A Decade of Downsizing: Understanding the Contours of Change in Australia, 1990-99

Peter Innes; C R Littler

doi:10.1177/1038411104045365

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A Decade of Downsizing: Understanding the Contours of Change in Australia, 1990-99

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A Decade of Downsizing: Understanding the Contours of Change in Australia, 1990-99

Peter Innes and C R Littler

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, Vol.42(2), pp.229-242

2004

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1038411104045365

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Abstract

Business and Management

Australia

downsizing

longitudinal

methodology

occupation

restructuring

This paper seeks to map a decade of organizational downsizing in Australia utilizing a comprehensive longitudinal data set of 4153 firms. Aggregate downsizing measures conceal extensive change within organizations. We seek to assess these processes by comparing a conventional downsizing measure with more specific occupational downsizing measures. The results show the contours of change in Australia over the 1990s; indicate that there are distinctive and contrasting trends; and raise significant issues for future theoretical and empirical research.

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Title: A Decade of Downsizing: Understanding the Contours of Change in Australia, 1990-99
Authors: Peter Innes (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
C R Littler (Author) - University of Queensland
Publication details: Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, Vol.42(2), pp.229-242
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd.
Date published: 2004
DOI: 10.1177/1038411104045365
ISSN: 1038-4111
Organisation Unit: School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Engage Research Lab; School of Law and Society
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99448879602621
Output Type: Journal article

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