Linking Merger and Acquisition Strategies to Postmerger Integration: A Configurational Perspective of Human Resource Management
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This study explores how human resource management practices can link M&A strategies and PMI outcomes. A conceptual framework is developed using a configurational perspective and the ability-motivation-opportunity model. The study identifies three generic M&A strategies and matches them with three PMI outcomes. The article also elaborates on the theoretical and practical contributions and charts a course for future inquiry and research applications for the M&A-HRM-PMI triad and its processes.