Organizational Psychology of Mergers and Acquisitions

Organizational Psychology of Mergers and Acquisitions provides a comprehensive perspective that helps you understand, empathise and protect the wellbeing of employees who experience mergers and acquisitions. This book gives a state-of-the-art review that crosses different subjects within psychology...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Oancea, Camelia, author (author), Kamau, Caroline, author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge 2020.
Edición:1st edition
Colección:Routledge studies in leadership, work and organizational psychology.
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009671503406719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Understanding and Classifying Different Types of Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Historical Trends in Mergers and Acquisitions and Why Employees Think of Them as Scary events involving job losses and other negative outcomes
  • Psychobiology of human emotions, why employees experiencing mergers or acquisitions feel fear, anger and other negative emotions, and a new assessment toolkit
  • What makes employees support or resist a merger or acquisition and what makes them want to quit?
  • Why employees experiencing mergers and acquisitions think and act in terms of group dynamics of "us versus them"
  • Why cultural differences in nonverbal language and workplace interactions create problems among employees experiencing mergers and acquisitions
  • Good leadership in mergers or acquisitions is about charisma, dynamics with employees, personality, context and information processing
  • Organisational learning is a common goal in mergers and acquisitions but what psychological processes help or hinder it?
  • Considering occupational health and safety in due diligence for mergers and acquisitions--learning from lawsuits about cancer mortality