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| Author: | Hansson, M. Wigblad, R. |
| Title: | Pyrrhic victories anticipating the closedown effect |
| Journal: | International Journal of Human Resource Management
2006 : MAY, 17:5, 938 958 |
| Index terms: | productivity social responsibility |
| Freeterms: | decline closedown effect |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Earlier studies, including empirical evidence, on social responsible driven closedowns have identified a phenomenon called the closedown effect. This means that during the organizational closedown process there occur an increase in productivity. The authors consider this effect as a result of the closedown decision. A study of four non social responsible closedown cases is presented to test the hypotheses of the authors. A need for an analytical distinction between the phrases advanced notice period and countdown period is identified in the article. The authors conclude that the productivity increase effect is likely to occur during the secondary countdown period, and that the Studding case, which has the longest time period, provides the strongest support for this. Suggestions for future research are also presented. |
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