title: The effects of past and anticipated future downsizing on survivor well-being: an equity perspective.
abstract: Worker well-being was examined as a function of past downsizing and expectations concerning future downsizing. Data from 1,297 Finnish workers were analyzed using analysis of variance and structural modeling analysis. Having experienced downsizing in the past or anticipating downsizing in the future was associated with elevated levels of inequity, which in turn were associated with elevated levels of psychological strain, cynicism, and absence. There were also direct effects of past/anticipated future downsizing on strain, cynicism, and absence, meaning that inequity only partly mediated the relationship between downsizing and well-being. Moreover, well-being varied as a function of type of downsizing.
authors.affiliation: Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Helsinki.
authors.forename: Raija
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kalimo
authors.forename: Toon W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Taris
authors.forename: Wilmar B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Schaufeli
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D020415:Personnel Downsizing / Q000523:psychology*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000209:etiology*; D016526:Workload