Communication with employees following a merger: a longitudinal field experiment

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This study examined the impact of a realistic merger preview, a program of realistic communications, on employees of an organization that had just announced a merger. Employees in one plant received the preview and those in another received limited information. Results based on four collections of data indicated that the preview reduced dysfunctional outcomes of the merger. Those effects continued over the duration of the study and, in some cases, measured attributes returned to levels comparable to their levels before the merger was announced. We discuss implications for organizations contemplating mergers or acquisitions and for researchers interested in such activities. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Human resource management, Acquisitions and mergers, Corporations

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Building commitment, attachment, and trust in strategic decision-making teams: the role of procedural justice

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This study examined how decision-making procedures can facilitate the positive attitudes necessary for cooperative relations in decision-making teams. We hypothesized that consideration of member input and members' influence on a decision affect their perceptions of procedural fairness and consequently, their commitment to the decision, attachment to the group, and trust in its leader. An experiment involving intact management teams supported these hypotheses and indicated that perceived fairness partially mediated the impact of procedures on commitment, attachment, and trust. (Reprinted by permission of the publisher.)

Work groups, Teamwork (Workplace), Justice, Attachment behavior, Attachment (Psychology), Trust (Psychology), Decision-making, Group, Group decision making, Commitment (Psychology)

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Group approaches for improving strategic decision making: a comparative analysis of dialectical inquiry, devil's advocacy, and consensus

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Three forms of strategic policy group decision making were evaluated in light of production and satisfaction results. The dialectical inquiry and devils advocacy processes proved to produce solutions of superior quality, while consensus methodologies resulted in higher group satisfaction and acceptance levels, and generated a stronger desire to continue in the group framework.

Decision-making, Decision making, Management, Usage, Social groups

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