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Merging the Myths: A Study of the Effect of Organizational Mythmaking in an Organizational Merger

In: Organizational Epics and Sagas

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  • David Sims

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Myths are the means by which organizations form and retain their collective picture of the world. This chapter looks at the way that two merging departments coped with the different myths with which they entered merger. It looks at the efforts of different organizational actors to develop and spread their preferred mythology, and at the fate of different mythologies during the merger. It also considers the emergence of a new mythology in the life of the merged organization.

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  • David Sims, 2008. "Merging the Myths: A Study of the Effect of Organizational Mythmaking in an Organizational Merger," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Monika Kostera (ed.), Organizational Epics and Sagas, chapter 9, pages 118-130, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-58360-3_11
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230583603_11
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