The Voluntary Redundancy Option: Carrot or Stick?
研究了自愿裁员的本质，发现组织变革和金钱激励共同促使员工选择离职，虽然能缓和裁员过程，但会掩盖士气与忠诚度问题。
Voluntary redundancy is a relatively new form of retrenchment that has become a popular means of reducing workforce numbers in downsizing organizations. Voluntary redundancy involves the offer of a financial incentive to encourage employees to ‘volunteer’ for redundancy. Using the findings of a small study of individuals who had taken voluntary redundancy, this paper explores the voluntary nature of voluntary redundancy and suggests that both organizational change and the financial incentive are contributors to the redundancy decision. From an organizational perspective voluntary redundancy does appear to smooth the downsizing process but at the same time tends to mask underlying issues of morale and commitment.