... 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Layoffs Downsizing Work engagement Cognitive job insecurity Affective job insecurity Perceived organisational support Organisations frequently resort to layoffs as a strategic response to market changes and economic...

...Martin R. Edwards; Michael Clinton Purpose This study aims to examine configurations of person-centered psychological change during organizational restructuring and downsizing in a public sector setting. Drawing on a social cognitive framework of organizational change the authors explore...

.... Design/methodology/approach Poisson and logistic regression models with random effects were used to analyse the impact of downsizing on some innovation outcomes of firms. Findings The results of this research show that the stressful measure of job reductions may have unexpected consequences...

... be contacted at: tanja.verheyen@vub.ac.be 26 06 2014 23 05 2015 17 08 2015 02 12 2015 01 02 2016 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2016 Emerald Group Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Careers Human resource management Downsizing Quantitative...

... is the first to argue that survivors are also affected by employers’ layoff as well as victims. The influence of layoff will lead to survivors’ subsequent attitude and behavior. Quantitative Downsizing Organizational restructuring Commitment Fairness Organizational Climate Multilevel analysis...

... Downsizing Besides the purely economic motives, firms may pursue social motives and try to act socially responsible in spite of downsizing. However, it is difficult to clearly separate the social motives from those included in groups 3 and 4. For example, signaling motives may include signaling fair...

...Mark Farrell; Felix T. Mavondo This paper integrates literature from downsizing and organisational learning. A conceptual framework is developed which argues that downsizing (adaptive or single loop learning) and reorientation (double loop or generative learning) will have a negative and positive...

...Bernadette Cross; Anthony Travaglione Human resource management has entertained the rise of downsizing as a strategy for producing visible improvements to organizations. However, the history of downsizing has failed to consistently provide the anticipated benefits. This study postulates...

...Adrian Thornhill; Mark N.K. Saunders Review paper which draws together the various theoretical and disciplinary strands used in the literature to evaluate downsizing and redundancy. Defines downsizing and redundancy within the organisational context. Explores complexity of the relationships...

...Nicholas Kinnie; Sue Hutchinson; John Purcell Discusses how downsizing has been associated with the move towards lean working in organisations and with having negative consequences for employees. Considers the extent to which downsizing is lean and mean drawing on an extensive review...

... of personal goals, expectation of achieving career goals, trust in senior management and propensity to stay with the organisation. Makes suggestions for strategies to contain the incidence and rate of absenteeism. © MCB UP Limited 1998 Absenteeism Commitment Communications Downsizing Goals...

...Adrian Thornhill; Mark N.K. Saunders; Jo Stead Considers the pursuit of high quality, flexibility and employee commitment alongside significant downsizing and delayering initiatives. Examines the impact on surviving employees in downsized and delayered organizations. Proposes that organizations...

... among other things, providing redundancy survivors with access to sensitive information and allowing them to participate in organizational decision‐making[ 18 ]. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Careers Downsizing Middle management Rationalization This article considers current changes...