TY - JOUR
T1 - Discharges, Poor-Performer Quits, and Layoffs as Valued Exits
T2 - Is It Really Addition by Subtraction?
AU - Trevor, Charlie O.
AU - Piyanontalee, Rakoon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2020/1/21
Y1 - 2020/1/21
N2 - We contend that a variety of types of employee exits from the firm are presumed to be a net positive and are thus valued by management, resulting in a potentially important new way to think about these leavers. For each of three valued exit (VE) types (discharges, poor-performer quits, and layoffs) we examine incidence, construct similarities and differences, and antecedents. We also summarize and critique the literature on VE consequences for the organization. In doing so we discuss how an underlying tension must accompany the analysis of VEs. Specifically, the intuitive notion of addition by subtraction must be considered relative to important contextual considerations and to evidence that the operational disruption created by VE departures may at times mitigate or even outweigh the VE benefits. Underlying our analysis is the stipulation that the formal consideration of VEs is in its infancy and is thus laden with conceptual and methodological challenges that scholars must address if we are to benefit from this new approach to employee exits from the firm.
AB - We contend that a variety of types of employee exits from the firm are presumed to be a net positive and are thus valued by management, resulting in a potentially important new way to think about these leavers. For each of three valued exit (VE) types (discharges, poor-performer quits, and layoffs) we examine incidence, construct similarities and differences, and antecedents. We also summarize and critique the literature on VE consequences for the organization. In doing so we discuss how an underlying tension must accompany the analysis of VEs. Specifically, the intuitive notion of addition by subtraction must be considered relative to important contextual considerations and to evidence that the operational disruption created by VE departures may at times mitigate or even outweigh the VE benefits. Underlying our analysis is the stipulation that the formal consideration of VEs is in its infancy and is thus laden with conceptual and methodological challenges that scholars must address if we are to benefit from this new approach to employee exits from the firm.
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U2 - 10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-012119-045343
DO - 10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-012119-045343
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85078179081
SN - 2327-0608
VL - 7
SP - 181
EP - 211
JO - Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
JF - Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior
ER -