TY - JOUR
AU - JOHNSON, J. DAVID
AB - Organizational downsizing places many strains on surviving employees. Despite the implicit relationship between changes to communication networks and employee responses, few studies examine downsizing-induced network changes or the impact of these changes on employees. This longitudinal investigation examined fluctuations in structural holes within a hospitality company's corporate headquarters resulting from the loss and gain of communication contacts. Building on Burt's treatise on structural holes, we tested a measurement of structural holes and its relationship to layoff survivors' perceptions of organizational chaos and their willingness to participate in planned, postdownsizing changes. Although the downsizing had a modest impact on surviving employees' structural hole experiences overall, the structural hole index was a significant predictor in longitudinal and within time period comparisons of employees' perceptions of chaos and openness to change.
TI - Downsizing and Structural Holes
JO - Communication Research
DO - 10.1177/009365098025001002
DA - 1998-02-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/downsizing-and-structural-holes-0cDYj23D6p
SP - 30
EP - 65
VL - 25
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -