High-involvement management and workforce reduction: Competitive advantage or disadvantage?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Zatzick, Christopher D.; Iverson, Roderick D.
• 署名单位: Simon Fraser University
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2006.22798180
• 发表日期: 2006
• 页码: 999-1015
• 关键词: human-resource management; PERFORMANCE WORK PRACTICES; firm performance; EFFECT SIZE; layoffs; PRODUCTIVITY; turnover; determinants; architecture; empowerment

摘要

Although interest in the workplace trends of downsizing and high-involvement work practices continues to grow, research examining the intersection between them has been limited. In this study, we examine (1) how layoffs moderate the relationship between high-involvement work practices and productivity, and (2) how continued investments in these work practices throughout layoff periods maintain workforce productivity. Findings indicate a negative relationship between high-involvement work practices and productivity in workplaces with higher layoff rates. However, workplaces that continue investments in high-involvement work practices are able to avoid productivity losses, as compared to workplaces that discontinue such investments.