Downsizing : is less still more? / edited by Cary L. Cooper, Alankrita Pandey, and James Campbell Quick.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cooper, Cary L., editor.

Pandey, Alankrita, editor.

Quick, James C., editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to management.

Cambridge companions to management

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Downsizing of organizations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvi, 429 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Job loss and effects on firms and workers / Kevin F. Hallock, Michael R. Strain, and Douglas Webber

How does downsizing come about? / Wayne F. Cascio

The antecedents of downsizing / Sarah J. Freeman and Kyle Ehrhardt

Human motivation and performance outcomes in the context of downsizing / Aharon Tziner, Erich C. Fein, and Lior Oren

To downsize human capital : a strategic human resource perspective on the disparate outcomes of downsizing / Gary C. McMahan, Alankrita Pandey, and Brian Martinson

Health effect outcomes : "survivor disease" in the context of economic change / Johannes Siegrist and Nico Dragano

Employee downsizing and organizational performance : what do we know? / Deepak K. Datta, Dynah A. Basuil, and Elena A. Radeva

Executive perceptions : probing the institutionalization of organizational downsizing / William McKinley and Jasmin Chia-Jung Lin

Reducing costs and enhancing efficiency or damaging the company : downsizing in today's global economy / Kenneth P. de Meuse and Guangrong Dai

The stress outcomes of downsizing / M. Blake Hargrove, Cary L. Cooper, and James Campbell Quick

Good downsizing / Rocki-Lee Dewitt

Post-downsizing implications and consequences : a global perspective / Franco Gandolfi [and others]

Exploring the etiology of positive stakeholder behavior in global downsizing / Shay S. Tazfrir, Hila Chalutz Ben-Gal, and Simon L. Dolan.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-22718-6

1-139-36580-0

0-511-79157-7

1-280-66397-9

9786613640901

1-139-37834-1

1-139-37548-2

1-139-37691-8

1-139-37977-1

1-139-37149-5

OCLC:

794327667