Relationship engagement in mergers and acquisitions through collegial leadership

• Main Authors: Jedin, Mohd. Haniff, Md Saad, Norsafinas
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: EconJournals 2016
• Subjects: HD28 Management. Industrial Management
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/22168/1/EJEFI%20%206S7%202016%2081-85.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/22168/; http://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijefi/article/view/3585

Research on the relationship engagement in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As) is still unclear although this phenomenon has been explored in the global multi-business environment.Existing researches did not clearly demonstrate the importance of the relationship among M&A players in the amalgamation processes between an acquirer and the acquired firm. Thus, this paper attempts to highlight the influence of collegial leadership in initiating relationship engagement in the post M&A integration.Result shows that collegial leadership significantly influence the relationship engagement in M&A.