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Dynamic resource‐acquisition strategies: Analysis of survivor betweenness centrality relationships after downsizing

This paper investigates dynamic changes in instrumental (i.e., work‐related) tie‐seeking patterns and the structure of a communication network following a downsizing event—whereby many employees are simultaneously eliminated from a network. Our analysis spans a two‐year period and applies a resource...

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Published in:Journal of occupational and organizational psychology 2023-06, Vol.96 (2), p.378-396
Main Authors: Moore, Ozias A., Susskind, Alex M., Margolin, Drew
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subjects betweenness centrality
Disruption
Downsizing
Employees
network excision
Occupational psychology
Stabilization
Survivor
Suspension
tie‐seeking logics
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