Managed by the other: cultural anxieties in two Anglo-Americanized Swedish firms

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Worker's adaptability to cultural differences, after acquisition and merger is examined. Cultural anxieties of worker of Swedish firms, Volvo Cars and AstraZeneca, taken over by an American and a British company, are analyzed.

Motor vehicles and car bodies, Acquisitions & mergers, Sweden, Public affairs, Social aspects, Mergers, acquisitions and divestments, Company acquisition/merger, Influence, Automobile industry, AstraZeneca PLC, Organizational change, AZN, Volvo Car Corp., Culture shock, Change management

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Teamworking structure and worker perceptions: a cross-national study

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Teamworking structures and team member perceptions of a British and German subsidiary of a multinational pharmaceutical company are compared and analyzed. The results of the study are presented.

United Kingdom, Germany, Science & research, Research, International aspects, Work groups, Teamwork (Workplace), Corporate culture

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'Best practice' human resource management: perfect opportunity or dangerous illusion?

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Issues concerning the concept that the use of human resource management (HRM) practices can be successfully migrated through a variety of industries are discussed.

Management

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