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Showing 1 to 20 of 45 for “"Layoffs"”.
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Survivors of layoffs : attitudes and behaviors of employees
Previous research have shown that survivors of layoffs are affected by so-called survivor syndrome, meaning negative feelings in the form of job insecurity, decreased morale, guilt, less job satisfaction and even envy towards the laid off employees. The objective of this thesis is to explore how …
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Municipal layoffs in Southern California: Should seniority outweigh productivity?
This study consists of literature research providing background and basic knowledge on layoff-related issues, and analysis of data obtained through a survey of human resources professionals in 30 mid-size Southern California cities. The survey provided information on the layoff experiences of …
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THE EFFECTS OF WORK ROLE TRANSITION ON SURVIVOR RESPONSES TO LAYOFFS
… fit within the model of survivor responses to layoffs as suggested by Mishra and Spreitzer (1998). Using qualitative inquiry, in-depth semi-structured interviews were employed for data collection to uncover the participants' experiences while a two-question survey was used to determine their …
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CEO Equity-Based Incentives And Managerial Opportunism Behavior
… between CEO equity compensation and employee layoffs. In particular, this study seeks to examine CEO stock-based incentives and managerial opportunism behavior for the sample of CEOs of firms announcing layoffs during 1997-2006. I investigate two issues. First, I measure the extent of CEO …
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Three Essays on the Impact of Unemployment Insurance on Employment, Benefit Takeup and Other Labor Market Outcomes
… of unemployment insurance benefits on temporary layoffs waiting to be recalled. Earlier work has used endogenous UI measures derived from individual data on benefits and wages. The main contribution of this paper is to use instrumental variables of UI benefits and taxes at industry-year-state …
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Don't Shoot the Messenger
… corporations polluting the environment, massive layoffs, breaking up unions, controlling the media output and sometimes creating situations that harm people, with no accountability.</p>
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The Political Behavior of California Community College Nursing Facilities in Response to Budget Cutbacks, 1982-1987
… statewide, including twelve targeted for faculty layoffs, and identified the political behavior of their nursing faculties in response. It then focused on six districts, varying in size, structure, and location, for a series of in-depth case studies. In four districts, nursing programs were …
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Downsizing: Personnel Reductions at the Swedish Tobacco Monopoly, 1915-1939
… accounted for about half of the reduction and layoffs for the other half. The management initially made cuts at both ends of the age distribution, but with the advent of mechanization, downsizing measures became more focused on older workers and the principle ‘last in, first out’ was abandoned …
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And Her Increase and Selected Stories
… explosive artifact. Co-workers cope with layoffs and a suicide. A fugitive witch struggles against a fantasy theocracy. A revolutionary tries to save an innocent man and her conscience. A doctor chooses to resist an oppressive regime in a dystopian future. The historical novel And Her …
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Hours vs. Employment: The Determinants of Labor Market Adjustment Since The Great Depression
… the labor market--weekly hours, employment, and layoffs. We primarily focus on the role played by unionization and some of the non-wage labor costs that have become a quasi-fixed cost of employment. Although the effects of unionization and fixed employment costs have been researched previously, …
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Financing urban schools: predicting fiscal stress in large city school districts
… Fiscal stress often has led to program cutbacks, layoffs, and decline in the quality of educational services. The purpose of this research study was to examine the predictors of fiscal stress in large urban school districts and to develop a method for predicting fiscal stress. A variety of …
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Effective language arts teachers of urban african american middle school students in the greater detroit area
… for students and teachers. Despite looming layoffs, closing schools, consolidations, and increased academic demands, there is a group of teachers in every urban district that consistently get results. The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify the beliefs, backgrounds, and …
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The Household Survival Strategies of Manufacturing Workers Displaced in Henry County and the New River Valley, 1990-2010
… County been affected by plant closures and mass layoffs at the community level? Second, how have displaced workers and their households been affected by this loss of manufacturing jobs? And third, what survival strategies have displaced workers and their households employed as a result of being …
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Is Artificial Intelligence a Double-Edged Sword? Insights from Three Essays on its Impacts
… investments and investors’ concerns related to layoffs and ethics, and optimism about hiring arising from the nature of AI investments on a firm’s long-term abnormal returns. We find that investors positively react to AI investment for both automation and augmentation. Moreover, the positive …
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The Challenges of China's Economic Reform: State Enterprise Reform and Financial Liberalization
… two areas: privatization of small SOEs and mass layoffs. I argue that privatization rests on the political economy of China. I also discuss the evolution of the financial system and come up with some strategies of financial liberalization in China. Result from this study suggests that if the …
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Employment Effects of Corporate Takeovers
… demand is larger after acquisitions that involve layoffs than after acquisitions that do not. This greater decrease in labour demand in layoff-involving acquisitions may justify workforce reductions post-merger. The general conclusion of the thesis is that mergers do not always negatively affect …
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The impact of downsizing on the remaining employees in the organisation
… march of the global epidemic infected with layoffs that is redefining effective leadership and employee motivation, loyalty and commitment (Noer, 2010). Downsizing essentially involves the reduction in the number of workforce within the organisation, which can be achieved through several …
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Organizational Use of Social Networking in Employment Actions
… selection, promotion, employee monitoring, layoffs). Court cases were identified using various online databases in an attempt to create an exhaustive list of cases to be used to better understand the role that social media has played in organizational settings and the legal implications of …
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Essays on markets and information
… and undermine investment incentives (layoffs effect). I embed the relationship game in a search market equilibrium where market opportunities for both parties depend on search frictions and market thickness.
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Essays on social networks and information worker productivity by Lynn Wu.
… 1: "Social Network Effects on Performance and Layoffs: Evidence from the Adoption of a Social Networking Tool." By studying the changes in employees' networks and performance before and after the introduction of a social networking tool, I find that a structurally diverse network (low in …
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