Outsourcing of services has been receiving increasing attention in management literature
and praxis. It is considered that greatest attention has been given to the enhanced efficiency …

An examination of the diverse literature on organizational decline shows that there is
disagreement regarding the effects of decline on innovation. Some research streams …

The present study investigates the impact of the political skill of leaders on team
performance. More specifically, this study examined the role of leader political skill in the …

Recent public management literature has emphasized the influence of public sector
characteristics on employee attitudes, behaviors, and performance. This article assesses …

To better understand the phenomenon of organizational downsizing, we compare three
theoretical perspectives on downsizing: the economic, the institutional, and the …

Affective organizational commitment has been equated to the public service motivation of
pubhc employees It is a valuable component of organizational effectiveness However, few …

From the resource-based perspective, organization learning is the foundation of firms
creating their special resources and thereby increasing their competitive advantage …

Aims to review the literature pertaining to downsizing with an emphasis on the organization
level, and establish the critical success factors of downsizing, that is, guidelines to the …

We develop a conceptual framework that integrates and extends existing explanations of
outsourcing's effects on the government workforce and organizational performance. We then …

This article explores the ideological foundations of organizational downsizing in the 1990s
and focuses on the ideology of employee self-reliance and the ideology of …