Cultivating positive emotions in mergers and acquisitions
The chapter should help managers to realize what they could do in order to enhance positive emotions and well being during challenging times of a post-merger integration. ::: ::: Indeed, negative affects, such as anxieties, aggressions, uncertainties, and stress are a very common phenomenon in mergers and acquisitions. On the other side, positive emotions are proved to be particularly suited for preventing and dealing with negative emotions. ::: ::: For researchers this chapter serves as an encouragement to shift their attention to positive emotions, and it aims to instill some ideas for further research.
Facing the imminent pressure of opening the domestic construction ::: market to foreign contractors, every domestic construction company ::: should reinforce the technological and managerial competitiveness ::: which is relatively weak in comparison with that of foreign ::: contractors. ::: The purpose of this study is to suggest several measures which ::: aim to enhance the competitiveness of domestic medium and low ::: level construction companies. ::: Several measures suggested in this study are based on the ::: improvement of company's inherent constitutional and relevant ::: problems.