..., text analysis and interviews with members of a central management group, as well as their Coordination group for receiving and integrating newly arrived migrants in a major city of Sweden. Findings The analysis shows how public organizations in response to the 2015 refugee situation initially...

...José-Luis Rodríguez-Sánchez; Eva-María Mora-Valentín; Marta Ortiz-de-Urbina-Criado Purpose Many of the papers that analyse human resource management (HRM) in merger and acquisition (M&A) processes focus on the last two stages (integration and implementation). Then, the purpose of this paper...

... to the researchers to explore more in the area of soft issues of M&As. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only In the literature of mergers and social justice, equality is regarded as a crucial phenomenon to achieve social integration. This paper...

...Jay Joseph Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the role that pre-merger identification plays within a post-merger setting. Social Identity Theory (SIT) has conflicting reports on the role that pre-merger identification plays in post-merger integration. The current research explores...

...Anna A. Łupina‐Wegener; Susan C. Schneider; Rolf van Dick Purpose Building on social identity theory, the purpose of this paper is to present a study on the socio‐cultural integration process in a merger of two European pharmaceutical subsidiaries in Mexico. The paper investigates antecedents...

...Drago Podobnik; Slavko Dolinšek Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the usefulness of the combination of the European Foundation for Quality Management excellence model and the balanced scorecard integrated into the management model for competitiveness and performance development...

... due to the informal power held by organizational members – low productivity, poor quality, reduced commitment, voluntary turnover, and related hidden costs and untapped potential – far too many companies seem to meander through the post‐combination integration process. The good news...

...Tarek Tantoush; Stewart Clegg; Fiona Wilson Discusses the issue of computer‐aided design/computer‐aided manufacturing (CADCAM) integration from an organizational point of view. The installation of cross‐functional integrating technology in manufacturing organizations involves technical problems...

...Sandra A. Waddock This paper argues that community is a necessary element of spirituality. Community is based on connectedness and a healthy interdependence. Using Wilber’s integrative framework, I argue for three propositions linking community and spirituality: people need to belong to communities...

... Leadership and Racial Integration the Army Way . New York, NY : Basic Books   1996 . 198 pp Affirmative action Armed Forces Integration Organizational change Race USA Affirmative action politics has a new spin on the old controversy that the US Army is the most equal opportunity...

...Giovanni Azzone; Giuliano Noci States that over the last few years, the growing importance of the ecological question has led many executives to modify their business policies. The integration of “green” issues in the process of strategy formation has significant financial, managerial...

... will work interracially. This is what the purpose is”…If you live in Los Angeles, [integration] is not a black‐white issue (1993, Tape 1, lines 841‐73). Difficult to distinguish from the first theme, the second theme of discovering individual and collective power seems to capture the confidence...

... the primary challenge for the business unit in each of these contexts. The contexts vary in their risk and in the adaptation and/or integration orientation that they demand of the strategic planning system. Four key elements of the strategic planning system: direction of goal setting, time‐spending patterns...