The downsizing effects on survivors: a structural equation modeling analysis

• Autor(a) principal: Marques, Tânia
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Suárez-González, Isabel, Cruz, Pedro pinheiro da, Ferreira, Manuel Portugal
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/6169
• topic: Employees behaviour; Downsizing; Job commitment; Survivors; Organizational commitment; Innovation

Purpose – The extant scholarly research has been delving into several effects of downsizing, such as job insecurity, organizational commitment and innovative behavior. The purpose of this paper is to develop a model proposing organizational commitment as a mediator between job insecurity and innovative behavior. Downsizing survivors – or the individuals who remain when others exit a firm – may have higher job insecurity and lower organizational commitment post-downsizing, thus lowering their innovative efforts. Design/methodology/approach – The authors collected 224 questionnaires from Portuguese employees and analyzed simultaneous relations with a structural equation modeling. Findings – The analysis of mediating effects suggests that the lack of commitment is not a mediating construct between job insecurity and innovative behavior. However, downsizing directly affects both organizational commitment and innovative behavior. Practical implications – The innovative behavior seems to be directly affected by job insecurity, raising implications regarding the use of downsizing as a short-term practice, without acknowledging the long-term impact on organizational innovative capabilities. Originality/value – The paper contributes by testing the moderating role