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Running head: MERGER AND EFFECTS ON HUMAN MOTIVATION Effects of Mergers/Acquisitions on Human Behavior and Motivation Angela Fisher Linda Gieger Marilyn Kesinger Janet Sullivan University of Phoenix Org 502 - Human Relations and Organizational Behavior Leslie Gaskins November 6, 2003 Abstract This paper will take a look at the impact of two motivational theories on a group of seven employees who completed the Work Motivation Survey. It will also look at how individual differences among the survey participants could create workgroup conflicts. It will also assess the impact on this data on job satisfaction and motivation. The data will also relate back to the merger/acquisition transition with the goal in mind of maintaining acceptable levels of individual performance. Effects of Mergers/Acquisitions on Human Behavior and Motivation According to the American Management Association, between two-thirds and three-fourths of all corporate mergers and acquisitions fail. Additionally, one in three acquisitions are sold off within five years (Organizational Dynamics, 1992). With odds like that, why do companies even try to merge? What is it that goes so ho