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Environmental Change, Human Resources and Organizational Turnaround
Author(s) -
Boyne George A.,
Meier Kenneth J.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of management studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.398
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1467-6486
pISSN - 0022-2380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2008.00813.x
Subject(s) - retrenchment , task (project management) , human resources , organizational change , business , empirical research , human resource management , turnaround time , resource (disambiguation) , operations management , public relations , management , political science , economics , computer science , public administration , computer network , philosophy , epistemology
Research on turnaround has largely focused on the impact of retrenchment and repositioning, and has paid less attention to the impact of changes in the task environment and human resources on recovery from decline. Moreover, all of the empirical research on turnaround has been conducted on private organizations. We develop a new model that is derived from theories of environmental and human resource effects on organizational performance. We apply this model to failing school districts in Texas, and find that turnaround is influenced by changes in the munificence and complexity of task environments, and the appointment of a new chief executive and front‐line staff.