https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/40617 Sat, 18 Apr 2026 19:56:55 GMT 2026-04-18T19:56:55Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/40961 Title: Organisational culture : the effects of cultural differences during the integration process of mergers and acquisitions Abstract: Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are a source of business transformation solutions. The intended strategies behind M&As can include corporate growth, increase in market share, combined synergies, economies of scale, diversification and shared resources. Nevertheless, history shows that most of the time these combinations fail to reach the intended preliminary aims for various motives (Weber & Camerer, 2003). Research suggests that approximately fifty to seventy-five per cent of M&As fail to live up to expectations. The post-performance has been vastly researched whilst the post-integration process in relation to cultural differences has been the least investigated. Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/40961 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/40960 Title: Learning and developmental needs of health assistants and nursing aides : an explanatory study Abstract: A health care system depends on the individuals working within it. It is the health sector labour force that determines the quality and success of any health organisation. Patients and the general public expect high standards of care from whoever delivers it. To date in Malta, most of the health care professions have received support for further training, education and ongoing professional development to ensure high quality standard of care. However, minimal attention has been given to the unregulated category of health care support staff. Over the past 20 years, this category of health care workers has been assigned a variety of titles, including health assistants, nursing aides, carers and care workers. Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/40960 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/40959 Title: An analysis of motivation within the postal sector from the perspective of management and employees Abstract: The study sought to explore the differences between what managers perceive to be important motivating factors, in comparison to their employees’ expectations. The study offers a better understanding of employee motivation in a medium-sized privately owned postal service provider. Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/40959 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/40958 Title: Change and Continuity [Book review] Abstract: If there is anything about Malta which strikes any observer, local or foreign, it is the rate of change which the country has undergone in recent years. Changes are visible on all fronts: physical, economic, political and above all social. It is no wonder, then, that the subject of change is the one common denominator which underscores all the essays in the volume edited by Michael Briguglio and Maria Brown, entitled Sociology of the Maltese Islands (2016). One cannot help wondering what someone like Herbert Ganado would write if he were to update his famous books, aptly entitled ‘Rajt Malta Tinbidel’ (I have watched Malta change). Sun, 01 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/40958 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z