Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0344128

Funded Activity Summary

The Employment Relations Implications of Mergers and Acquisitions in the Australian Black Coal Mining Industry. This project will study the employment relations (industrial relations and human resource management) implications of mergers and acquisitions in the Australian black coal mining industry - Australia's largest export income-earning industry. Global merger and acquisition activity has intensified in recent years despite strong international evidence to suggest that mergers and acquisitions often fail due to people-related problems. This study seeks to explore this international enigma, by examining a range of employment relations issues in newly merged or acquired organisations in the Australian coal industry. The frenetic pace of recent mergers and acquisitions in the coal industry, and its centrality to the prosperity of Australia, make it an ideal site to develop understanding of the people-related problems associated with mergers and acquisitions,and to develop strategies to address these difficulties. It is expected that this study will reveal significant theoretical insights and provide practical lessons on appropriate management interventions, that go beyond the Australian coal industry.The findings will be presented at international conferences and be published in leading academic journals and the mainstream financial press.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 21-12-2005

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $25,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Industrial Relations | Business and Management | Human Resources Management

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Industrial relations | Productivity | Management |

Other Keywords

Business and Management | Human Resources Management | Industrial Relations | Industrial relations | Management | Productivity

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