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dc.contributor.authorShuang, Liang-
dc.contributor.authorLupina-Wegener, Anna-
dc.contributor.authorUllrich, Johannes-
dc.contributor.authorvan Dick, Rolf-
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-05T12:35:04Z-
dc.date.available2023-04-05T12:35:04Z-
dc.date.issued2020-
dc.identifier.urihttps://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/27551-
dc.description.abstractThis article examines how employees construe organizational identification when they face critical organizational changes after mergers and acquisitions (M&As). The majority of existing studies have focused on the antecedents and the outcomes of post-merger identification (PMI) in Western economies. With more and more Chinese cross-border M&As, the issue of how employees from such markets construct PMI, is severely under-explored. We adopted a qualitative case study approach to investigate how Chinese managers construct PMI after acquiring a European company. Our findings reveal that despite having inferior technology and brands, the organizational agile identity (OAI) is leveraged by Chinese managers to deal with the inferiority and frequent changes, and consequently leads to a high PMI. Our study contributes to the Social Identity Theory (SIT) and provides novel insights into M&As by uncovering the OAI concept – defined as “the organizational members’ sense that their organization is able to move fast and easy in a changing environment” - and its role in constructing a high PMI. We believe that our findings provide a new way for employees to effectively cope with organizational changes while maintaining a sense of identity continuity. As a core characteristic of OAI, keeping changing is corresponding to their organizational identity, which ensure their identity continuity after the acquisition.de_CH
dc.language.isoende_CH
dc.rightsLicence according to publishing contractde_CH
dc.subjectOrganizational agile identityde_CH
dc.subjectChangede_CH
dc.subjectM&Ade_CH
dc.subjectPost-merger identificationde_CH
dc.subjectStatusde_CH
dc.subject.ddc658.1: Organisation und Finanzende_CH
dc.title‘Change is our continuity’ : Chinese managers’ construction of post-merger identification after an acquisition in Europede_CH
dc.typeKonferenz: Paperde_CH
dcterms.typeTextde_CH
zhaw.departementSchool of Management and Lawde_CH
zhaw.organisationalunitInternational Management Institute (IMI)de_CH
zhaw.conference.details20th EURAM Annual Conference, online, 4-6 December 2020de_CH
zhaw.funding.euNode_CH
zhaw.originated.zhawNode_CH
zhaw.publication.statuspublishedVersionde_CH
zhaw.publication.reviewKeine Begutachtungde_CH
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zhaw.display.portraitYesde_CH
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Shuang, L., Lupina-Wegener, A., Ullrich, J., & van Dick, R. (2020). ‘Change is our continuity’ : Chinese managers’ construction of post-merger identification after an acquisition in Europe. 20th EURAM Annual Conference, Online, 4-6 December 2020.
Shuang, L. et al. (2020) ‘‘Change is our continuity’ : Chinese managers’ construction of post-merger identification after an acquisition in Europe’, in 20th EURAM Annual Conference, online, 4-6 December 2020.
L. Shuang, A. Lupina-Wegener, J. Ullrich, and R. van Dick, “‘Change is our continuity’ : Chinese managers’ construction of post-merger identification after an acquisition in Europe,” in 20th EURAM Annual Conference, online, 4-6 December 2020, 2020.
SHUANG, Liang, Anna LUPINA-WEGENER, Johannes ULLRICH und Rolf VAN DICK, 2020. ‘Change is our continuity’ : Chinese managers’ construction of post-merger identification after an acquisition in Europe. In: 20th EURAM Annual Conference, online, 4-6 December 2020. Conference paper. 2020
Shuang, Liang, Anna Lupina-Wegener, Johannes Ullrich, and Rolf van Dick. 2020. “‘Change Is Our Continuity’ : Chinese Managers’ Construction of Post-Merger Identification after an Acquisition in Europe.” Conference paper. In 20th EURAM Annual Conference, Online, 4-6 December 2020.
Shuang, Liang, et al. “‘Change Is Our Continuity’ : Chinese Managers’ Construction of Post-Merger Identification after an Acquisition in Europe.” 20th EURAM Annual Conference, Online, 4-6 December 2020, 2020.


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