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Offers a fresh perspective to acquisition research, ?examining how emotions can have positive as well as negative impacts
Grounds academic practice in real world case studies
Analyses latest literature, producing an innovative contribution to the field
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book takes a fresh perspective to acquisition research, focusing on employee emotions. It builds on the human-centric approach to mergers and acquisitions, where previous literature has concluded that emotions are important, yet few studies have explored them in depth. To fill the gap, this book takes emotion research in organizations as its starting point, exploring what emotions are, how they emerge, and how they influence organizational contexts, such as acquisitions. Whereas previous acquisition literature has concluded that emotions are most often negative and lead to complications, this book shows how emotions can become a positive force driving post-acquisition change and unification.
This book combines multidisciplinary theoretical insights with practical real-world case studies to provide detailed analysis and approachable findings that will appeal to academics and practitioners alike.
Authors and Affiliations
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Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen
About the author
Dr Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen is a Postdoctoral Researcher in International Business at the Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku, Finland and a Visiting Researcher at the University of Leeds, United Kingdom. Her areas of expertise include emotions in organizations, cross-border acquisitions, and cross-cultural management. Her current work centers on exploring the influence of employee emotions at work and rejuvenating theory on intercultural encounters.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Managing Emotions in Organizations
Book Subtitle: Positive Employee Experiences Following Acquisitions
Authors: Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60567-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-60566-7Published: 11 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-60567-4Published: 10 November 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 126
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations
Topics: Business and Management, general, Industrial Organization