The effects of employees downsizing on organizational behavior

The main objective of this paper is to explain the concept of downsizing and the way of its implementation in enterprises. Also, the aim is to point out the inevitable negative consequences that occur in the company, related to employees and their behavior. Under pressure from the global economy, bu...

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Main Authors: Berber Nemanja, Bracanović Zlata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Novi Sad, Technical faculty Mihajlo Pupin, Zrenjanin 2019-01-01
Series:Journal of Engineering Management and Competitiveness
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Online Access:https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/2334-9638/2019/2334-96381902159B.pdf
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description The main objective of this paper is to explain the concept of downsizing and the way of its implementation in enterprises. Also, the aim is to point out the inevitable negative consequences that occur in the company, related to employees and their behavior. Under pressure from the global economy, businesses are in a constant race for high-level competitiveness and profitability. In most developed and developing countries, restructuring processes are intense and often present in companies. Downsizing, as one of the possible organizational restructuring strategies, can be implemented in several ways. The idea is mainly to reduce the number of employees, which reduced the cost of doing business, but at the same time, several negative consequences affected employees and organizational behavior.
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spelling doaj.art-6c97a978f40b493595822112ac24154e2022-12-22T03:05:32ZengUniversity of Novi Sad, Technical faculty Mihajlo Pupin, ZrenjaninJournal of Engineering Management and Competitiveness2334-96382217-81472019-01-01921591672334-96381902159BThe effects of employees downsizing on organizational behaviorBerber Nemanja0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1433-6416Bracanović Zlata1University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Economics, SuboticaIMR INSTITUT D.O.O., BeogradThe main objective of this paper is to explain the concept of downsizing and the way of its implementation in enterprises. Also, the aim is to point out the inevitable negative consequences that occur in the company, related to employees and their behavior. Under pressure from the global economy, businesses are in a constant race for high-level competitiveness and profitability. In most developed and developing countries, restructuring processes are intense and often present in companies. Downsizing, as one of the possible organizational restructuring strategies, can be implemented in several ways. The idea is mainly to reduce the number of employees, which reduced the cost of doing business, but at the same time, several negative consequences affected employees and organizational behavior.https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/2334-9638/2019/2334-96381902159B.pdforganizational behaviourdownsizingemployeeshuman resource management
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title The effects of employees downsizing on organizational behavior
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title_fullStr The effects of employees downsizing on organizational behavior
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human resource management
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