title: Managing the consequences of hospital cutbacks: the role of workforce reduction practices.
abstract: In recent years, hospitals in Canada as elsewhere have witnessed unprecedented downsizing of their workforces. It is generally assumed that planned workforce reductions can have deleterious consequences on an organization's human resources. Scholars and practitioners alike have identified a number of humane or progressive approaches that are widely considered to be effective for organizations undergoing downsizing. This study examines the impact that workforce reduction approaches have on perceptions of organizational performance in a large sample of Canadian hospitals undergoing workforce reductions.
authors.affiliation: University of Alberta, Canada.
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Rondeau
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Wagar
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D002170:Canada; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006302:Health Services Research; D006754:Hospital Restructuring / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D015279:Organizational Culture; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D020415:Personnel Downsizing / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D000078329:Workforce