- Collection:
- Atlanta University and Clark Atlanta University Theses and Dissertations
- Title:
- An analysis of the effects of downsizing on job satisfaction of survivors in selected educational institutions and corporations: implications for counseling, 1996
- Creator:
- Irons, Joyce C.
- Date of Original:
- 1996-05-01
- Subject:
- Degrees, Academic
Dissertations, Academic - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- theses
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- The purpose of this study was to analyze the impact of downsizing in Colleges and Universities and in Corporations on the employees who remain, the survivors. To accomplish this objective, a sample of 335 survivors responded to a Job Satisfaction and Anxiety questionnaire designed to elicit the relevant data with which to analyze the questions underlying this objective. Of the 335 respondents, 190 were from corporations and 145 respondents were from colleges and universities. The data was analyzed utilizing two statistical instruments, They were the Pearson Product-Moment Correlation, and the Multiple Regression Analysis. While the study revealed that there was very little correlation between demographics variables, anxiety, and job satisfaction, there were substantial evidence that current management strategies for implementing downsizing is producing considerable anxiety, distrust and a low level of loyalty among survivors of downsizing. Given these findings, this study recommended a set of actions that should be considered by each of the parties to the downsizing process; namely, management, survivors themselves and counselors. Carefully executed, these recommendations could inprove the perception of the fairness of the downsizing process substantially. It could also inprove the morale of the survivor, increase productivity and motivate a more satisfied employee and for profit-making organizations, improve profit.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/cau.td:1996_irons_joyce_c
- Rights Holder:
- Clark Atlanta University
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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