"Everybody Needs Everyone": A Case Study of Workplace Learning after a Downsize

Autor/inn/en	Miller, Sarah M.; Kim, JungHwan; Lim, Doo Hun
Titel	"Everybody Needs Everyone": A Case Study of Workplace Learning after a Downsize
Quelle	In: European Journal of Training and Development, 44 (2020) 2-3, S.159-170 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2046-9012
DOI	10.1108/EJTD-02-2019-0013
Schlagwörter	Workplace Learning; Employees; Job Layoff; Psychological Patterns; Empathy; Employer Employee Relationship; Resilience (Psychology); Socialization + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Employee; Arbeitnehmer; Beschäftigter; Beurlaubung; Empathie; Socialisation; Sozialisation
Abstract	Purpose: This study aims to explore how employees' emotions after downsizing impact their learning that they partook in after the downsizing event. Design/methodology/approach: The methodological approach was a qualitative case study. Nine employees, considered layoff survivors in a downsized organization, participated in semi-structured interviews. For data analysis, authors performed an initial, focused and axial coding. Findings: The findings highlight three themes: "resilience," "loyalty" and "moral support." These themes show the empathy that layoff survivors experienced and the impact the layoff had on their commitment to the organization, as well as the social learning that occurred after downsizing. Practical implications: Downsized organizations need to consider the emotions of employees who survive layoffs and how layoffs impact their behavior at work, particularly their learning behavior. Organizations need to understand how to positively impact layoff survivors' emotions to influence the survivors' willingness to learn and implement the changes within the organization. Providing outlets for survivors to network within the company, as well as meaningful opportunities, is one of the few ways of addressing employees' emotions and ensuring they will be encouraged to change with the organization. Originality/value: Research that explores how emotions resulting from an organizational downsize impact employees' learning is minimal. Although much of the downsizing research does explore layoff survivors' experiences after a downsizing, it does not address the emotional factors or the learning experiences. This study seeks to fill this gap. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01