A study of the association between downsizing and innovation determinants

International Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 677-698

  Mellahi, Kamel ^a   Wilkinson, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Change; Downsizing; Innovation; Redundancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 59049088913     PISSN: 13639196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1363919608002163     Document Type: Article

References (68)

1. Amabile, TM and R Conti (1995). What downsizing does to creativity? Issues and Observations, 15, 1-6.
2. Amabile, TM and R Conti (1999). Changes in the work environment for creativity during downsizing. Academy of Management Journal, 42(6), 630-640.
3. Amabile, TM and SS Gryskiewicz (1987). Creativity in the R&D laboratory. Technical Report no. 30, Greensboro, NC: Center for Creative Leadership.
4. Amabile, TM, C Hadley and S Kramer (2002). Creativity under the gun. Harvard Business Review, 80(8), 52-63.
5. Amabile, TM, R Conti, H Coon, J Lazenby and M Herron (1996). Assessing the work environment for creativity. Academy of Management Journal 39, 1154-1184.
6. Appelbaum, SH, M Bethune and R Tannenbaum (1999). Downsizing and the emergence of self-managed teams. Participation and Empowerment: An International Journal, 7(5), 109-130.
7. Baumol, WJ, AS Blinder and EN Wolff (2003). Downsizing in America: Reality, Causes and Consequences. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
8. Becheikh, N, R Landry and N Amara (2006). Lessons from innovation empirical studies in the manufacturing sector: A systematic review of the literature from 1993-2003. Technovation, 26(5-6), 644-664.
9. Beyer, JM and HM Trice (1978). Implementing Change. New York: The Free Press.
10. Bommer, M and D Jalajas (1999). The threat of organizational downsizing on the innovation propensity of R&D professionals. R&D Management, 29, 27-34.
11. Bommer, M and D Jalajas (2002). The innovation work environment of high-tech SMEs in the USA and Canada. R&D Management, 32(5), 379-386.
12. Boone, J (2000). Technological progress, downsizing and unemployment. The Economic Journal, 110, 581-600.
13. Brockner, J, SL Grover and MD Blonder (1988). Predictors of survivors' job involvement following layoffs: A field study. Journal of Applied Psychology, 73, 436-442.
14. Brockner, J, S Grover, T Reed, R DeWitt and M O'Malley (1987). Survivors' reactions to layoffs: We get by with a little help fromour friends. Administrative Science Quarterly, 32, 526-542.
15. Brown, SL and KM Eisenhart (1995). Product development: Past research, present finding and future directions. Academy of Management Review 20, 343-378.
16. Burton, G, JK Keels and C Shook (1996). Downsizing the firm: Answering strategic questions. Academy of Management Executive, 10, 38-45.
17. Cameron, KS (1994). Strategies for successful organizational downsizing. Human Resource Management, 33, 477-500.
18. Cameron, KS, SJ Freeman and AK Mishra (1991). Best practices in white-collar downsizing: Managing contradictions. Academy of Management Executive, 5(3), 57-73.
19. Cameron, KS, SJ Freeman and AK Mishra (1993). Downsizing and redesigning organizations. In Organizational Change and Redesign, G Huber and W Glick (eds.), pp. 19-63. New York: Oxford University Press.
20. Cascio, WF (1993). Downsizing: What do we know? What have we learned? Academy of Management Executive, 7(1), 95-104.
21. Cascio, WF, C Young and J Morris (1997). Financial consequences of employment change decisions in major U.S. corporations. Academy of Management Journal, 40(5), 1175-1190.
22. Cefis, E and O Marsili (2005). A matter of life and death: Innovation and firm survival. Industrial and Corporate Change, 14, 1167-1192.
23. Cheng, J and I Kesner (1997). Organizational slack and response to environmental shifts: The impact of resource allocation patterns. Journal of Management, 23, 1-18.
24. Chorely, D (2002). How to manage downsizing. Financial Management, 9, May, 6.
25. Christensen, MC (1997). The Innovator's Dilemma. Cambridge, Masachussets: Harvard Business School Press.
26. Cody AM, GB Hegeman and DC Shanks (1987). How to reduce the size of the organization but increase effectiveness. Journal of Business Strategy 8, 66-70.
27. Cumming, B (1999). Understanding Innovation from Cradle to Grave. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinenmann.
28. De Meuse, KP, PA Vanderheiden and T Bergmann (1994). Announced layoffs: their effects on corporate financial performance. Human Resource Management, 33(4), 509-530.
29. Dooley, RS and GE Fryxell (1999). Attaining decision quality and commitment from dissent: The moderating effects of loyalty and competence in strategic decision-making teams. Academy of Management Journal, 42, 389-402.
30. Dougherty, D (1992). Interpretive barriers to successful product innovation in large firms. Organization Science, 3, 179-202.
31. Dougherty, D and E Bowman (1995). The effects of organizational downsizing on product innovation. California Management Review, 37, 28-44.
32. Drew, SAW (1994). Downsizing to improve strategic position. Management Decision, 32(1), 4-11.
33. Eisenberger, R, P Fasolo and V Davis-LaMastro (1990). Perceived organizational support and employee diligence, commitment, and innovation. Journal of Applied Psychology, 75, 51-59.
34. Fisher, RS and MA White (2000). Downsizing in a learning organization: are there hidden costs? Academy of Management Reviews, 25(1), 244-254.
35. Greenhalgh, L (1983). Organizational decline. In Research in the Sociology of Organizations, Volume 2, SB Bachrach (ed.), pp. 231-276. Greenwich: JAI Press.
36. Hage, J and M Aiken (1970). Social Change in Complex Organizations New York: Random House.
37. Hammer, M (1996). Beyond Reengineering. London: Harper Collins.
38. Higgins, JM (1995). Innovate or Evaporate. New York: New Management Publishing Company Inc.
39. Hitt, M, R Hoskisson, R Johnson and D Moesel (1996). The market for corporate control and firm innovation. Academy of Management Journal 39(5), 1084-1120.
40. Johne, FA and P Snelson (1988). Success factors in product innovation: A selective review of the literature. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 5, 114-128.
41. Kay, NM (1979). Innovating Firm. London: MacMillan Press.
42. Kivimaki, M, J Vahtera, J Pentti, L Thomson, A Griffiths and T Cox (2001). Downsizing, changes in work, and self-rated health of employees: a 7-year 3-wave panel study. Anxiety, Stress, and Coping, 14, 59-73.
43. Larson, EW and DH Gobeli (1988). Organizing for product development projects. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 5(3), 180-190.
44. Lawson, M (2001). In praise of slack: Time is of the essence. Academy of Management Executive, 15(3), 125-135.
45. Lewin, EJ (2001). The effects of downsizing on organizational buying behavior: Anempirical investigation. Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, 29(2), 151-164.
46. Littler, RC and P Innes (2003). Downsizing and deknowledging the firm. Work, Employment and Society, 17(1), 73-100.
47. Love, GE and N Nohria (2005). Reducing slack: The performance consequences of downsizing by large industrial firms, 1977-1993. Strategic Management Journal, 26, 1087-1108.
48. Luthans, BC and SM Sommer (1999). The impact of downsizing on workplace attitudes. Group and Organization Management, 24, 46-70.
49. McCune, JT, RW Beatty and VR Montagno (1988). Downsizing: Practices in manufacturing firms. Human Resource Management, 27(2), 145-161.
50. McKinley, W, CM Sanchez and AG Schick (1995). Organizational downsizing: constraining, cloning and learning. Academy of Management Executive 9(3), 32-44.
51. Mellahi, K and A Wilkinson (2006). The impact of downsizing on innovation. In Academy of Management Best Paper Proceedings, Proc. of the 66 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, Georgia, 11-16 August.
52. Mishra, AK and GM Spreitzer (1998). Explaining how survivors respond to downsizing: The roles of trust, empowerment, justice, and work redesign. Academy of Management Review, 23, 567-588.
53. Mone, MA, W McKinley and VL Barker (1998). Organization decline and innovation: A contingency framework. Academy of Management Review, 23(1), 115-132.
54. Nienstedt, PR (1989). Effectively downsizing management structures. Human Resource Planning, 12(2), 155-165.
55. Nohria, N and R Gulati (1996). Is slack good or bad for innovation? Academy of Management Journal, 39(5), 1245-1264.
56. O'Reilly, C (1989). Corporations, culture, and commitment: Motivation and social control in organizations. California Management Review, 31, Summer, 9-25.
57. Robinson, JP, PR Shaver and LS Wrightsman (1991). Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Attitudes. San Diego: Academic Press.
58. Ross, FP (1974). Innovation adoption by organizations. Personnel Psychology, 27, 21-47.
59. Santarelli, E and R Piergiovanni (1996). Analyzing literature-based output indicators: The Italian experience. Research Policy, 25, 689-711.
60. Shah, PP (2000). Network destruction: The structural implications of downsizing. Academy of Management Journal, 43, 101-112.
61. Singh, J (1986). Performance, slack and risk taking in organizational decision making. Academy of Management Journal, 29(3), 562-585.
62. Staw, BM, LE Sandelands and EJ Dutton (1981). Threat-rigidity effects in organizational behaviour: A multi-level analysis. Administrative Science Quarterly, 26, 501-524.
63. Subramanian, A and S Nilakanta (1996). Organizational innovativeness: exploring the relationship between organizational determinants of innovation, types of innovations, and measures of organizational performance. Omega: International Journal of Management Science, 24, 631-647.
64. Sutton, RI and T D'Aunno (1989). Decreasing organizational size: untangling the effects of money and people. Academy of Management Review, 14, 194-212.
65. Tombaugh, JR and LP White (1990). Downsizing: An empirical assessment of survivors' perceptions in a post-layoff environment. Organizational Development Journal, 8, 32-43.
66. Tushman, LM and AC O'Reilly (1997). Winning Through Innovation. Boston, Masachussets: Harvard Business School Press.
67. Unsworth, LK (2004). Firefighting: The effects of time pressure on employee innovation. In: 18th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, 8-11 December, Dunedin, NZ.
68. Vahtera, J, M Kivimäki and J Pentti (1997). Effect of organizational downsizing on health of employees. Lancet, 350, 1124-1128.