m Merger is the combination of the assets and

liabilities of two firms to form a single

business entity while acquisition tends to be
used when a larger firm absorbs a smaller
firm.
m The research is conducted in six Malaysian
commercial banks using a questionnaire
addressing the independent variables and
their relationship to the merger and
acquisition.
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m merger it is the combination or two
organizations (Bruner, 2004).

m Top management Identification about

human consequences is a reason for the
failure of Mergers & Acquisitions `chweiger
& Lippert , 2005; Cartwright & `choenberg
,2006)
m Knowledge sharing can be defined as the
social interaction between peers within the
organisation,. (Hogel et at; 2003)
m solving the culture issues is very essential for
Mergers and Acquisitions - `huler and
Jackson (2001)

m Gaining competitive advantage in the

market is very essential for the success of
Mergers Porter(1985)
m training and development within the
organization very important for the success
of Merger & Acquisition - (Besman , Nobel &
Birkinshaw , 1999)
m Hofstde mentioned that individual-
collectivism explains the relationship
among the collectivism and individual
that prevail a given society.

m Hofstde found that have five lengths of

the culture , this studied was according
to the values and pointing to stability of
the lengths through time
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m Àesearch Instrument : Questionnaire

m `ample Population : 60 Àespondents

m Target Audience : Bank Employees

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m Journals . Magazines , Books and online sources

m `oftware Used : `P`` Version 14

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Linear Àegression
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m H.1. Performance of Malaysia M&As dependent on the
higher training on managers and employees by human
resource department (HÀ ). - Positive

m H.2. the higher and better communication leads to high

and better performance in M&As in Malaysia banking
industry. Positive

m H.3. Cross cultural has an influence on in mergers and

acquisitions in Malaysia banking industry. Positive

m H.4. transfer and creation knowledge has an influence

on mergers and acquisitions in Malaysia banking
industry. Positive
m it is recommended to conduct the study
in other banks overseas so that the
comparison will make the results more
efficient especially in the cross cultural
part.
m the research may include other
independent variables such as
leadership style and perceived
organizational and supervisor support.
m This research has some limitations even
though it contributes for the business
researches in merger and acquisition.

m The domain of mergers and acquisition

working not only in local organizations,
but does exceed it to foreign
organizations.
m There are usually a number of benefits
for the management team of an
acquiring firm after merger activity

m Merger activity tends to go in waves;

several years of low merger activity are
followed by periods of intense activity,
where both the number and value of
mergers can increase several hundred
per cent
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And all the staff member of the university who

helped me in making this research a
success.