Melanie Hassett
Areas of expertise
international business, mergers and acquisitions, organisational behaviour
international business, mergers and acquisitions, organisational behaviour
Biography
Melanie Hassett defended her doctoral thesis on “Key persons’ organizational commitment in cross-border acquisitions” in 2009, which received the Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award 2011 – Highly Commended. Melanie’s research interest lies in cross-border M&As, more specifically post-M&A integration with the focus on cultural and HR integration. She is also interested in research methodology, mixed methods and longitudinal research methods in particular, and she co-authored a book on longitudinal research methods “Handbook of Longitudinal Research Methods in Organisational and Business Studies” together with Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki. She has been working in acquisition related research projects since 2004. Currently she works as a post-doc researcher in research project titled ”Value creation in international growth – focus on acquisitions and joint ventures”, which is funded by the Academy of Finland and "Emotions in M&A - managing emotions in global, virtual world" funded by TEKES (the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation). Acquisitions are also part of her core courses; she teaches a master’s level course called KVS4 International mergers and acquisition and she gives lectures about acquisitions also to post-graduates and mba students.
Melanie Hassett defended her doctoral thesis on “Key persons’ organizational commitment in cross-border acquisitions” in 2009, which received the Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award 2011 – Highly Commended. Melanie’s research interest lies in cross-border M&As, more specifically post-M&A integration with the focus on cultural and HR integration. She is also interested in research methodology, mixed methods and longitudinal research methods in particular, and she co-authored a book on longitudinal research methods “Handbook of Longitudinal Research Methods in Organisational and Business Studies” together with Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki. She has been working in acquisition related research projects since 2004. Currently she works as a post-doc researcher in research project titled ”Value creation in international growth – focus on acquisitions and joint ventures”, which is funded by the Academy of Finland and "Emotions in M&A - managing emotions in global, virtual world" funded by TEKES (the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation). Acquisitions are also part of her core courses; she teaches a master’s level course called KVS4 International mergers and acquisition and she gives lectures about acquisitions also to post-graduates and mba students.
Research
Currently Melanie works as a post-doc researcher in research project titled ”Value creation in international growth – focus on acquisitions and joint ventures”, which is funded by the Academy of Finland and "Emotions in M&A - managing emotions in global, virtual world" funded by TEKES (the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation).
Currently Melanie works as a post-doc researcher in research project titled ”Value creation in international growth – focus on acquisitions and joint ventures”, which is funded by the Academy of Finland and "Emotions in M&A - managing emotions in global, virtual world" funded by TEKES (the Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation).
Teaching
Melanie has vast experience in teaching both under-graduates and post-graduates. Currently, due to her commitments as a project coordinator for two externally funded research projects she teaches one master’s level course called KVS4 International mergers and acquisition and she gives lectures about acquisitions also to post-graduates.
Melanie has vast experience in teaching both under-graduates and post-graduates. Currently, due to her commitments as a project coordinator for two externally funded research projects she teaches one master’s level course called KVS4 International mergers and acquisition and she gives lectures about acquisitions also to post-graduates.
Publications 
3 of 6
- Cultural integration through value socialisation following cross-border M&As
(Esitys 42nd Annual Conference of the European International Business Academy (EIBA) -konferensissa, 2.-4.12. 2016, Vienna) (2016) Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference of the European International Business Academy (EIBA), Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna 2.-4.12.2016 Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen, Melanie Hassett, Johanna Raitis, Niina Nummela
(Other publication) - Emotion in intercultural dialogue in M&As (2016) International Business in Multi-speed Global Economy Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen, Melanie Hassett, Johanna Raitis, Niina Nummela
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Emotions and virtual teams in cross-border acquisitions
(Esitys The Tenth Conference on Emotions and Organizational Life -konferensissa, 4.-.5.7. 2016 Rome) (2016) Melanie Hassett, Riikka Harikkala-Laihinen, Johanna Raitis, Niina Nummela
(Other publication) - Opening the black box of acquisition capabilities (2016) Routledge Companion to Mergers and Acquisitions Niina Nummela, Mélanie Hassett
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - TEMPUS FUGIT: A Hermeneutic Approach to the Internationalisation Process (2016)
- Management International Review
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Constructing time in international business research (2015) Eriikka Paavilainen-Mäntymäki, Melanie Hassett, Leila Hurmerinta
(Other publication) - It’s about time - temporal paradigm in internationalization process research (2015) Hurmerinta Leila, Paavilainen-Mäntymäki Eriikka, Hassett Mélanie
(Other publication) - Top managers emotions in cross-border acquisitions (2015) Hassett Melanie, Reynolds Noelia-Sarah, Sandberg Birgitta
(Other publication) - Value creation in M&As through Strategic Networks (2015) Degbey William Y, Hassett Melanie E
(Other publication) - Contextualisation in International Business Research: A Dynamic Theorising Approach for Dynamic Research Contexts (2014)
- European international business academy annual conference, EIBA
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication )
UTU Research Portal