...Tânia Marques; Jesús Galende; Pedro Cruz; Manuel Portugal Ferreira Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the simultaneous effects of perceived job insecurity and organizational commitment on the innovative behavior of workers in an announced downsizing environment. Design...

...Professor Jose-Luis Hervas-Oliver; Philip Cheng-Fei Tsai; Chih-Ting Shih Purpose – A subject of continuous debate in the field of organizational change research and management practices is on whether downsizing strategies result in improved firm performance. The purpose of this paper...

...Alejandro Escribá‐Esteve; Ángeles Montoro‐Sánchez; José David Vicente‐Lorente; José Ángel Zúñiga‐Vicente Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the role played by different types of firm innovation on employee downsizing. Drawing on economic and management views, the authors aims...

... employees were downsized than when the announcement concerned unionized employees. Over the two days surrounding the announcement, the market reaction to the layoff announcement of unionized employees was actually positive, while the reaction was negative when nonunion employees were the subject...

...Gyu‐Chang Yu; Jong‐Sung Park Purpose The paper's objective is to explore the effect of downsizing on both a firm's financial performance in terms of profitability and efficiency, and a firm's employee productivity. Design/methodology/approach Analyzed six‐year longitudinal financial data...

...Shimon Dolan; Adnane Belout; David B. Balkin Provides a literature synthesis on the impact of downsizing on the survivors and examines the experiences of three large Canadian companies. Results confirm trends that are generally reported in the literature regarding the negative aspects of downsizing...

... of manpower planning despite the fact that plant closures make a significant contribution to downsizing, especially at times of recession. However, other subject areas provide insights that contribute to an understanding of plant closures and the role of manpower considerations in the closure decision. Three...

... Downsizing Employees Flexible working Human resource planning Job mobility Morale Organizational structure Human resource management Workforce In the past decade or so, human resource management researchers and professionals have tended to place greater emphasis on employee attitudes...

... that an organization may experience when it undergoes downsizing. This is indeed a key issue. Until recently, its impact has been neither accepted nor recognized in organizations that have undergone the process. Recent studies and surveys show extremely unfavourable results[ 2 ]. There is even less recognition...