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The impact of merger and acquisition activity on employee attitude in the telecommunications industry
Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2025.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/109001 The impact of merger and acquisition activity on employee attitude in the telecommunications industry Reinecke, Andrea ichelp@gibs.co.za Cupido, Cheslin UCTD Merger& Acquisitions Employee Attitude Merger & Acquisitions Motives Dynamic Capabilities Social Identity Organisational Justice Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2025. Mergers & acquisitions are a phenomenon globally that organisations have been experiencing for years, and within the South African telecommunications industry. The success of mergers and acquisitions is underpinned by many factors that impact post-merger integrations. Research fails to understand the impact that mergers and acquisitions have on employees, which significantly affects the success of mergers & acquisitions. The objective of this research is to understand the impact that mergers & acquisitions activity has on employee attitude. The research will explore the associations that organisational restructuring, dynamic capabilities, social identity, organisational justice and merger & acquisitions motives have on employee attitude. Using quantitative methodology, the research was conducted using a survey that collected data from 120 respondents who have been impacted by mergers and acquisitions within the telecommunication industry in South Africa over five weeks to identify the relationship between employee attitude and employee performance. The findings from this research support that increased merger & acquisitions motives, dynamic capabilities, social identity and organisational justice have a strong correlation to employee attitude. These findings extend existing literature conducted on a firm-level and in developed countries to the local context of South Africa. Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions 2026-03-16T09:32:18Z 2026-03-16T09:32:18Z 2026-05-05 2025 Mini Dissertation * A2025 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/109001 en © 2025 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Merger& Acquisitions Employee Attitude Merger & Acquisitions Motives Dynamic Capabilities Social Identity Organisational Justice The impact of merger and acquisition activity on employee attitude in the telecommunications industry |
| title | The impact of merger and acquisition activity on employee attitude in the telecommunications industry |
| title_full | The impact of merger and acquisition activity on employee attitude in the telecommunications industry |
| title_fullStr | The impact of merger and acquisition activity on employee attitude in the telecommunications industry |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of merger and acquisition activity on employee attitude in the telecommunications industry |
| title_short | The impact of merger and acquisition activity on employee attitude in the telecommunications industry |
| title_sort | impact of merger and acquisition activity on employee attitude in the telecommunications industry |
| topic | UCTD Merger& Acquisitions Employee Attitude Merger & Acquisitions Motives Dynamic Capabilities Social Identity Organisational Justice |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/109001 |