Abstract
This reading addresses international human resource management concerns when undertaking mergers and acquisitions (M&A) across borders. M&As are a particular type of inter-organizational encounter, thus they share features with joint ventures, alliances, or outsourcing arrangements. The distinguishing characteristic of M&As is that beyond connecting two organizations, they result in a change in ownership. It is this change of ownership that lies at the heart of many of the human resource-related concerns in M&As: indeed, for the employee, a change of ownership represents not only a change in employer, but also a change in the psychological contract with one’s employer.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Readings and Cases in International Human Resource Management |
| Editors | B. Sebastian Reiche, Günter K. Stahl, Mark E. Mendenhall, Gary R. Oddou |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Publication date | 2024 |
| Edition | 7th |
| Pages | 370-398 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-032-13664-6, 978-1-032-16151-8 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-003-24727-2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2024 |
| MoE publication type | D2 Article in a professional reserarch book (incl. editor's introduction, manuals, guides) |
Keywords
- 512 Business and Management