| Description |
xiii, 316 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Impact of restructuring on employees and organizations. 1. The new organizational reality: transition and renewal / Ronald J. Burke and Cary L. Cooper. 2. The impact of organizational change on UK managers' perceptions of their working lives / Les Worrall, Cary Cooper and Fiona Campbell. 3. Impact of privatization in Portugal / Rita Campos e Cunha. 4. Comparing the downsizing experiences of three countries: a restructuring cycle? / Craig R. Littler. 5. Sickness absence and organizational downsizing / Mika Kivimaki, Jussi Vahtera and Amanda Griffiths / [et al.] -- Pt. II. New research directions. 6. An empirical examination of a stress-based framework of survivor responses to downsizing / Gretchen M. Spreitzer and Aneil K. Mishra. 7. Gender and job insecurity / Mina Westman. 8. Ethical problems in downsizing / Zehava Rosenblatt and Zachary Schaeffer. 9. Total quality management during downsizing / Marjorie Armstrong-Stassen -- Pt. III. The new career reality. 10. The new employment contract: psychological implications of future work / Paul R. Sparrow. 11. Down but not out: career trajectories of middle-aged and older workers after downsizing / Daniel C. Feldman. 12. Organizational crisis and change: the new career contract at work / John F. McCarthy and Douglas T. Hall. 13. Eroding organizational social capital among US firms: the price of job instability / Carrie R. Leana and Harry J. Van Buren III -- Pt. IV. Renewal and revitalization: best practices. 14. Leading organizations through survivor sickness: a framework for the new millennium / David Noer. 15. Values-based management: a tool for managing change / Todd D. Jick. 16. Coping with mergers and acquisitions / Susan Cartwright and Sarah-Louise Hudson. 17. Organizational restructuring: identifying effective hospital downsizing processes / Ronald J. Burke and Esther R. Greenglass |
| Notes |
A collection of 17 papers by an international group of researchers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Consolidation and merger of corporations -- Case studies.
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Crisis management -- Case studies.
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Downsizing of organizations -- Case studies.
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Organizational change -- Case studies.
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Privatization -- Case studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Author |
Burke, Ronald J.
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Cooper, Cary L.
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| LC no. |
00025864 |
| ISBN |
0631212302 (hc : alk. paper) |
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0631212310 (pb : alk. paper) |
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