In mergers and acquisitions (M&A), special emphasis is usually placed on the strategic and financial goals of the deal, while the psychological, cultural, and human resource implications do not receive as much attention. This book examines the dynamics of the sociocultural processes inherent in...

Organizational cultures that facilitate collaboration are valuable, but little is known about how to create them. The authors investigate the microfoundations of this problem using computational models of dyadic coupled learning. The authors find that merely altering initial beliefs about the...

In organizations such as 'boss-less' firms, online communities, and common-pool resource communities, members collaborate with limited or no dependence on authority (superiors in a hierarchy). These and similar types of organizations can be viewed as examples of 'collaborative organizing' - an...