Do all types of restructuring threaten employees’ well-being? An exploratory study

Widerszal‐Bazyl, Maria; Mockałło, Zofia

doi:10.13075/ijomeh.1896.00237

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“…Only one prior study examined and found a positive association between downsizing and role ambiguity [16], although the present study did not replicate this association. Of the five prior studies that explored work autonomy, there was some support in four studies for a negative association between downsizing and work autonomy [14,[16][17][18], whereas one study failed to find an association [15]. Consistent with the study by Østhus [15], the present study also failed to find a significant association between downsizing and work autonomy.…”

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“…These results support and extend past research. In terms of work role conditions, our results support prior findings that downsizing is positively associated with work demands [14][15][16]18]. The results extend prior research by showing that downsizing is positively associated with role conflict.…”

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“…A study of Polish workers in 2011 found that compared with workers unexposed to downsizing, downsizing survivors reported significantly higher levels of quantitative work demands and job insecurity; and significantly lower levels of job control (i.e., work autonomy), task clarity (i.e., low role ambiguity), and work-related social support [16]. A study of Korean banking employees explored the impact of downsizing across two banks that differed in the extent of workforce reduction (15% vs. 40%) during a 1997 recession [17].…”

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“…Also, two studies explored the association of downsizing to a broader set of employee outcomes. A study of Polish workers found that compared with unexposed workers, downsizing survivors reported higher levels of stress and turnover intentions; lower levels of job satisfaction, work engagement, and job performance; and no significant difference in overall work exhaustion and sickness absence [16]. A large national study of U.S workers found that organizational downsizing was significantly and negatively related to organizational commitment and perceived performance, significantly and positively related to turnover intentions, and not significantly related to job satisfaction [12].…”

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“…Prior research looking at downsizing and interpersonal work conditions focused exclusively on work-related social support [14,[16][17][18]. However, these studies provided inconsistent evidence for an association.…”

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Organizational Downsizing, Work Conditions, and Employee Outcomes: Identifying Targets for Workplace Intervention among Survivors

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2020

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This study broadly assesses the association of organizational downsizing to work conditions and employee outcomes, and the extent to which work conditions mediate the association of downsizing to employee outcomes, thereby serving as targets for workplace intervention to reduce the harmful effects of downsizing on surviving workers. The cross-sectional data came from a national probability sample of 2297 U.S. workers. A parallel multiple-mediator model with multiple outcomes was estimated, adjusting for personal, occupational, geographic, and temporal covariates. Exposure to downsizing was the predictor. A set of 12 work conditions, representing four dimensions of the work environment, served as simultaneous mediators (Work Role: work demands, role conflict, role ambiguity, and work autonomy; Interpersonal Relationships: supervisor aggression, coworker aggression, friendship formation, and dysfunctional leadership; Rewards: distributive justice and promotion opportunities; Security: job insecurity and employment insecurity). A set of 16 employee consequences, representing five categories of outcomes, served as simultaneous outcomes (Inability to Detach from Work: negative work rumination and inability to unwind after work; Energetic Resource Depletion: physical, mental, and emotional work fatigue; Negative Affect: depression, anxiety, and anger; Positive Affect: happiness, confidence, and vigor; Health: physical and mental health; Work Attitudes: job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and turnover intentions). The results indicated that downsizing had an adverse association with nine of the 12 work conditions (higher levels of work demands, role conflict, supervisor aggression, dysfunctional leadership, job insecurity, and employment insecurity, and lower levels of friendship formation, distributive justice, and promotion opportunities) and all 16 employee outcomes. Moreover, the associations of downsizing to the employee outcomes were indirect, collectively mediated by the nine work conditions. This study provides the broadest evaluation of the deleterious effects of downsizing on U.S. workers surviving a downsizing, identifies affected work conditions that can serve as targets for workplace interventions, and provides insight into why organizational downsizing often fails to deliver anticipated financial and performance benefits to organizations. In terms of serving as targets for workplace intervention, some work conditions meditated the associations of downsizing to a broad set of employee outcomes, whereas other work conditions were specific to certain outcomes. The broad mediators should be targets of any intervention aimed at reducing the adverse effects of downsizing, with additional workplace targets depending on the class of outcomes to be addressed by the intervention.

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Section: Downsizing Work Conditions and Employee Outcomesmentioning

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Section: Downsizing Work Conditions and Employee Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Association Of Downsizing With Work Conditionsmentioning

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Organizational Downsizing, Work Conditions, and Employee Outcomes: Identifying Targets for Workplace Intervention among Survivors

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Blais

2020

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Organizational downsizing and alcohol use: A national study of U.S. workers during the Great Recession

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2018

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Organizational downsizing, which represents the reduction of an organization's workforce, results in a stressful work environment for those who survive the downsizing. However, we know little about the association between surviving an organizational downsizing and employee alcohol use. This study explored the association between exposure to organizational downsizing and four dimensions of alcohol use during the Great Recession. Also explored were the moderating influences of length of recession exposure, state drinking culture, gender, age, education, family income, and financial demands. Data for this study came from a national telephone survey of U.S. workers that was conducted from December 2008 to April 2011 (N=2296). The results revealed that exposure to organizational downsizing was positively associated with usual frequency of drinking, number of drinks consumed per usual drinking occasion, and both the frequency of binge drinking and drinking to intoxication. Length of exposure to the recession moderated the association between organizational downsizing exposure and usual number of drinks consumed. The conditional effects revealed that this association became stronger as length of exposure to the recession increased. Furthermore, age moderated the associations between organizational downsizing exposure and the usual number of drinks consumed and the frequency of binge drinking and intoxication. The conditional effects revealed that these associations were positive and significant among young survivors (ages 40 or younger), but were nonsignificant among middle-aged survivors (over 40years of age). State drinking culture, gender, education, family income, and financial demands did not moderate the associations between organizational downsizing exposure and alcohol use.

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2021

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During the pandemic days when the whole world is going through a difficult process, not only the physiological but also the psychological health of people are negatively affected; these effects are also reflected in working environments and working relationships. Undoubtedly, health workers who are most affected by this situation are concerned about protecting themselves and their families while trying to fulfill their duties. It is inevitable that some employees who can continue their jobs in a work environment where many colleagues leave their jobs due to death or illness and who fall behind in an environment of uncertainty will feel negative emotions. In this context, the aim of this study is to reveal the survivor syndrome experienced by health workers who continue to work during the pandemic period. It is thought that revealing all kinds of problems of health workers who bear the heaviest burden during the pandemic process is important for their ability to continue their work and for the whole humanity to live a healthy life. Phenomenology design was used in the study designed according to the qualitative research method. The research data were collected by a semi-structured interview form developed by the researcher and the collected data were analyzed through content analysis and descriptive analysis. As a result of the research, it has been revealed that health workers experience the survivor syndrome intensely during the pandemic process and solutions have been offered.

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Do all types of restructuring threaten employees’ well-being? An exploratory study

Cited by 6 publications

References 34 publications

Organizational Downsizing, Work Conditions, and Employee Outcomes: Identifying Targets for Workplace Intervention among Survivors

Organizational Downsizing, Work Conditions, and Employee Outcomes: Identifying Targets for Workplace Intervention among Survivors

Organizational downsizing and alcohol use: A national study of U.S. workers during the Great Recession

Pandemi Günlerinde Geride Kalanlar Sendromu: Sağlık Çalışanları Üzerinde Bir İnceleme

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