The results from a survey of 238 human resources executives from organizations that offer outplacement counseling (OPC) internally and 168 that offer it externally suggest that internal OPC delivery is inferior to external OPC delivery. The author found that most internal OPC organizations did not offer the 13 traditional OPC services, even when…

Many universities have experienced financial hardships during the recent economic downturn. To save money, several have resorted to laying off employees, which has often resulted in increased work and stress for the remaining employees. Such an increase has the potential to adversely affect employees' sense of job satisfaction. This study created…

Interviewed 21 displaced workers regarding factors affecting their participation in training programs funded by Job Training Partnership Act. Found that educational, work and layoff, and personal factors differentiated between participants and nonparticipants. Nonparticipants seemed more focused on present or past, whereas participants seemed to…

Describes outplacement counseling as a process that enables management to deal with the problem of the employee who must be released or the staff that must be reduced. Discusses the process of outplacement counseling, the stages of transition counseling, and techniques to be implemented. (BH)

This article discusses the definition and causes of unemployment, national unemployment rates since 1929, and workers who typically experience the highest incidence of job loss. (Author)

Investigated importance of coping resources in finding reemployment after job loss. Findings from 186 unemployed adults who were actively seeking reemployment revealed that those subjects who became reemployed within three months of job loss were more internal in their locus of control, had greater self-efficacy, and possessed better…

The authors examined the relationship between an individual's human capital profile--knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics--and compensation before and after a job loss. The results of this study show that the types of human capital that predicted pre-job-loss salary differ from the types that predict reemployment salary. The…

As companies focus on competition and profit margins, workers are confronted with threats to their identities based on real or anticipated job loss. Article focuses on features of job insecurity that affect these workers, those who remain, and the organizations in which they work. Gives recommendations for assisting job-insecure employees using…