How do employees adapt to organizational change driven by cross-border M&As? A case in China

作者：Chung, Goo Hyeok; Du, Jing; Choi, Jin Nam^*

来源：Journal of World Business, 2014, 49(1): 78-86.

DOI：10.1016/j.jwb.2013.01.001

• Organizational change
• Cross-border M&A
• Person-change (P-C) fit
• Change management
• Employee adaptation
• Post-merger integration

Globalization has encouraged merger and acquisitions (M&As) across countries. We propose a theoretical model that explains the process through which employees adapt to changes introduced by cross-border M&As. Empirical analyses based on 174 Chinese employees who experienced an unexpected M&A initiated by a Western company suggest that the relationship between change management practices (i.e., provision of training and assurance of job security) and post-change performance is mediated by employees' person-change (P-C) fit perceptions. Integrating the quantitative results with interviews, we further theorize that underlying cultural dynamics (e.g., collectivism and Confucian doctrines) drive change-related attitudes and behavior among Chinese employees.

• 出版日期2014-1
• 单位武汉大学