...Farooq Anwar; Muhammad Waqas; Ali Tariq; Rana Muhammad Idrees Purpose This paper examines the role of organizational downsizing on employee stress among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) by incorporating the Job Demands Resource (JD-R) theory. It analyses the relationship between job...

...Priscilla Chu; Olivia Ip Since June 2000, dot.com companies in Hong Kong have followed the same pattern of downsizing as their counterparts in the West. Explores the downsizing phenomenon in the Internet industry, the employees’ views on the experience of downsizing in the industry, their job...

...Anna‐Maija Lämsä; Taina Savolainen This article explores the nature of managerial commitment to such strategic changes as downsizing and quality improvement. Its purpose is to develop a theoretical framework of managerial commitment. Findings from a qualitative study are presented resulting...

...Anna‐Maija Lämsä Since the 1980s downsizing has become popular in western companies. It is a pervasive and understudied phenomenon. Downsizing means a big change in the firm’s situation. Managing change has been much researched, but often only during a growth period. So, the question of management...

...Ronald J. Burke; Debra L. Nelson Notes that organizations throughout the industrialized world continue to downsize and restructure in response to global competitive pressures. Some firms downsize more than once, and indications are that downsizing and restructuring efforts will continue over...

...John Darling; Raimo Nurmi Major downsizing efforts are now taking place in multinational business firms in virtually every corner of the world, despite the economic recovery that seems to be occurring in many countries. Those multinational firms that have been turned around most effectively through...

... of choice of appropriate structures and the controversies and implications relating to downsizing in the light of dominant suggestions and various research findings from different platforms of management thinking. Concludes with suggestions for organizational success in these areas. © MCB UP Limited 1992...