...Dorothea Alewell; Sven Hauff Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the determinants of employers' motives behind outplacement activities, the relationship between these motives, and the specific activities of firms in outplacement. Design/methodology/approach Theoretical assumptions...

...Noeleen Doherty Explores redundancy as a significant and pervasive outcome of organisational change. Argues that the need to manage the redundancy transition has provoked the development of new HRM policies and practices. Highlights that interventions such as outplacement are often used...

...Noeleen Doherty; Shaun Tyson; Claire Viney The management of the job‐loss situation is becoming of central importance to top management and human resource executives in the current climate of redundancy. The current nature of severance packages and the provision of outplacement may be interpreted...

... that there is a wide variation in the response to the enforced job change and that the personality factors associated with this type of executive may strongly influence their subsequent career paths. © MCB UP Limited 1991 Outplacement Personality tests Executives Redundancy Careers REDUNDANT...