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Downsizing in Organisationen: Und was ist mit den Verbleibenden nach Personalabbau?

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Fehlzeiten-Report 2005

Part of the book series: Fehlzeiten-Report ((FEHLREPORT,volume 2005))

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Der Beitrag stellt den internationalen Stand der Forschung, einschließlich der eigenen Studien [50, 52], zu den individuellen und sozialen Auswirkungen von organisationalen Personalreduktionen (genannt „Downsizing“) auf die Verbleibenden (genannt „Survivors“) dar. Die Forschung kommt zum Ergebnis, dass die mit dem Personalabbau angezielten ökonomischen Gewinne und organisationalen Ziele sehr oft nicht erreicht werden. Eine Erklärung dafür sind die negativen emotionalen, einstellungs- und verhaltensmäßigen Reaktionen der Verbleibenden. Eine besondere Rolle kommt der Verschiebung und Auflösung des „psychologischen Kontrakts“, der impliziten Übereinkunft zwischen Unternehmen und Arbeitnehmenden, zu. Arbeitsplatzunsicherheit und damit verbundene motivationale Verluste an Commitment und Engagement sowie gesundheitliche Folgen sind in Rechnung zu stellen. Praktische Implikationen, d. h. Strategien und Maßnahmen im Betrieb, werden aus den empirischen Forschungsergebnissen abgeleitet.

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Weiss, V., Udris, I. (2006). Downsizing in Organisationen: Und was ist mit den Verbleibenden nach Personalabbau?. In: Badura, B., Schellschmidt, H., Vetter, C. (eds) Fehlzeiten-Report 2005. Fehlzeiten-Report, vol 2005. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27971-7_6

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