When tough times make tough bosses: Managerial distancing as a function of layoff blame

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Folger, R; Skarlicki, DP
• 署名单位: Tulane University; University of Calgary
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/256899
• 发表日期: 1998
• 页码: 79-87
• 关键词: SURVIVORS

摘要

A scenario study and a field survey were used to investigate why managers often lay off employees in a curt, abrupt fashion. The extent to which mismanagement (versus external conditions) caused the need for layoffs was found to affect managers' reported feelings of discomfort and the time designated for dismissal meetings with employees. Further results showed that mismanagement was also related to managers' anticipation of negative consequences from actions by layoff victims, such as hostile confrontations and sabotage.