Layoffs - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2014
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014

degrees, apprenticeships, and occupational learning. Faculty Books Own Your Future: How to Think Like an Entrepreneur and Thrive in an Unpredictable Economy by Paul B. Brown, Charles F. Kiefer, and Leonard A. Schlesinger (AMACOM) In a world of constant View Details

12 Dec 2018
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Lesson Plan

districts. Teacher layoffs were also on the table: The number, initially set at 89, was whittled down to 51; after months of debate and conflict with local teacher unions (there are two in Scranton), 16 teachers would be furloughed in... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Chris Sorensen

11 Jun 2021
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The Power of Resilience

losing a job, but it was now having this grief and uncertainty of where do you go from here? What that layoff allowed me to do is create space and time in my life for introspection that I hadn't carved out for myself before, and I... View Details

15 Dec 2015
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The Year in Ideas 2015

consequences for the company as well as the laid-off employees. Her research has found that poorly handled layoffs can result in a reduction in work quality, a slowdown in innovation, poor service to customers, damage to the company’s... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White

01 Feb 2002
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Redefining Success: Women & Work.

her community. New Priorities, New Skills Forced layoffs often cause women to reevaluate their priorities, and severance pay can ease the financial burden, allowing them time to figure out what they want to do. But even without such... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2009
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Cynthia Carroll

mainly in automobile catalytic converters), iron ore, coal, copper, nickel, zinc, and diamonds. Revenues in 2008 were $26 billion. At Anglo, despite a dividend cut and substantial layoffs prompted by the economic downturn and a collapse... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Management; Mining

01 Dec 1998
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Managing the Business of Life

Gwen Shuster-Haynes in 1988, a layoff from her job as a financial analyst at the United Bank of Denver had provided her with an unexpected opportunity to try out stay-at-home motherhood with her then 21-month-old daughter Alexandra and to... View Details

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