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Organizational Downsizing and Restructuring

Organizational Downsizing and Restructuring is a research topic within Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Science Explorer counts 2.5k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the causes, effects, and consequences of employee downsizing in organizations. It covers topics such as the financial impact of downsizing, organizational change, survivor syndrome, corporate reputation, and workforce reductions. The research delves into the implications of downsizing on firm performance, restructuring strategies, and the long-term effects on employees and organizational memory.

  • Downsizing
  • Organizational Change
  • Firm Performance
  • Restructuring
  • Employee Layoffs
  • Survivor Syndrome
  • Corporate Reputation
  • Financial Impact
  • Workforce Reductions
  • Organizational Memory
Research works
2.5k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
258
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+15%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
34% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Organizational Downsizing and Restructuring

Which countries lead Organizational Downsizing and Restructuring research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (71 and 29 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 71 works
  2. 2 India 29 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 20 works
  4. 4 France 17 works
  5. 5 Canada 16 works
  6. 6 Nigeria 15 works
  7. 7 Australia 13 works
  8. 8 South Africa 11 works
  9. 9 China 11 works
  10. 10 Indonesia 9 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 33.6%India: 13.8%United Kingdom: 9.4%France: 7.8%6 others listed: 35.3%34%largest
United States71 · 33.6%India29 · 13.8%United Kingdom20 · 9.4%France17 · 7.8%6 others listed75 · 35.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Organizational Downsizing and Restructuring research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Guelph publishes the most Organizational Downsizing and Restructuring research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Université de Lorraine.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of GuelphCanada 4 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 3 works
  3. 3 Université de LorraineFrance 2 works
  4. 4 Stockholm UniversitySweden 2 works
  5. 5 Rivers State UniversityNigeria 2 works
  6. 6 Babcock UniversityNigeria 2 works
  7. 7 Karolinska InstitutetSweden 2 works
  8. 8 Indiana UniversityUnited States 2 works
  9. 9 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 2 works
  10. 10 Nnamdi Azikiwe UniversityNigeria 2 works

Who are the leading researchers in Organizational Downsizing and Restructuring?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Organizational Downsizing and Restructuring include Mika Kivimäki and Adrian F Furnham.

  1. 1 Mika Kivimäki United Kingdom 318k citations
  2. 2 Adrian F Furnham United Kingdom 94k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Organizational Downsizing and Restructuring?

The most cited paper in Organizational Downsizing and Restructuring is "Meta-Analytic review of leader–member exchange theory: Correlates and construct issues." (Charlotte R. Gerstner, David V. Day, 1997), with 2,907 citations. Next come "Potential Problems in the Statistical Control of Variables in Organizational Research: A Qualitative Analysis With Recommendations" (2,234) and "HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, MANUFACTURING STRATEGY, AND FIRM PERFORMANCE." (2,175).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Meta-Analytic review of leader–member exchange theory: Correlates and construct issues. Charlotte R. Gerstner, David V. Day · Journal of Applied Psychology Dec 1997 2,907
2 Potential Problems in the Statistical Control of Variables in Organizational Research: A Qualitative Analysis With Recommendations Thomas E. Becker · Organizational Research Methods 9 Jun 2005 2,234
3 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, MANUFACTURING STRATEGY, AND FIRM PERFORMANCE. Mark A. Youndt, Scott A. Snell, James W. Dean et al. · Academy of Management Journal Aug 1996 2,175
4 A meta-analysis and conceptual critique of research on role ambiguity and role conflict in work settings Susan E. Jackson, Randall S. Schüler · Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Review Aug 1985 1,831
5 Strategic talent management: A review and research agenda David G. Collings, Kamel Mellahi · Human Resource Management Review Open access 3 May 2009 1,821
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Where is Organizational Downsizing and Restructuring research done?

The largest centres of Organizational Downsizing and Restructuring research in 2022-now are New York (United States), Paris (France), Stockholm (Sweden) and London (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 New YorkUnited States 6 works
  2. 2 ParisFrance 6 works
  3. 3 StockholmSweden 5 works
  4. 4 LondonUnited Kingdom 5 works
  5. 5 GuelphCanada 4 works
  6. 6 MelbourneAustralia 3 works
  7. 7 MontrealCanada 3 works
  8. 8 New DelhiIndia 3 works
  9. 9 Port HarcourtNigeria 3 works
  10. 10 PretoriaSouth Africa 3 works
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Is Organizational Downsizing and Restructuring research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Organizational Downsizing and Restructuring.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Organizational Downsizing and Restructuring as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0015% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Organizational Downsizing and Restructuring over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

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Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

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