Organizational Support Systems as Buffers to Job Loss.

Scholssberg, Nancy K.; Leibowitz, Zandy

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Publication Date: 1980-Oct

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Organizational Support Systems as Buffers to Job Loss.

Scholssberg, Nancy K.; Leibowitz, Zandy

Journal of Vocational Behavior, v17 n2 p204-17 Oct 1980

Men whose jobs were eliminated due to reductions in the labor force were surveyed. A conceptual model of transition to the specific event of job loss was described. The most effective buffer against trauma of job loss was a formal support system introduced by the organization. (Author/BEF)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Emotional Adjustment, Job Layoff, Males, Models, Organizational Climate, Organizational Objectives, Program Effectiveness, Reduction in Force

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Reports - General

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Language: English

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