Pre-Merger Identification: Ties with the Past Bind us to the Future?

Abstract

In the context of the conflicting results of earlier studies, this chapter proposes a model of pre-merger identification and commitment to merger (in a pre-merger setting) by taking into account the multi-dimensional nature of commitment. First it argues that commitment to merger, rather than commitment to organization, drives behaviour in a merger. Then pre-merger identification is hypothesized to be positively related to normative and continuance commitment and either negatively or not significantly related to affective commitment.

Citation

Abedin, S. and Davies, G. (2007), "Pre-Merger Identification: Ties with the Past Bind us to the Future?", Cooper, C.L. and Finkelstein, S. (Ed.) Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions (Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions, Vol. 6), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 17-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1479-361X(07)06002-4