When Management Lets Go

Jan Ch. Karlsson

Chapter 54 in Organizational Misbehaviour in the Workplace, 2012, pp 129-129 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract When workplaces are closed down, management often releases its grip on production, allowing productivity rise. Before the decision is definite, frustration, stress and anger prevail among the employees. Work motivation drops, as does productivity. Protests and resistance grow. But when it becomes clear that there will be a close-down, the trend reverses. The workers want to show management that it has made a great mistake and resistance ceases: they do not hold back on their labour power anymore and productivity starts to rise. This goes on for a while, but soon the workers find that this display of additional endeavour is of very little help. The close-down still stands.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230354630_54

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