Purpose – Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cutting‐edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – Scans the top 400 management publications in the world to identify the most topical issues and latest...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to expand understanding about the rhetoric of synergy and how it is manifested in a global corporation, Tubworld (name changed), during a period of mergers and acquisitions. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology is based on an analysis of visual...

Purpose – Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) represent major organizational changes, and create traumatic, stressful situations to employees. The purpose of this paper is to study the acquired key employees' organizational commitment towards the acquiring organization during the...

Purpose – This study aims to identify specific changes in the content of the psychological contract during mergers and acquisitions (M&As), looking into both the “previous” and the “current” psychological contract. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 255 non‐managerial...

Purpose – This article explores the roles played by HR in post‐merger change processes. Helps to uncover the inherent problems in managing HR issues in the post‐merger organization and highlights difficulties in giving HR a strategic status. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is...