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Higher Education Mergers: Challenges Blending Organizational Culture And The Influence Of Leaders, Amy A. Maison
Higher Education Mergers: Challenges Blending Organizational Culture And The Influence Of Leaders, Amy A. Maison
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The purpose of this research was to explore, identify, and describe the challenges two-year college administrators face when blending the organizational culture of two or more institutions as a result of an involuntary, single sector merger. This phenomenological qualitative study drew findings from interviews with 12 individuals who have experienced a merger, are currently in leadership or faculty positions, and work for the Technical College System of Georgia. Using Moustakas’s (1994) model of transcendental phenomenology and the open systems theory, the researcher sought to uncover the human experience of a higher education merger. As a result of the data analysis, …