“…Strategic management scholars have explored numerous topics within M&As, adopting a wide range of theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches that, as a result, have led to the emergence of a significant body of literature from various disciplinary perspectives. Numerous studies have investigated a broad range of aspects, including finance (Arikan, & Stulz, 2016; Erel, Jang, & Weisbach, ; Tuch & O'Sullivan, ), strategy (Humphery‐Jenner, Sautner, & Suchard, ; Nair, Demirbag, Mellahi, & Pillai, ; Park & Gould, ; Xing, Liu, Tarba, & Cooper, ; Yildiz & Fey, ), partner selection (Cuypers, Cuypers, & Martin, ; Gomes, Weber, Brown, & Tarba, ; Very, Lubatkin, Calori, & Veiga, ), management teams and leadership (Rao‐Nicholson, Khan, & Stokes, ; Vasilaki, Tarba, Ahammad, & Glaister, ; Xing & Liu, ), communication (Angwin, Mellahi, Gomes, & Peter, ), human resource management (HRM) (Aguilera & Dencker, ; Gomes, Angwin, Peter, & Mellahi, ; Khan, Rao‐Nicholson, Akhtar, & He, ; Sarala, Junni, Cooper, & Tarba, ; Sarala, Vaara, & Junni, ), speed of implementation (Angwin, ; Gomes, ), merger integration (Ahammad, Tarba, Frynas, & Scola, ; Almor, Tarba, & Benjamini ; Angwin and Meadows, ; Björkman, Stahl, & Vaara, ; Gomes, ; Stahl et al, ; Weber & Tarba, 2011), acquisition experience (Cuypers et al, ; Gomes, Donnelly, Morris, & Collis, ), culture (Ahammad, Tarba, Liu, & Glaister, ; Bauer & Matlzer, ; Björkman et al, ; Gomes et al, ; Morosini, Shane, & Singh, ; Reynolds & Teerikangas, ; Stahl et al, ), organizational justice (Ellis, Reus, & Lamont, ; Gomes, Mellahi, Sahadev, & Harvey, ) and pricing (Agarwal & Kwan, ; Agarwal, Kwan, & Paul, ). However, despite such substantial research endeavors, the field is accumulated knowledge and literature remains dispersed (Angwin & Vaara, ; Gomes, Angwin, Weber, & Tarba, ); hence the need to organize and structure the existing body of knowledge—the object of this study.…”