search query: @indexterm older workers / total: 90
reference: 15 / 90
| Author: | Isaksson, K. Johannson, G. |
| Title: | Managing older employees after downsizing |
| Journal: | Scandinavian Journal of Management
2003 : MAR, VOL. 19:1, p. 1-16 |
| Index terms: | Human resource management Employees Older workers Lay-offs Retirement Insurance companies Sweden Scandinavia Nordic countries |
| Freeterms: | Downsizing |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The implementation of a downsizing programme based on an early retirement scheme has been investigated together with its effect on 144 individuals, aged 55 yrs. or more who remained in the company afterwards (as "Stayers"). Special attention has been paid to the effects of a rejected application. Two-wave panel data, 18 months apart, were used to explore adjustment, in terms of health effects, and exit. Levels of distress and somatic complaints proved largely unchanged even though workloads increased and commitment with the organization declined during the 18 months period. A rejected retirement application appeared to have had an indirect effect on distress, expressed in terms of organizational commitment. Both age and perceptions of role overload were related to exit within 18 months of the downsizing. |
SCIMA