Coping with transition: A study of layoff survivors
研究了电信行业工会技术工人在永久裁员后的应对方式，发现乐观和掌控感强的人更倾向控制导向应对，而控制应对带来积极结果、逃避应对带来消极结果。
Abstract This study examined the determinants and consequences of survivors' coping responses to a recent workforce reduction involving permanent layoffs. The participants consisted of 200 unionized technicians in the telecommunications industry. Survivors with high optimistic predispositions and a strong sense of mastery were more likely to engage in control‐oriented coping. Perceived threat of job loss was positively related to the use of both control and escape coping whereas sense of powerlessness was negatively related to the use of control coping. Control coping was associated with positive outcomes and escape coping with negative outcomes. Coping had both additive and interactive effects on the outcome variables. The implications of these findings for management are discussed.