TY - JOUR
T1 - Linking Merger and Acquisition Strategies to Postmerger Integration
T2 - A Configurational Perspective of Human Resource Management
AU - Brueller, Nir N.
AU - Carmeli, Abraham
AU - Markman, Gideon D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, © The Author(s) 2016.
PY - 2018/5/1
Y1 - 2018/5/1
N2 - The extant literature tends to frame mergers and acquisitions (M&As) and postmerger integration (PMI) as strategies and outcomes, but this framing often leaves their underlying processes underexplored. We address this gap by redirecting attention to the view that M&As are largely embedded in social and human practices. Our conceptual study identifies three generic M&A strategies—annex & assimilate, harvest & protect, and link & promote—and matches them with three well-known PMI outcomes (i.e., absorption, preservation, and symbiosis, respectively). Using a configurational perspective and drawing upon the ability-motivation-opportunity (AMO) model, we develop a conceptual framework that reveals why and how AMO-enhancing human resource management (HRM) practices can link M&A strategies and PMI outcomes. Finally, we elaborate on the theoretical and practical contributions and chart a course for future inquiry and research applications for the M&A-HRM-PMI triad and its processes.
AB - The extant literature tends to frame mergers and acquisitions (M&As) and postmerger integration (PMI) as strategies and outcomes, but this framing often leaves their underlying processes underexplored. We address this gap by redirecting attention to the view that M&As are largely embedded in social and human practices. Our conceptual study identifies three generic M&A strategies—annex & assimilate, harvest & protect, and link & promote—and matches them with three well-known PMI outcomes (i.e., absorption, preservation, and symbiosis, respectively). Using a configurational perspective and drawing upon the ability-motivation-opportunity (AMO) model, we develop a conceptual framework that reveals why and how AMO-enhancing human resource management (HRM) practices can link M&A strategies and PMI outcomes. Finally, we elaborate on the theoretical and practical contributions and chart a course for future inquiry and research applications for the M&A-HRM-PMI triad and its processes.
KW - M&A-PMI relations
KW - ability-, motivation-, and opportunity-enhancing HRM practices
KW - merger and acquisition
KW - postmerger integration
KW - strategic human resource management
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U2 - 10.1177/0149206315626270
DO - 10.1177/0149206315626270
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AN - SCOPUS:85033237760
VL - 44
SP - 1793
EP - 1818
JO - Journal of Management
JF - Journal of Management
SN - 0149-2063
IS - 5
ER -