; Identificación post-fusión; confianza interpersonal; Fusions-acquisitions internationales; Intégration post-fusion; Friction culturelle; Comportement organisationnel citoyen; Identification post-fusion; Confiance interpersonnelle (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-09-04
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Published in Management international = International management = Gestión internacional, 2024, pp.1-28. ⟨10.59876/a-qqsf-984c⟩

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DOI: 10.59876/a-qqsf-984c

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