A conceptual framework for analyzing why organizations downsize

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Budros, A
• 署名单位: McMaster University
• 刊物名称: ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1047-7039
• DOI: 10.1287/orsc.10.1.69
• 发表日期: 1999
• 页码: 69-82
• 关键词: downsizing; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; organizational change

摘要

What are we to make of the corporate penchant for downsizing during periods of rising profits? Are the firms doing this adapting to a global economy, cashing out social capital, or just sporting a faddish managerial innovation? This paper suggests why U.S. firms might downsize, illustrated by examples from the 1980s and 1990s.