Downsizing
Is Less Still More?
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Part of Cambridge Companions to Management
- Editors:
- Cary L. Cooper, University of Manchester
- Alankrita Pandey, University of Texas, Arlington
- James Campbell Quick, University of Texas, Arlington
- Date Published: March 2015
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107499362
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Downsizing is one of the most frequently used business strategies for reducing costs, returning firms to profit or for restructuring businesses following takeovers, mergers and acquisitions. Downsizing measures are also set to become much more prevalent in the public sector as governments seek to restrict levels of public spending. This book is one of the first to provide a thorough study of downsizing from a global perspective. It examines the phenomenon in its entirety, exploring how it is initiated and what the process of downsizing looks like. It also looks at the effects of downsizing at a number of different levels, from the individual (e.g., motivational effects, effects on health and stress levels) to the organizational (e.g., financial outcomes, reputational and productivity outcomes). Written by an international team of experts, the book provides a comprehensive overview of downsizing that examines both the strategic and human implications of this process.
Read more- A comprehensive overview of downsizing, one of the most understudied phenomena in modern business
- Provides a global perspective that moves beyond the usual US-centric view
- Examines the affects of downsizing from an employee and survivor perspective rather than just the organizational outcomes
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"This collection examines various issues associated with downsizing, empirical evidence about the reasons for downsizing, and the implications of this practice. Summing Up: Recommended." -R.L. Hogler, Colorado State University, CHOICE Magazine
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- Date Published: March 2015
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107499362
- length: 456 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 152 x 24 mm
- weight: 0.65kg
- contains: 24 b/w illus. 15 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
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.
Professor Sir Cary Cooper and Professor Jone Pearce on The Cambridge Companions to Management series
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