Exploring the Chinese Way of Downsizing in Transitional Era: Two Case Studies

摘要：

Two Cases were studied focusing on the antecedents,processes and consequences of downsizing.Based on results of the above and compared with conceptual models from others,we developed a conceptual model to understand the downsizing mechanism in Chinese State-owned Enterprises in todays transitional era.The main points include: Chinese State-Owned Enterprises downsizing is a government-driven event,regarded as a crisis;intensity of the crisis among managers mediates their downsizing decision making strategies;and survivors psychological reactions are critical consequences,since the goal of downsizing is to improve efficiency whilst to reduce the cost.

关键词： Downsizing Conceptual model Chinese state-owned enterprises

作者: NIU Xiongying WANG Hui

作者单位: Business School,University of International Business & Economics,Beijing,P.R.China,100029

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2007 International Conference on Management Science and Engineering(2007管理科学与工程国际学术会议)

会议地点: 河南焦作

会议语种:英文

页码: 642-649

在线出版日期: 2007-08-20（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）