Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) continue to be prevalent despite frequently yielding
disappointing outcomes. Postmerger integration plays a critical role in M&A success, yet …

The integration of acquired or merging firms is a key driver of the success or failure of
mergers and acquisitions (M&As). Over the last 30 years, a substantial body of research has …

This article, together with a companion video, provides a synthesized summary of a
Showcase Symposium held at the 2016 Academy of Management Annual Meeting in which …

Organizations are dynamic, hierarchically structured entities. Such dynamism is reflected in
the emergence of significant events at every organizational level. Despite this fact, there has …

Sensemaking is the process through which people work to understand issues or events that
are novel, ambiguous, confusing, or in some other way violate expectations. As an activity …

Research Summary: The attention‐based view (ABV) has highlighted the role of
organizational attention in strategic decision making and adaptation. The tendency to view …

Firms often need to acquire external financial resources to maintain and develop their
business. To attract these resources, firms employ various substantive and rhetorical …

Process studies focus attention on how and why things emerge, develop, grow, or terminate
over time. We identify various ontological assumptions underlying process research, explore …

Executive summary People face adverse events in a variety of forms. Some individuals are
resilient to adverse events in that they are able to maintain positive functioning while others …

This paper focuses on research on the “human side” of global mergers and acquisitions
(M&As). We argue that there is a need for a more fine-grained understanding of the “human …