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A Decade of Downsizing: Understanding the Contours of Change in Australia, 1990‐99
Author(s) -
Innes Peter A.,
Littler Craig R.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of human resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1744-7941
pISSN - 1038-4111
DOI - 10.1177/1038411104045365
Subject(s) - organizational change , set (abstract data type) , empirical research , aggregate (composite) , longitudinal data , measure (data warehouse) , business , political science , management , regional science , public relations , sociology , economics , computer science , data mining , philosophy , materials science , epistemology , composite material , programming language
This paper seeks to map a decade of organizational downsizing in Australia utilizing a comprehensive longitudinal data set of 4153 firms. Aggregate downsizing measures conceal extensive change within organizations. We seek to assess these processes by comparing a conventional downsizing measure with more specific occupational downsizing measures. The results show the contours of change in Australia over the 1990s; indicate that there are distinctive and contrasting trends; and raise significant issues for future theoretical and empirical research.