... and Wilkinson, 1990 ; Sturdy, 1998). 23 06 2015 06 04 2016 19 08 2016 14 09 2016 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Employee relations Age discrimination Managerial psychology Downsizing Conflict Workforce...

... was used to collect data from downsizing survivors in two phases. The final sample was 281 cases. Confirmatory factor analysis and hierarchical regression models were used to test the hypotheses. Findings – PCV is positively related to turnover intention, and the relationship is moderated by cultural...

...Kimberley M. Lukaszewski; Dianna L. Stone; Dale J. Dwyer; Morgan Arbelo Purpose The purpose of this paper is to learn how managers make downsizing decisions. Design/methodology/approach Participants read a created organizational scenario and 25 hypothetical employee profiles and then chose...

...Chun Guo; Jane K. Giacobbe‐Miller Purpose Using an organizational justice framework, this paper aims to examine survivors' attitudinal and behavioral correlates to downsizing in Chinese state‐owned enterprises (SOEs). Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted one qualitative study...

...Jaewon Lee; J. Martin Corbett Purpose To examine the mechanisms through which downsizing affects employees' affective commitment to the organization in two Korean banks. Design/methodology/approach A total of 910 questionnaires were completed by bank employees. Data was analysed using...

...Yehuda Baruch; Patricia Hind Research has indicated that employees who remain within an organization after significant downsizing or delayering will experience adverse effects as profoundly as those who have left. This phenomenon has been labelled the “survivor syndrome”. This article first of all...

... that organizations will have to do more for their survivors to establish a new psychological contract. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Corporate strategy Downsizing Financial services Telecommunications Troubled employees At the work role/task level BT survivors were committed to their own personal...

...Golnaz Sadri Assesses the impact of downsizing and lay‐offs on the workers who remain with the company ‐ survivors. Argues that while the primary aim of downsizing is to improve efficiency and productivity, this is not always achieved owing to decreased motivation and job security among survivors...

... of downsizing. Reports a case study on use of a variety of such interventions. Summarizes what can be gained from such an approach. The cognitive model of OD as schemata change found to be a viable and useful approach to organizational downsizing. Organizational development Downsizing Organizational change...

...Kimberly Buch; Jack Aldridge This article identifies the psychological and behavioural effects associated with corporate downsizing and the managerial challenges they present. These challenges include renewing psychological contracts,reversing threat‐rigidity tendencies, building post‐downsizing...