Melanie Hassett
international business, mergers and acquisitions, organisational behaviour
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.
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).
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.
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- Multitemporality in IB fieldwork – defining the temporality of the phenomenon, informants and researcher
(2024) AIB UK & Ireland 2024 Chapter Conference Hassett, Melanie; Hurmerinta, Leila; Paavilainen-Mäntymäki, Eriikka - Temporal Distance and Theorizing in International Business Research – Ontological and Epistemological Considerations
(Presentation at the European International Business Academy Annual Conference (EIBA) 2024) (2024) Hassett, Melanie; Hurmerinta, Leila; Paavilainen-Mäntymäki, Eriikka - Time matters : Rethinking the role of time in the philosophical, conceptual and methodological domains of international business (Editorial) (2024)
- Journal of World Business
- A Paradigmatic Approach to Time in International Business Research
(Presenation at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business (AIB) 2023) (2023) Hassett Melanie, Paavilainen-Mäntymäki Eriikka, Hurmerinta Leila - Cultural Dynamics in Acquisitions (2022) Acquisitions and Corporate Strategy: Alliances, Performance, and Divestment Teerikangas Satu, Hassett Melanie
- The role of sustainability agency in mergers and acquisitions (2021) Research Handbook of Sustainability Agency Reynolds Noelia-Sarah, Hassett Melanie E.
- Finding positivity in a merger of equals (2020) Managing emotions in organizations: Positive employee experiences following acquisitions Harikkala-Laihinen Riikka, Nummela Niina, Hassett Melanie, Raitis Johanna
- Cultures in Flux: A Longitudinal Perspective on Postacquisition Socio-Cultural Integration (2019)
- Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business
- Conclusions: How to achieve socio-cultural integration (2018) Socio-Cultural Integration in Mergers and Acquisitions Mélanie Hassett, Niina Nummela
- Dialogue as a source of positive emotions during cross-border post-acquisition socio-cultural integration (2018)
- Cross Cultural and Strategic Management
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