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What to wear to a severance party: A former corporate executive reflects on her own downsizing experience
Author(s) -
Cumberland Denise M.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
new horizons in adult education and human resource development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1939-4225
DOI - 10.1002/nha3.20035
Subject(s) - severance , layoff , feeling , perspective (graphical) , psychology , humanism , public relations , management , identity (music) , social psychology , political science , unemployment , aesthetics , law , economics , philosophy , artificial intelligence , computer science , economic growth
A corporate executive provides an amusing and reflective account on her experience of being downsized. This “day in the life” perspective documents the feelings of an individual who found herself served with “divorce papers” from a job that had, in many ways, defined her identity. Her personal story shines the spotlight on whether humanism is possible when HRD practitioners are preparing for and executing layoff procedures.