The issue of mergers and, in particular, the effect of mergers on employees is an
important one due to the alarming number of mergers taking place at present
both globally and in South Africa. Only recently have researchers begun to
study the impact of mergers on employees. Many authors argue that this
element is critical in determining the success or failure of a merger. The study
examines a company, which recently experienced a merger and attempts to
establish whether or not the merger had a detrimental effect on organisational
climate. The study achieves it's aim by reviewing the literature and
administering a self-completion questionnaire to the entire operational staff at
three hierarchical levels, namely; store manager, sales administrator and sales
person of the organisation in the KwaZulu Natal region. The study thus
constitutes a census of all employees at the aforementioned three levels. The
questionnaire administered includes both an organisational climate measuring
instrument (an existing eighteen item scale was used) and an attitude to mergers
measuring instrument, made up of twelve items, which was constructed for this
study. The data was then analysed utilising both descriptive and inferential
statistics. / Thesis (MBA)-University of Natal, Durban, 2002.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:ukzn/oai:http://researchspace.ukzn.ac.za:10413/4437 |
| Date | January 2002 |
| Creators | La Porte, S. C. de. |
| Contributors | Coldwell, David A. L. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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