Network destruction: The structural implications of downsizing

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Shah, PP
• 署名单位: University of Minnesota System; University of Minnesota Twin Cities
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/1556389
• 发表日期: 2000
• 页码: 101-112
• 关键词: SURVIVORS REACTIONS; LAYOFF SURVIVORS; ORGANIZATIONS; COMMITMENT; Managers; POWER

摘要

Downsizing disrupts existing social networks in organizations. Layoff survivors' reactions to losses of both friends and coworkers in similar structural positions (structural equivalents) are examined here. A field study conducted in a consumer electronics firm revealed negative reactions to the loss of friends and positive reactions to the loss of coworkers in similar structural positions. The loss of friends weakened survivors' network centrality, but the loss of structural equivalents benefited network position and increased satisfaction with promotion opportunities.