出版社：Institute of Behavioral and Applied Management
摘要：One determinant of merger and acquisition (M&A) success is the extent that an
organization¡¯s employees commit to the combination. However, employees often have
low commitment to merger and acquisition activity. This paper examines the relationship
between organizational commitment, regulatory focus, and M&A narratives. It is argued
that employees with a promotion focus will have higher affective commitment during
M&As than employees with a prevention focus. Further, it is hypothesized that
organizations can use particular types of narratives to activate employees¡¯ promotion
focus, which will result in employees having higher affective commitment than
employees in organizations using other narrative-types.
