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The importance of HR process maturity for the course of post-merger integration

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|Dec 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijme-2025-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2543-5361 | Journal ISSN: 2299-9701
Language: English
Page range: 379 - 390
Submitted on: Oct 2, 2024
Accepted on: Dec 10, 2024
Published on: Dec 30, 2024
Published by: Warsaw School of Economics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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