While downsizing has become an increasingly popular organizational tool in the achievement and/or maintenance of … competitiveness and increased productivity, the negative side effect known as survivor syndrome continues to plague many post‐downsizing … organizations. This article series examines the full spectrum of research with the goal of producing a model. The model is based …

While downsizing has become an increasingly popular organizational tool in the achievement and/or maintenance of … competitiveness the negative side effect known as survivor syndrome continues to plague many post‐downsizing organizations. This … article series examines the full spectrum of research with the goal of producing a model. The model is based upon the problems …

Purpose – Downsizing is a very pervasive organizational process. At these critical junctures many organizations do … job counseling and professional retraining programs during a period of downsizing affected the responses of both the … in a large metalwork factory in Isreal that underwent significant downsizing as a result of a major crisis. Interview …

Purpose – Many organizations with quality management programs in place have also engaged in downsizing. Aims to show … organizational downsizing affects an organization's quality management initiative. Design/methodology/approach – Managerial and … related to organizations and to downsizing influence employees' perceptions of their organization's quality management …

organizational commitment among downsizing survivors. Design/methodology/approach – Using a sample of 2,751 employees, a secondary … predicting organizational commitment among downsizing survivors. In this way, the impact of CSO ( H1 ) or equity ( H2 ) would be … PSS was low and that equity compensated most when POS was low among downsizing survivors. H3 was not confirmed as no …

Research has indicated that employees who remain within an organization after significant downsizing or delayering will …

Purpose – To examine the mechanisms through which downsizing affects employees' affective commitment to the … also conducted. Findings – The results show that the more severe the extent of downsizing, the lower employees' affective … commitment to the organization. Moreover, downsizing has an impact on employees' affective commitment to the organization through …

Assesses the impact of downsizing and lay‐offs on the workers who remain with the company ‐ survivors. Argues that … while the primary aim of downsizing is to improve efficiency and productivity, this is not always achieved owing to …

programmes for the stayers and separated, need to be improved upon. Research limitations/implications – The model is used to … study already implemented rightsizing processes. Therefore, though it is suggested that the model can be used to design just … processes an empirical proof of the same cannot be provided at this stage. Originality/value – The model provides an internal …

This study developed and tested a model of job uncertainty for survivors and victims of downsizing. Data were collected … from three samples of employees in a public hospital, each representing three phases of the downsizing process: immediately … before the announcement of the redeployment of staff, during the implementation of the downsizing, and towards the end of the …