Different Truths in Different Worlds

  • Authors:
  • Kent D. Miller;Shu-Jou Lin

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Management, Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824;Department of Business Administration, Chang Gung University, Guishan Shiang, Tao-Yuan County 333, Taiwan

  • Venue:
  • Organization Science
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

This paper challenges the predominant view that legitimation is merely a specific phase in merger or acquisition processes. We argue that a better understanding of postmerger organizational dynamics calls for conceptualization of discursive legitimation ...