{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1552284375","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/01425450010340344","title":"Gaining employee trust after acquisition","display_name":"Gaining employee trust after acquisition","publication_year":2000,"publication_date":"2000-08-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1552284375","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/01425450010340344","mag":"1552284375"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1108/01425450010340344","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/01425450010340344","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1108/01425450010340344","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S34542846","display_name":"Employee Relations","issn_l":"0142-5455","issn":["0142-5455","1758-7069"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-a","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","fnege-3","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319811","host_organization_name":"Emerald Publishing Limited","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319811"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Emerald Publishing Limited"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Employee Relations","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5053272988","display_name":"Irene Nikandrou","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8475-0543","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8475-0543"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I73142707","display_name":"Athens University of Economics and Business","ror":"https://ror.org/03s262162","country_code":"GR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I73142707"]}],"countries":["GR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Irene Nikandrou","raw_affiliation_strings":["Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I73142707"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5063470787","display_name":"Nancy Papalexandris","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I73142707","display_name":"Athens University of Economics and Business","ror":"https://ror.org/03s262162","country_code":"GR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I73142707"]}],"countries":["GR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Nancy Papalexandris","raw_affiliation_strings":["Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I73142707"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5059218026","display_name":"Dimitris Bourantas","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I73142707","display_name":"Athens University of Economics and Business","ror":"https://ror.org/03s262162","country_code":"GR","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I73142707"]}],"countries":["GR"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Dimitris Bourantas","raw_affiliation_strings":["Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens, Greece","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I73142707"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I73142707"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":100,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.30540718,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":"22","issue":"4","first_page":"334","last_page":"355"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10006","display_name":"Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior","score":0.4099000096321106,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1407","display_name":"Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10006","display_name":"Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior","score":0.4099000096321106,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1407","display_name":"Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13642","display_name":"Organizational Downsizing and Restructuring","score":0.18549999594688416,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1407","display_name":"Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10019","display_name":"Corporate Finance and Governance","score":0.1080000028014183,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1402","display_name":"Accounting"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mergers-and-acquisitions","display_name":"mergers and acquisitions","score":0.9490000009536743},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/employee-trust","display_name":"employee trust","score":0.9750000238418579},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/internal-communication","display_name":"internal communication","score":0.5440000295639038},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/counterproductive-work-behavior","display_name":"counterproductive work behavior","score":0.656000018119812},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/absenteeism","display_name":"absenteeism","score":0.9819999933242798},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/job-satisfaction","display_name":"job satisfaction","score":0.7870000004768372},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/employee-morale","display_name":"employee morale","score":0.5410000085830688}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C27400517","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q332278","display_name":"Absenteeism","level":2,"score":0.711565375328064},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C99753626","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14937678","display_name":"Employee engagement","level":2,"score":0.6438964605331421},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C148220186","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7111912","display_name":"Outcome (game theory)","level":2,"score":0.6209478378295898},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781285665","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17012157","display_name":"Employee morale","level":3,"score":0.5979896783828735},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.5959048271179199},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38104776","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q932071","display_name":"Industrial relations","level":2,"score":0.5800842046737671},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779530757","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1207505","display_name":"Quality (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.5340961813926697},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C182021174","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5374295","display_name":"Employee research","level":3,"score":0.5014681816101074},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C39549134","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133080","display_name":"Public relations","level":1,"score":0.483009934425354},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778564829","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17010605","display_name":"Employee motivation","level":2,"score":0.47148534655570984},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153701036","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q659974","display_name":"Trustworthiness","level":2,"score":0.46982240676879883},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C202372285","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1056396","display_name":"Human resource management","level":2,"score":0.42327365279197693},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162853370","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39809","display_name":"Marketing","level":1,"score":0.39291200041770935},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18762648","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42213","display_name":"Work (physics)","level":2,"score":0.35914090275764465},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.3092172145843506},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.24726518988609314},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187736073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2920921","display_name":"Management","level":1,"score":0.15043950080871582},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.13084924221038818},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17744445","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36442","display_name":"Political science","level":0,"score":0.10590782761573792},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78519656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101333","display_name":"Mechanical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144237770","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q747534","display_name":"Mathematical economics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1108/01425450010340344","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/01425450010340344","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1108/01425450010340344","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S34542846","display_name":"Employee Relations","issn_l":"0142-5455","issn":["0142-5455","1758-7069"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-a","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","erih-plus","fnege-3","jufo-1","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319811","host_organization_name":"Emerald Publishing Limited","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319811"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Emerald Publishing Limited"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Employee Relations","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":21,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W53064635","https://openalex.org/W615020125","https://openalex.org/W627639948","https://openalex.org/W651372157","https://openalex.org/W1966634679","https://openalex.org/W1989446381","https://openalex.org/W1991167172","https://openalex.org/W2017504966","https://openalex.org/W2036503449","https://openalex.org/W2042691910","https://openalex.org/W2085151860","https://openalex.org/W2091198520","https://openalex.org/W2122795250","https://openalex.org/W2138894380","https://openalex.org/W2142175015","https://openalex.org/W2144963573","https://openalex.org/W2165072427","https://openalex.org/W2323285345","https://openalex.org/W2887157915","https://openalex.org/W3139046410","https://openalex.org/W4233820504"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2325547432","https://openalex.org/W3216963752","https://openalex.org/W2056861993","https://openalex.org/W2386691027","https://openalex.org/W7215380995","https://openalex.org/W4388171261","https://openalex.org/W7113505919","https://openalex.org/W2326395256","https://openalex.org/W3048764173","https://openalex.org/W2495382049"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Acquisitions":[0],"often":[1],"have":[2],"a":[3,41,76,84,96],"negative":[4],"impact":[5,48],"on":[6,49],"employee":[7,38,66,88,102],"behaviour":[8],"resulting":[9],"in":[10,104],"counter":[11],"productive":[12],"practices,":[13],"absenteeism,":[14],"low":[15],"morale":[16],"and":[17,57,60],"job":[18],"dissatisfaction.":[19],"It":[20],"appears":[21],"that":[22],"an":[23,47],"important":[24,73],"factor":[25],"affecting":[26],"the":[27,61,71,93,105],"successful":[28,97],"outcome":[29,98],"of":[30,43,65,87,107],"acquisitions":[31,108],"is":[32,109],"top":[33],"management\u2019s":[34],"ability":[35],"to":[36,69,91],"gain":[37],"trust.":[39],"Explores":[40],"number":[42],"variables":[44],"which":[45],"bear":[46],"managerial":[50],"trustworthiness.":[51],"Among":[52],"them,":[53],"frequent":[54],"communication":[55,80],"before":[56],"after":[58],"acquisition,":[59],"already":[62],"existing":[63],"quality":[64],"relations":[67,103],"seem":[68,90],"play":[70],"most":[72],"role.":[74],"Therefore,":[75],"carefully":[77],"planned,":[78],"employee\u2010centered":[79],"programme,":[81],"together":[82],"with":[83],"good":[85],"level":[86],"relations,":[89],"form":[92],"basis":[94],"for":[95],"as":[99,101],"far":[100],"face":[106],"concerned.":[110]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":9}],"updated_date":"2026-10-30T12:39:25.321706","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}