Acquisition, merger, integration

Widely cited research by Gartner has shown that as many as 70% of mergers and acquisitions fail to deliver the value and synergies anticipated, largely due to failures in people management of the process and failure to bring different organisational cultures together. Their unique psychological knowledge of how individuals react to change and cultural integration mean occupational psychologists regularly play a key role in managing the difficulties inherent in most mergers and acquisitions.