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The Gendered Nature of Mergers
Author(s) -
Collins Grainne
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
gender, work and organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.159
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1468-0432
pISSN - 0968-6673
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2005.00273.x
Subject(s) - job security , perception , mergers and acquisitions , organizational change , business , tacit knowledge , organizational culture , labour economics , public relations , political science , economics , psychology , knowledge management , work (physics) , mechanical engineering , finance , neuroscience , engineering , computer science
This article ties together two research areas: the gendering of organizations and the effects of organizational change on workers. The article then suggests seven reasons why mergers are gendered. These are: possible differences in undermining or eliminating job security between men and women; contract changes; breaking internal contracts; the loss or undermining of gendered tacit knowledge; emotional reactions; risk perception and the discourse of mergers. The article argues for looking at mergers and organizational change through a gender lens.