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Examines how to successfully apply one theoretical model of
organizational development (OD) and organizational culture, the
cognitive model, through theoretically consistent, i.e. cognitive,
interventions to solve the organizational problem of downsizing. Reports
a case study on use of a variety of such interventions. Summarizes what
can be gained from such an approach. The cognitive model of OD as
schemata change found to be a viable and useful approach to
organizational downsizing.

Employing both large-scale surveys and in-depth interviews, the authors document the mental health effects on workers caused by the closure of four General Motor plants. They paint a portrait of how the social context in which these workers lived played a critical role in their experiences of unemployment or of keeping their jobs when others around them lost theirs. More than simply a study of unemployment and mental health, this book is also a story of coping and resilience

Unemployment caused fry plant closings continues to have a severe impact on automobile workers and their families. Specific findings from the first-year survey data of a longitudinal research project investigating this problem are discussed.