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Dear colleagues,
I would like to draw your attention to a Special Issue on
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE, SOCIAL VIABILITY AND PERFORMANCE
Models, constructs and empirical advances in M&A research
Journal of Organizational Change Management
Guest Editors:
Daniel Dauber, University of Warwick
Rosa Caiazza, Parthenope University of Naples
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Manuscripts submitted to this issue should aim at identifying, advancing and synthesizing knowledge about organizational change and the social viability of M&As from different disciplines. We therefore invite papers that relate to at least one of the following broader topics:
- Impact of different facets of acculturation/integration on success of organizational change
- Approaches to/constructs of measuring performance of organizational change: Strategic vs. financial vs. operative goals
- Empirical case studies on mergers and acquisitions applying a methodology, which accounts for multiple perspectives in such change processes, e.g. acquirer vs. target
- Cultural hybridization processes
- Individual strategies to cope with psychological stress caused by mergers and acquisitions
- Subversive behavior / open resistance in change processes by employees, middle managers and/or top managers
- Management of hostility in change processes
- Management of cultural diversity and social complexity in change processes
- Impact of institutional factors on M&As; role of intra-organizational political power and legitimacy in M&As
- Organizational paradigm shifts in M&As
- Papers developing a configuration model or a meta-theory of corporate change in M&As
- Empirical or theoretical papers dealing with perceived paradoxes and the role of organizational intelligences in change processes.
- Shifts in organizational communication/discourse and use of language in M&As
The Guest Editors particularly encourage submissions of empirical and conceptual/theoretical nature, which apply an interdisciplinary approach and/or use a less researched context (country, acquisition, etc.). Thus, also studies incorporating a sound and well-founded mixed-method design are welcome.
Abstract submission: 31st June, 2013
Full Paper submission: 1st September, 2013
If you have any questions please contact me at
d.dauber@warwick.ac.uk.
Best regards,
Daniel Dauber
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Daniel Dauber, Dr.
Recent papers:
Daniel Dauber, (2012) "Opposing positions in M&A research: culture, integration and performance", Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal, 19(3), pp.375 - 398 (download)
TOP 5 SageOpen Paper (free accessible):
Dauber, D., Fink G., Yolles, M. A., Configuration Model of Organizational Culture, SAGE Open, published online 22 March 2012