A sociocognitive interpretation of organizational downsizing

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: McKinley, W; Zhao, J; Rust, KG
• 署名单位: Southern Illinois University System; Southern Illinois University
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.2307/259272
• 发表日期: 2000
• 页码: 227-243
• 关键词: LAYOFF ANNOUNCEMENTS; INTRAORGANIZATIONAL POWER; COGNITIVE SIMPLIFICATION; FORMAL-STRUCTURE; decision-making; determinants; CONSEQUENCES; INNOVATION; SURVIVORS; industry

摘要

To better understand the phenomenon of organizational downsizing, we compare three theoretical perspectives on downsizing: the economic, the institutional, and the sociocognitive. We use the three perspectives to organize the growing empirical literature on downsizing, and we link streams of empirical work to the theoretical perspective that underlies each. With our sociocognitive model, we argue that downsizing has become institutionalized through the collectivization and reification of a downsizing is effective schema. We also discuss implications for future theory and research.