The Impact of Adopting an Ethical Approach to Employee Dismissal During Corporate Restructuring  

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Eby, Lillian T. ; Buch, Kimberly

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Business Ethics vol. 17 no. 12 (Sep. 1998), page 1253-1264.
Topik: Ethical Approach; Employee Dismissal; Corporate Restructuring

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: BB27.34 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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The treatment of employees during downsizing and corporate restructuring raises many ethical issues. To provide a common framework for understanding ethical decisions facing organizations delivering the news of dismissal to affected employees, Integrative Social Contrasts Theory and the research on social exchange was used to integrate existing research on employee dismissal. Of particular importance was determining the criteria necessary to manage the dismissal process within ethical boundaries. Three basic criteria, which together represent a variety of contractual and transactional obligations, are proposed as necessary for an ethical approach to dismissal; 1) advance warning of the job loss, 2) open communication, and 3) institutionalized support services. The frequency with which organizations meet these criteria is examined using a geographically dispersed, cross-organizational sample of 770 involuntarily displaced professional employees. In addition, the effect of such an ethical approach to dismissal on individual psychological and financial outcomes is examined. Findings are discussed as they relate to the implicit contrast between employee and employer and organizations' responsibility to employees during corporate restructuring.

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