AUTHOR=Chen Bin , Krauskopf James TITLE=Nonprofit post-merger identification: Network size, relational heterogeneity, and perceived integration effectiveness JOURNAL=Frontiers in Human Dynamics VOLUME=4 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/human-dynamics/articles/10.3389/fhumd.2022.933460 DOI=10.3389/fhumd.2022.933460 ISSN=2673-2726 ABSTRACT=

This paper incorporates insights from organizational identity and identification, social network research and post-merger integration to explore factors influencing employees' identification with a merged nonprofit organization. We propose that nonprofit employees' identification with the merged nonprofit organization is associated with their network size, relational heterogeneity, and perceived effectiveness of integration processes. Empirical results suggest that employees with larger mentoring and socioemotional support networks exhibit strong post-merger identification. Relational heterogeneity within the workflow network has an inverted U-shape relationship with post-merger identification. Employees' perceived effectiveness of integration processes significantly influences their sense of identity with the new organization. Implications for better managing post-merger identification are discussed.