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Conceptualising Leadership in theContext of Mergers:
Merging Cultural Leadership andOrganisational Culture Theory
 
 Angus Blair 
Department of Management and International BusinessUniversity of AucklandA dissertation submitted in partial completion of BCom Hons November 2008
 
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 Abstract
Despitecompellingevidencethatmergersfailtomeettheexpectationsofbothorganisationsandemployees,mergeractivitycontinuestorise.Thesefailuresareoftenattributedtoaclashoforganisationalcultures,withthemajorityofcorporationscitingitastheirtopchallenge.Onexaminingtheliterature,itbecomesapparentthatthereislittleinthewayofpragmatic,theory‐basedadvicefororganisationsregardinghowtoconstructivelyintegratemergingcultures.Guidedbythisneed,thisdissertationseekstoconceptualiseculturalleadershipprocessesinthecontextofmergers.Todothis,ititselfseekstomergetworelated,yetsurprisinglydiverse,bodiesofliterature.Thefirstbodyofliteraturelooksatwhatattentionhasbeengiventotheintersectionofleadershipandculture.Thesecondisanexaminationofthemergerandorganisationalculturetheories.Fromthismergeroffields,itsuggeststhattoincreasetheeffectivenessofculturalleadership,werequireamoreholisticunderstandingofthecomplexitiesoforganisationalculture.Finally,itshowsthatdespitetheseweaknesses,organisationshavemuchtogainfrommoreeffectiveculturalleadershipandthatthisisparticularlysalientintimesofcrisis,suchasamerger.Theimplicationsofthisfororganisationsandfutureresearcharediscussed.
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