Face-to-face communication versus memo communication to announce mergers and acquisitions the importance of media richness

The purpose of this study was to examine the current research on mergers and acquisitions which includes organizational factors, such as communication processes, and their impact on employee reactions. The current study addresses this issue through a simulated M&A announcement laboratory experiment with 156 CSUSB undergraduate students.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science in Psychology

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Year

2011

Author dc:creator

• Hopeck, Janell Marie

Contributors dc:contributor

• Agars, Mark

• Organizational behavior
• Industrial Psychology
• Consolidation and merger of corporations
• Organizational change -- Management
• Communication in organizations
• Corporate culture
• Organizational Communication

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/140

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu:etd-project-1140