Corporate integrity, empathy, warmth and conscientiousness were
identified from the literature as likely to influence employees during
post-merger integration. The generally low scores for satisfaction
(2.82) and emotional attachment (3.12) were associated with
warmth (friendly, open, straightforward) and empathy (reassuring,
concerned, supportive) or rather the lack of both. Employees rated AB
particularly low for concerned, supportive and reassuring (average
scores 2.84, 2.89 and 2.58 respectively). Integrity was not however
strongly correlated with the affective outcome variables. Conscientiousness
(reliable, hardworking, and secure) was most strongly
correlated with perceived job security (average score 1.91).