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Group Status as a Determinant of Organizational Identification After a Takeover: A Social Identity Perspective
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Abstract This study investigates the relation between the perceived status of an organization after a takeover (i.e. post-merger status) on employees’ identification with this new organization (i.e. their post-merger identification). Respondents were 234 employees... view more
This study investigates the relation between the perceived status of an organization after a takeover (i.e. post-merger status) on employees’ identification with this new organization (i.e. their post-merger identification). Respondents were 234 employees of a corrugated board producing company, which had taken over a smaller company eight months before. As hypothesized, post-merger status was positively related to organizational identification among employees of the lower-status pre-merger company, but they were not related among employees of the higher-status company. Also in line with the expectations, post-merger status was positively related to organizational identification among employees who had identified weakly with their pre-merger group, but not among employees who had identified strongly with their pre-merger group.... view less
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group status; organizational mergers; social identity;
Document language
English
Publication Year
2006
Page/Pages
p. 547-560
Journal
Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 9 (2006) 4
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430206067555
Status
Postprint; peer reviewed
Licence
PEER Licence Agreement (applicable only to documents from PEER project)