A concise guide to corporate downsizing : past, present and future

edited by Rocki-Lee DeWitt (Professor of Management, Grossman School of Business, University of Vermont, USA) and Alyson P. House (Independent Researcher, Calgary, Canada)

"This incisive guide showcases contemporary downsizing scholarship and practice, examining downsizing effects on firm performance and employee attitudes and behaviors. It presents historical analyses and comprehensive literature reviews, as well as empirical and theoretical assessments of contextual influences on downsizing. Renowned experts apply an array of theories to address leadership and managerial motives, downsizing implementation and its effects. They offer insight to workforce reductions in family firms, evolving psychological contracts, justice enactment, mental health, and post-layoff re-employment behaviors. The book offers updated perspectives on why downsizing occurs, how digitalization is affecting work and downsizing, and how people are navigating an evolving landscape. A Concise Guide to Corporate Downsizing is designed for students and academics in economics, strategy, and management. Its historical and forward-looking approach to downsizing makes it an essential read for business leaders, investors, analysts and human resource professionals." -- From back cover

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Year of publication:	2025 ; First edition
Other Persons:	DeWitt, Rocki-Lee (ed.) ; House, Alyson (ed.)
Institutions:	Edward Elgar Publishing (publisher)
Publisher:	Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing
Subject:	Downsizing \| Digitalization \| Ownership \| Socio-Cognitive-Psychological Perspectives \| Financial Performance \| Boomerang Employment \| Personalabbau \| Downsizing (Staff) \| Unternehmensperformance \| Firm performance \| Digitalisierung \| Digitization \| Eigentümerstruktur \| Ownership structure
Published items:	10 hits in ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (330 pages)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatzsammlung
Language:	English
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index Contents: Introduction to corporate downsizing / Rocki-Lee DeWitt and Alyson P. House 1. A review and synthesis of downsizing research: the dilemma endures / Alyson P. House and Rocki-Lee DeWitt 2. What do analysts and investors need to know about employment downsizing? / Wayne F. Cascio, Arjun Chatrath and Rohan A. Christie-David 3. Confirmation and compensation: extending the socio-cognitive perspective on workforce downsizing / Matthias Brauer and Martin Zimmermann 4. Research on workforce reductions in family firms: a review and future directions / Fernando Muñoz-Bullón and María J. Sánchez-Bueno 5. Navigating the digital shift: downsizing magnitude and its timing under corporate digitalization / Rick (H. L.) Aalbers and Jasper (J. D.) van Boven 6. Leadership, prevention, and the mental health side of downsizing / James Campbell Quick 7. The crucial role of managers in enacting organizational justice in downsizing situations / David Patient and Marjo-Riitta Diehl 8. New directions for psychological contracts and downsizing: delivering and managing the bad news, layoff footprint, and algorithmic management / Maria Tomprou, Sandra Costa and Tiago Rôxo Aguiar 9. An investigation of downsizing social status, internal networking, and strengths crafting / Jessica R. L. Good, Michael Halinski and Janet A. Boekhorst investors need to know about employment downsizing? / Wayne F. Cascio, Arjun Chatrath and Rohan A. Christie-David -- 3. Confirmation and compensation: Extending the socio-cognitive perspective on workforce downsizing / Matthias Brauer and Martin Zimmermann -- 4. Research on workforce reductions in family firms: A review and future directions / Fernando Muñoz-Bullón and María J. Sánchez-Bueno -- 5. Navigating the digital shift: Downsizing magnitude and its timing under corporate digitalization / Rick (H. L.) Aalbers and Jasper (J. D.) van Boven -- 6. Leadership, prevention, and the mental health side of downsizing / James Campbell Quick -- 7. The crucial role of managers in enacting organizational justice in downsizing situations / David Patient and Marjo-Riitta Diehl -- 8. New directions for psychological contracts and downsizing: Delivering and managing the bad news, layoff footprint, and algorithmic management / Maria Tomprou, Sandra Costa and Tiago Rôxo Aguiar -- 9. An investigation of downsizing social status, internal networking, and strengths crafting / Jessica R. L. Good, Michael Halinski and Janet A. Boekhorst.
ISBN:	978-1-0353-1101-9 ; 978-1-0353-6995-9 ; 978-1-0353-1100-2
Other identifiers:	10.4337/9781035311019 [DOI]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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