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Emerald Article: Managing HRM risk in a merger
Jane Bryson
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To cite this document: Jane Bryson, (2003),"Managing HRM risk in a merger", Employee Relations, Vol. 25 Iss: 1 pp. 14 - 30
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/0142-5455.htm Managing HRM risk in a merger
Jane Bryson
School of Business and Public Management,
Emerald Article: Managing HRM risk in a merger
Jane Bryson
Article information:
To cite this document: Jane Bryson, (2003),"Managing HRM risk in a merger", Employee Relations, Vol. 25 Iss: 1 pp. 14 - 30
Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01425450310453490 Downloaded on: 06-11-2012
References: This document contains references to 53 other documents
Citations: This document has been cited by 10 other documents
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With over forty years ' experience, Emerald Group Publishing is a leading independent publisher of global research with impact in business, society, public policy and education. In total, Emerald publishes over 275 journals and more than 130 book series, as well as an extensive range of online products and services. Emerald is both COUNTER 3 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. *Related content and download information correct at time of download.
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/0142-5455.htm Managing HRM risk in a merger
Jane Bryson
School of Business and Public Management,
Citations: depending on the industry and measures used (Booz Allen & Hamilton, 2001; Cartwright and Cooper, 1996; Tetenbaum, 1999; The Economist, 1999) worldwide. There were more than 36,700 transactions with a combined value of more than US$3.49 trillion (Thomson Financial, 2001) have disappeared in western Europe alone as a result of mergers and acquisitions in the 1990s (International Labour Organization, 2001) Hamilton, 2001; Cartwright and Cooper, 1994; Datta, 1991; Hunt et al., 1987; Moore, 1998; Rhoades, 1998; Tripe, 1999; Wallis Committee, 1997; Weber, 1996).