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Social network influences on employee responses to organizational withdrawals
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dc.contributor.author | Siedlok, Frank | |
dc.contributor.author | Hibbert, Paul | |
dc.contributor.author | Whitehurst, Fiona | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-26T11:30:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-08-26T11:30:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-03-14 | |
dc.identifier | 262929691 | |
dc.identifier | de085ed0-3197-4b5d-aba6-6cc1483a684e | |
dc.identifier | 85089176897 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Siedlok , F , Hibbert , P & Whitehurst , F 2020 , ' Social network influences on employee responses to organizational withdrawals ' , Organization Management Journal , vol. 17 , no. 1 , pp. 15-35 . https://doi.org/10.1108/OMJ-01-2018-0498 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1541-6518 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-2691-2556/work/79564847 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-9274-8248/work/156133399 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/20515 | |
dc.description.abstract | Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a more detailed understanding of how embedding in different social networks relates to different types of action that individuals choose in the context of organizational closures, downsizing or relocations. To develop such insights, this paper focuses on three particular types of social networks, namely, intra-organizational; external professional and local community networks. These three types of networks have been frequently related to different types of action in the context of closures and relocations. Design/methodology/approach This is a conceptual paper. The authors develop the argument by integrating relevant recent literature on the salience related to embedding in different types of social networks, with a particular focus on responses to organizational closure or relocation. Findings The authors argue that at times of industrial decline and closure: embeddedness in intra-organizational networks can favor collective direct action; embeddedness in professional networks is likely to favor individual direct action and embeddedness in community networks can lead to individual indirect action. The authors then add nuance to the argument by considering a range of complicating factors that can constrain or enable the course (s) of action favored by particular combinations of network influences. Originality/value On a theoretical level, this paper adds to understandings of the role of network embeddedness in influencing individual and collective responses to such disruptive events; and direct or indirect forms of response. On a practical level, the authors contribute to understandings about how the employment landscape may evolve in regions affected by organizational demise, and how policymakers may study with or through network influences to develop more responsible downsizing approaches. | |
dc.format.extent | 36 | |
dc.format.extent | 258780 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Organization Management Journal | en |
dc.subject | Community | en |
dc.subject | Embedding | en |
dc.subject | Employment | en |
dc.subject | Organizational demise | en |
dc.subject | Social networks | en |
dc.subject | Embeddedness | en |
dc.subject | HD28 Management. Industrial Management | en |
dc.subject | T-NDAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | HD28 | en |
dc.title | Social network influences on employee responses to organizational withdrawals | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Management (Business School) | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Research into Equality, Diversity & Inclusion | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Management | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1108/OMJ-01-2018-0498 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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