There is a high failure rate of mergers and acquisitions. Most of them fail during the integration process. This article examines the organizational factors that negatively impact the integration process and suggests eight principles to make the integration more effective and successful. The...

There are a vast number of foreign‐born and minority employees in the United States. Using Hofstede's four dimensions of cultural values — power distance, individualism, masculinity and uncertainty avoidance — as well as some more basic cultural differences between nationalities, the...