Downsizing

A comprehensive overview of downsizing that examines both the strategic and human implications of this process.

A comprehensive overview of downsizing that examines both the strategic and human implications of this process.

List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Part I. Overview: 1. Job loss and effects on firms and workers Kevin Hallock, Michael R. Strain and Douglas Webber; 2. How does downsizing come about? Wayne F. Cascio; 3. The antecedents of downsizing Sarah J. Freeman and Kyle Ehrhardt; Part II. Human Outcomes: 4. Human motivation and performance outcomes in the context of downsizing Aharon Tziner, Erich C. Fein and Lior Oren; 5. To downsize human capital: a strategic human resource perspective on the disparate outcomes of downsizing Gary C. McMahan, Alankrita Pandey and Brian Martinson; 6. Health effect outcomes: 'survivor disease' in the context of economic change Johannes Siegrist and Nico Dragano; Part III. Organizational Outcomes: 7. Employee downsizing and organizational performance: what do we know? Deepak K. Datta, Dynah A. Basuil and Elena A. Radeva; 8. Executive perceptions: probing the institutionalization of organizational downsizing William McKinley and Jasmin Chia-Jung Lin; 9. Reducing costs and enhancing efficiency or damaging the company: downsizing in today's global economy Kenneth P. De Meuse and Guangrong Dai; Part IV. Post-Downsizing Implications: 10. The stress outcomes of downsizing M. Blake Hargrove, Cary L. Cooper and James Campbell Quick; 11. Good downsizing Rocki-Lee Dewitt; 12. Post-downsizing implications and consequences: a global perspective Franco Gandolfi, Lisa M. Renz, Magnus Hansson and John B. Davenport; 13. Exploring the etiology of positive stakeholder behavior in global downsizing Shay S. Tzafrir, Hila Chalutz Ben-Gal and Simon L. Dolan; Index.