Employee Emotional Resilience during Post-Merger Integration across National Boundaries: Rewards and the Mediating Role of Fairness Norms

Zaheer Khan, Vivek Soundararajan, Geoffrey Wood, Mohammad Ahammad

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Abstract

This article presents a conceptual framework to advance the understanding of the process and pitfalls of post-merger integration (PMI) across national boundaries. We argue that successful PMI is contingent on employee emotional resilience, which, in turn, depends on the efficacy of reward systems and of the underlying equity. The paper documents the key role played by financial and non-financial rewards, and of reciprocal behaviors conditioned by fairness norms, on employee emotional resilience during PMI, and the impact on them of contextual dynamics. We draw out the implications for theory and practice, again taking into special account of mergers across national boundaries, and those involving MNEs.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of World Business
Early online date10 Jul 2017
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 10 Jul 2017

Keywords

  • rewards systems
  • HRM practices
  • fairness norms
  • emotional resilience
  • mergers and acquisitions (M&As)
  • organizational sustainability
  • international HRM

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Business, Management and Accounting(all)

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