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Minimizing the impact of layoffs on front-line managers: ensuring that layoffs are conducted fairly can help reduce negative feelings among managers who must give notice to workers.(Report)
As we enter what could possibly be a deep recession, we can expect to see a surge in the number of mass layoffs. A long line of research has established that being laid off can produce psychological, economic, and social distress. (1) More recently, research has shown that "survivors"--those who have witnessed the layoffs of co-workers but remain employed--are not spared, often experiencing heightened job insecurity, anxiety, and stress and, as a result, sometimes suffering damage to their physical and psychological well-being. (2) Mass layoffs also unsettle the organizational climate as fear, uncertainty, and even anger fray the emotional bonds that link employees to their supervisors and their organizations.
We know much less, however, about the impact of layoffs on the frontline managers who have to carry them out. Understanding their reactions is important for two reasons. First, as front-line managers, they are in close contact with the workforce and are well-positioned to shape the perceptions and morale of employees. (3) Managers who act with sensitivity in such turbulent environments can help lessen survivors' negative reactions and any spillover damage to organizational performance. (4) Second, focusing on this neglected group (who may soon number in the tens of thousands) can also help organizations take steps to mitigate the "considerable amount of distress" some managers may experience as they live through a "very painful process." (5)
RESEARCH FINDINGS
We report here the results of one of the few systematic studies to examine the impact on managers of implementing mass layoffs. Using data collected as part of a ten-year (1996-2006) longitudinal research project that examined the effects of restructuring on managers and workers at a large manufacturing organization, we compared the attitudes and well-being of managers who either had or had not been directly involved in layoff activities during those years. "Layoff activities" in this study included handing out both warn and layoff notices and, for people supervising…
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