Lost in a Downturn? Examining the Effects of Industry Embeddedness, Layoff Procedural Justice, Industry Insecurity, and Job Search on Industry Turnover

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dc.contributor.advisorSpitzmueller, Christiane
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDamian, Rodica I.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberPorter, Caitlin M.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMadera, Juan M.
dc.creatorRoberts, Zachary
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-12T19:20:27Z
dc.date.available2018-03-12T19:20:27Z
dc.date.createdDecember 2017
dc.date.issued2017-12
dc.date.submittedDecember 2017
dc.date.updated2018-03-12T19:20:28Z
dc.description.abstractEmployee downsizing efforts are becoming inevitable in today’s increasingly hypercompetitive global economy (Cascio, 2015), leaving industries with fractured talent pools. Utilizing data collected from a diverse sample of recently laid off workers from the oil and gas industry and drawing from literature on embeddedness (Mitchell, Holtom, Lee, Sablynski, & Erez, 2001) and, relatedly, aspects of the unfolding model of voluntary turnover (Lee & Mitchell, 1994), I develop the current study’s main predictor, industry embeddedness, and argue and test for its negative relationship with industry turnover. Subsequently, I propose and estimate three conditional models whereby industry embeddedness interacts with perceptions of layoff procedural justice, industry insecurity, and job search directed outside the industry to influence industry turnover. Surprisingly, while none of the hypothesized conditional effects were supported, study results did show two significant interaction effects – low levels of perceived layoff procedural justice and high levels of industry insecurity strengthen the negative relationship between industry embeddedness and industry turnover. Lastly, several practical and research implications are suggested serving to grow our understanding of the career mobility of layoff victims.
dc.description.departmentPsychology, Department of
dc.format.digitalOriginborn digital
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10657/2899
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).
dc.subjectEmbeddedness
dc.subjectIndustry
dc.subjectTurnover
dc.subjectCareer
dc.subjectDownturn
dc.subjectDownsizing
dc.titleLost in a Downturn? Examining the Effects of Industry Embeddedness, Layoff Procedural Justice, Industry Insecurity, and Job Search on Industry Turnover
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dc.type.genreThesis
local.embargo.lift2019-12-01
local.embargo.terms2019-12-01
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
thesis.degree.departmentPsychology, Department of
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychology, Industrial and Organizational
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy

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