Layoffs and Unemployment Discrimination: A New Stigma
AbstractPurpose - Purpose - The purpose of the paper is to discuss and seek a better understanding of the stigmatization of unemployed workers who have been laid off. Design/methodology/approach -...
View ArticleContinued Organizational Identification Following Involuntary Job Loss
AbstractPurpose - Continued identification with a former employer may provide valuable self-enhancement during transition, or it may highlight unsettling self-discontinuity. This study develops and...
View ArticleJob Search Behaviors Among African-Americans
AbstractPurpose - Purpose- Research suggests that both internal and external resources are important in determining the level and intensity of job search behaviors among unemployed individuals....
View ArticleA CLOSE CALL: PERCEPTIONS OF ALTERNATIVE HR ARRANGEMENTS TO LAYOFFS
AbstractPurpose - Drawing on the concept of psychological contract and organizational justice, this exploratory case study examines how companies’ attempts to handle layoff pressures with alternative...
View ArticleEmployability, Well-Being and Job Satisfaction Following a Job Loss
AbstractPurpose - This paper investigates changes in psychological well-being over time for individuals who experienced a career disruption in the form of a company closing, and examines the...
View ArticleLayoffs and unemployment discrimination: a new stigma
AbstractPurpose– The purpose of the paper is to discuss and seek a better understanding of the stigmatization of unemployed workers who have been laid off. Design/methodology/approach– This is a...
View ArticleContinued organizational identification following involuntary job loss
AbstractPurpose– Continued identification with a former employer may provide valuable self-enhancement during transition, or it may highlight unsettling self-discontinuity. This study seeks to develop...
View ArticleJob search behaviors among African-Americans
AbstractPurpose– Research suggests that both internal and external resources are important in determining the level and intensity of job search behaviors among unemployed individuals. Specifically, an...
View ArticleA close call: perceptions of alternative HR arrangements to layoffs
AbstractPurpose– Drawing on the concept of psychological contract and organizational justice, this exploratory case study seeks to examine how companies' attempts to handle layoff pressures with...
View ArticleEmployability, well-being and job satisfaction following a job loss
AbstractPurpose– This paper aims to investigate changes in psychological well-being over time for individuals who experienced a career disruption in the form of a company closing, and to examine the...
View ArticleIntroduction to the special issue on job loss
AbstractPurpose– The primary purpose of this article is to raise awareness about the need for additional research on job loss. It also aims to provide an introduction to the special issue, and a...
View ArticleProbing into Commitment’s Nonlinear Relationships to Work Outcomes
AbstractPurpose - This study investigates the possibility of curvilinear patterns of relationships between workplace affective commitment and in-role performance, organizational citizenship behaviors...
View ArticleThe Executive Mind: Leader Self-Talk, Effectiveness, and Strain
AbstractPurpose - The theoretical and practical criticality of self-talk for leader success receives extensive multidisciplinary discussion, without a great deal of empirical research given the...
View ArticleHelping Yourself by Helping Others: Examining Personality Perceptions
AbstractPurpose - The purpose of the present study was to experimentally investigate the effect of altruistic behavior on personality perceptions, advancement potential, and reward recommendations and...
View ArticleEthical and Empowering Leadership and Leader Effectiveness
AbstractPurpose - The purpose of the present research was to examine how ethical leadership and empowering leadership are related to leader-member exchange relations (LMX), affective commitment, and...
View ArticleFocus of Attention at Work and Organization-based Self-esteem
AbstractPurpose - This study examines the questions: How does employees’ focus of attention at work theoretically relate to organization-based self-esteem? Does job focus and off-job focus moderate...
View ArticleIs this Bullying? Understanding Target and Witness Reactions
AbstractPurpose - This paper theorizes the interpretations and reactions of targets and witnesses to subtle forms of bullying.Design/methodology/approach - A theoretical approach was used to understand...
View ArticleWorkplace bullying as a gendered phenomenon
AbstractPurpose - In this paper we argue that bullying is a gendered, rather than gender-neutral, phenomenon. Design/methodology/approach - We review empirical findings on gender and bullying and...
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