Staff engagement, cultural fit top HR factors in India: M&A study

Employee engagement and cultural alignment are the top human resource-related factors that Indian companies use to measure whether the purpose of an acquisition has been achieved, according to a study by consulting firm Aon Hewitt, Mint reported.

In this context, Indian companies significantly differ from their global counterparts who look at talent retention and enhanced productivity to measure deal success.

The study titled Making M&A Successful in India, which surveyed 42 companies that have made acquisitions in the recent past, revealed that 82 per cent of Indian organizations ranked employee engagement and cultural alignment as the top people-related metrics used to measure deal success.

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