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Redundancy, Layoffs & PS

Tom Geraghty · Power, Individual & Wellbeing

Examines how redundancy and layoffs damage psychological safety — for those leaving and those remaining. Uses Stripe's handling vs Twitter's handling as contrasting case studies, and offers practical guidance on maintaining PS conditions when structural security cannot be promised.

Connected concepts (8)

• Working in Practice But Not in Theory: Theoretical Challenges of "High-Reliability Organizations" (paper)
• On the Receiving End: Sensemaking, Emotion, and Assessments of an Organizational Change Initiated by Others (paper)
• Watermelon Effect
• Barriers to PS
• Burnout & PS
• Employment Rights & PS
• Job Security & PS
• The Effects of Job Insecurity on Psychological Health and Withdrawal: A Longitudinal Study (paper)