Wednesday, July 29, 2015

The Daily Stat from Harvard Business Review

July 29, 2015
 
 

The Lingering Effects of Recession-Related Workplace Changes


Job reorganizations undertaken by companies as a result of the Great Recession are associated with lower employee trust, which in turn is associated with lower workplace financial performance and labor productivity, according to a survey study of more than 1,000 UK workplaces by Sarah Brown and colleagues from the University of Sheffield. Specifically, job reorganization was associated with a 4 percentage point lower likelihood of employees’ strongly agreeing that managers treat workers fairly. 18% of employees reported that their work had been reorganized as a result of the recession.



 

 

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