Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Outplacement'

The thesis is focused on introduction outplacement as one of the helpful instrument for company reducing its staff and characteristic important benefits for consumers. This knowledge was used as background for estimation and analysis of the outplacement program by the help of the empirical research and compared with a similar outplacement program in other company. The Questionnaire survey as part of my thesis was completed by former employees. Based on the results of the research and analysis I made the recommendations, whose aim is to be instructed other outplacement projects.

This thesis deals with the redundancy of employees and then providing outplacement services. The aim is to understand and analyze the services of outplacement provided by consulting organization Tres Consulting, Ltd. The work is divided into three parts. The first part describes the theoretical background to the planning of human resources, the possibility of redundancy and subsequent assistance to redundant employees. The second part consists of research of EQUAL association focused on knowledge of the concept outplacement in Prague and Usti nad Labem. The third part of the thesis is an interview at Tres consulting company. Topics are continually commented and evaluated during this interview.

Mestrado em Gestão de Recursos Humanos
O outplacement é uma técnica de gestão de recursos humanos que tem como intuito auxiliar o colaborador em transição na carreira a ultrapassar o trauma do despedimento e a encontrar uma nova colocação. O presente estudo tem como objectivo caracterizar o outplacement, descrever as suas novas tendências, e também comparar as suas práticas entre Portugal e o Reino Unido através de estudos de caso. Optou-se pela pesquisa qualitativa, devido ao seu carácter descritivo e exploratório. Os resultados evidenciam semelhanças e diferenças no que concerne as práticas do outplacement nos dois países. A composição dos programas de outplacement e uso de indicadores para a medição da sua eficácia, a abordagem directa ao cliente enquanto estratégia de marketing, a complexidade do perfil do consultor de outplacement e a relação de proximidade que se estabelece entre o mesmo e o candidato, bem como o incentivo a comunicação contínua, são práticas de outplacement comuns a Portugal e ao Reino Unido. Foi ainda possível constatar que as principais diferenças entre os dois países se relacionam com a duração dos programas, uso exclusivo da tecnologia, existência de um mercado mais competitivo no Reino Unido e consequente maior necessidade de diferenciação por parte das empresas britânicas. Por fim, concluiu-se que o principal desafio que as empresas de outplacement enfrentam nos dias de hoje consiste na necessidade de educar o mercado acerca do real valor desta prática, articulada às vantagens da consultoria one-to-one.
Outplacement is a human resource management practice which intends to assist employees in career transition to overcome the trauma of redundancy and find a new job. The present study aims to characterize outplacement, describe it?s new trends, and compare it?s practices between Portugal and the United Kingdom. Given the lack of in-depth knowledge on this subject in Portugal, it was resorted to qualitative research, due to its descriptive and exploratory nature. The method of investigation chosen was conducting case studies, related to companies analyzed in both countries. The results show similarities and differences concerning outplacement practices in both countries. The composition of outplacement programs and use of indicators to measure its effectiveness, the direct approach to customers as a marketing strategy, the outplacement consultant profile complexity and the close relationship established between consultant and candidate as well as encouraging continuous communication are common outplacement practices in Portugal and the United Kingdom. It was further established that the main differences between the two countries relate to program duration, exclusive use of the technology, the existence of a competitive market in the UK and consequently a greater need for differentiation by British companies. Finally, it is concluded that the main challenges that outplacement companies face nowadays is the need of educating the market about the real value of this practice, articulated to the benefits of one-to-one consulting.

Seminario para optar al grado de Ingeniero Comercial
Actualmente a las empresas se les están planteando numerosos desafíos, para optimizar sus recursos internos y para hacer frente a la gran recesión económica por la que esta pasando el país. Las empresas se han visto sometidas a situaciones de rápido desarrollo tecnológico, internacionalización de las economías, necesidad de competitividad creciente, introducción de Internet, procesos de fusiones y adquisiciones, aumento del proceso de outsourcing. Luego asociado a estos procesos de reestructuración, el empleo ha llegado a un punto crítico. Además hoy en día gran parte de la vida de una persona esta condicionada por el trabajo, este aporta tanto la estabilidad económica como social que necesita un individuo para alcanzar su autorrealización, por esto su perdida, sobre todo por causas ajenas a su voluntad, trae consigo graves consecuencias sobretodo emocionalmente, la persona sufre de ansiedad, estrés, fuerte daño a la autoestima, sentimientos de culpa, deterioro del autoconcepto, depresión, abandono y progresivamente patologías más severa, como alcoholismo u otro tipo de adicción a drogas, etc. Además de las consecuencias individuales que tiene el despido, también están las reacciones desfavorables al interior de la familia, tensiones, relaciones frías y distantes tanto con la pareja como con los niños, incluso pueden haber aun reacciones más extremas frente al despido tales como la agresión y el suicidio. La pérdida del trabajo es considerada por los especialistas como uno de los más fuertes y perturbadores eventos vitales (Life events).1 Además es importante destacar que el problema no es tan solo para los trabajadores despedidos, sino que también afecta el clima laboral de la empresa, los trabajadores que quedan sufren de ansiedad por no saber cual será su situación futura, esto lleva a una baja de productividad y al posible deterioro de la imagen de la organización. 1 Lopez- Mena, Luis; “La desvinculación Asistida (Outplacement) y la continuidad en el empleo”. Outplacement: Una alternativa para la Desvinculación Laboral. 5 A raíz de esto se han desarrollado nuevas estrategias de apoyo y orientación, con el fin de facilitar la búsqueda de nuevos empleos, reduciendo el periodo de desempleo que sufre la gente despedida. El progreso de estas estrategias, ha llevado a considerar la desvinculación o despido como parte de un ciclo profesional determinado por condiciones socioeconómicas más que un acto aislado. Este proceso de apoyo u orientación a recibido el nombre de “Outplacement”, que en castellano se suele conocer como Desvinculación y/o Desvinculación Programada o Asistida. Esta surge cuando una empresa decide rescindir la situación laboral que mantiene con un empleado y decide pagarle un programa específico diseñado para que logre reincorporarse lo más pronto posible al mundo laboral. Debido a estas situaciones me parece interesante estudiar más con detenimiento los aspectos relevantes del outplacement, y cual ha sido la evolución que ha tenido el proceso en nuestro país. El trabajo también aportara una visión general de las ventajas que tiene el outplacement, tanto para las personas que participan del programa como para las empresas que optan por contratar el servicio, y por lo tanto el porque puede llegar a ser una herramienta importante en la política de Recursos Humanos de cualquier empresa. Este trabajo esta dividido en seis partes, donde la primera nos muestra el contexto general del outplacement. En la segunda parte se explica todo lo relacionado al outplacement propiamente tal, es decir se explicara lo que es, sus principios, objetivos y etapas. En la tercera parte se explicaran las ventajas y desventajas, tanto para las empresas, como para las personas que optan por este servicio. En la cuarta parte se dará una visión general de cómo actúan las agencias de outplacement, cual es su participación y su visión. Outplacement: Una alternativa para la Desvinculación Laboral. 6 En la quinta parte, presenta las experiencias que parece importante estudiar en más profundidad, donde se plantean temas que no están muy claros, y por lo tanto es importante aclarar para que el conocimiento del tema sea más completo; dentro de los temas que se trataran en este punto están la relación entre la perdida de empleo y sus consecuencias y como ayuda el outplacement a las personas a sacar provecho de esta situación. Un segundo punto estudiado es la relación entre la política de desvinculación de una empresa y el beneficio que entrega el plan de desvinculación asistida, para la empresa y los trabajadores. El tercer punto se refiere al outplacement colectivo que en este momento esta tomando fuerza debido al aumento de los despidos sobretodo grupales. El ultimo punto que se analizará será los efectos de la economía en los “tiempos” del outplacement, es decir como afecta la recesión económica por la que atraviesa el país a los tiempos de reubicación, los niveles de ingreso, etc. Finalmente se presentarán las conclusiones del trabajo. La metodología del trabajo se divide en dos partes, la primera es un estudio de investigación cualitativa en que se analiza parte de la bibliografía existente con respecto al tema en sí y a las políticas de Recursos Humanos. La otra investigación que se utilizara será tanto cuantitativa y experiencial la que se obtendrá mediante la realización de encuestas.

The opportunity of no massified digital outplacement service for individuals currently offered in the market is receiving considerable additional attention due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This paper emphasizes on identifying and analyzing if the opportunity is relevant for the Peruvian market and, furthermore, establishes a concept for Bigmond to investigate if this opportunity is exploitable. Literature has shown that the labor market is experiencing a complete change because of digitalization. By conducting qualitative and quantitative analysis on existing practices in the outplacement industry worldwide, plus, by evaluating the potential of the target country and Bigmond through the PESTEL and AMOFHIT framework, dark areas of information on how to offer outplacement services properly have been illuminated. Research emphasizes the importance of the satisfaction of end-clients through personal decision-making, individualization and communication in the outplacement service. Additionally, outplacement agencies act as supportive bridge between employer and employee, especially in emergency situations, such as COVID-19. Hence, it is advisable to provide a differentiated service that, rather than offering the outplacement service itself, will allow individuals to connect with companies, mentors, and coaches during their journey of unemployment.
Bigmond es una firma de servicios profesionales ubicada en Lima, Perú. La especialidad de la empresa es la búsqueda de altos ejecutivos, la consultoría en recursos humanos y otros servicios complementarios. Por otro lado, Bigmond es una empresa que tiene la responsabilidad social entre sus prioridades, en especial la lucha contra la discriminación y desigualdad. Por tal motivo, el reciente incremento del desempleo es una situación que significa una oportunidad, no solo de incrementar la cartera de servicios de Bigmond, sino de tener un impacto importante en la sociedad peruana. Por ello, la empresa se ha propuesto innovar en el negocio de la recolocación de trabajadores, mejor conocido como outplacement. Con el objetivo de innovar en este servicio, se inició analizando los factores internos y externos de la empresa, para lo cual se utilizó la matriz de AMOFHIT y las cinco fuerzas de Porter. Luego de ello, se recabaron fuentes relacionadas al servicio de recolocación en general, al involucramiento de la digitalización en el empleo y a las mejores prácticas mundiales en la prestación de servicios de recolocación. El resultado de esta investigación fue la conclusión de que el servicio de recolocación no es diferente en esencia entre los distintos proveedores; sin embargo, no ha sido difundido masivamente entre los principales beneficiarios, que son las personas que buscan activamente un trabajo. Por ello, la propuesta del presente trabajo es generar un servicio de intermediación entre los individuos que buscan un trabajo, los proveedores del servicio y las empresas que buscan reclutar talento. El resultado esperado de esta implementación es que Bigmond ingrese al mercado de recolocación de personal en una posición de intermediario y con un servicio innovador que se enfoque en lo que la gente realmente espera de este servicio: conseguir un trabajo. Por ello, este proyecto ayuda a la realización de metas de Bigmond, tanto en el aspecto económico como en el aspecto social, que es una parte importante de su misión.

Hintergrund: Untersuchungen zum Zusammenhang von Arbeitslosigkeit und Gesundheit zeigen, dass sowohl eine erwartete als auch eine tatsächliche Arbeitslosigkeit insbesondere auf das psychische Befinden deutlich negative Auswirkungen hat. Metaanalysen kamen zu dem Ergebnis, dass bislang keine Gruppe von Personen gefunden wurde, die von diesen Belastungen durch Arbeitslosigkeit verschont bleibt. Die seelische Gesundheit hochrangiger Fach- und Führungskräfte, deren Arbeitsverhältnis sich in der Aufhebung befindet und die ein häufig vom Arbeitgeber finanziertes Outplacement erhalten, ist kaum erforscht. Ein Outplacement beinhaltet individuelle Unterstützungsleistungen in Form von Beratung, Training und Coaching im Zuge der beruflichen Neuorientierung. Fragestellung / Hypothese: In der vorliegenden Studie wurde untersucht, ob die vielfach veri-fizierte Kausalitätshypothese, wonach eine drohende oder faktische Arbeitslosigkeit zu ge-sundheitlichen Belastungsstörungen führt, auch für Personen zutrifft, die sich im Einzelout-placement befinden. Des Weiteren sollte erforscht werden, ob sich bei dieser Untersu-chungsgruppe bestimmte Merkmale identifizieren lassen, die als individuelle Resilienzfaktoren eine moderierende, protektive Wirkung für den Erhalt der psychischen und psychosomatischen Gesundheit in dieser beruflichen Übergangssituation (Transition) haben könnten. Material und Methode: Die 115 Fach- und Führungskräfte, die an der Studie teilnahmen, ließen sich drei Gruppen zuordnen: (G1) bei Antritt des Einzeloutplacements, (G2) während dessen, (G3) die berufliche Neuorientierung ist in Aussicht oder bereits erfolgt. Das Konstrukt Resilienz, hier definiert als „psychische Gesundheit“, wurde im Kontext eines Fragebogens operationalisiert, mit dem auch zahlreiche sozio-demografische Daten erhoben wurden. Der Fragebogen beinhaltete ökonomische, valide und reliable Screeninginstrumente, die aufgrund ihrer überzeugenden Gütekriterien wissenschaftlich anerkannt sind. Gemessen wurden u. a. das subjektive Wohlbefinden (WHO-Five), der psychische Beschwerdedruck (SCL-9) und das subjektive Erleben körperlicher Beschwerden (GBB-24). Zur Operationalisierung von Resilienzfaktoren wurden das NEO Persönlichkeitsinventar (NEO-PI-R), der Fragebogen zu Kompetenz- und Kontrollüberzeugungen (FKK) und die Oslo Social Support Scale (Oslo-3) eingesetzt. Ergebnisse: Der sozio-demografische und situative Rahmen der 115 Studienteilnehmer war u.a. dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass diese ein hohes Bildungsniveau (überzufällig mehr Akademiker) besaßen und verantwortungsvolle, hierarchisch übergeordnete berufliche Positionen innehatten (hohes Qualifikationsniveau). Als besser Verdienende verfügten sie über überdurchschnittliche finanzielle Mittel. Es zeigte sich, dass die Kausalitätshypothese nicht zutrifft. Die seelische und somatische Gesundheit der Outplacement-Klienten war im Querschnitt über Zeit stabil. Weniger als ein Viertel berichtete von einem schlechteren Wohlbefinden. Ansonsten waren ihre Gesund-heitsindikatoren überwiegend unauffällig. Das von ihnen wahrgenommene Interesse und die Anteilnahme anderer Menschen nahmen im Outplacement deutlich zu. Insgesamt bewerteten die Klienten ihre soziale Unterstützung nur in den wenigsten Fällen als gering ausgeprägt. Sie hatten nach ihrer Selbstbeschreibung u.a. niedrige Neurotizismuswerte und eine ausgeprägte Gewissenhaftigkeit. Des Weiteren attribuierten die Klienten sich ein hohes Selbstkonzept eigener Fähigkeiten und eine durchschnittliche bzw. hohe Selbstwirksamkeit. Auch waren ihre internalen Kontrollüberzeugungen ausgeprägt. In psychosomatischer Hinsicht korrelierte eine emotionale Labilität mit einer höheren Erschöpfungsneigung, verstärkten Magenbeschwerden, Herzbeschwerden und einem erhöhten allgemeinen körperlichen Beschwerdedruck. Zudem gingen hohe Neurotizismuswerte mit mehr Depressivität, mehr Ängsten, größerem globalem Distresserleben und einem geringeren Wohlbefinden einher. Ein positives Selbstkonzept eigener Fähigkeiten war verbunden mit weniger Depressivität, weniger Angst, weniger globalem Distress, einer geringeren Erschöpfungsneigung und einem geringeren Beschwerdedruck. Eine erhöhte Externalität in Kontrollüberzeugungen korrelierte positiv mit Depressivität, Ängstlichkeit, globalem Distress, Magenbeschwerden und Herzbeschwerden, was in plausibler Weise mit einem geringeren Wohlbefinden einherging. Klienten, die von ihrer Selbstwirksamkeit überzeugter waren, waren weniger durch Depressionen, Ängste, Distress und Erschöpfung belastet – sie fühlten sich wohler. Auf der bipolaren Skala Internalität versus Externalität korrelierte Internalität in generalisierten Kontrollüberzeugungen positiv mit seelischer Gesundheit und war verbunden mit einer geringeren Erschöpfungsneigung und einem geringeren somatischen Beschwerde-druck. Eine besonders ausgeprägte Vorhersagekraft für Resilienz hatten in Summe diejenigen Core Traits, die das Modell Core Self-Evaluations beinhaltet. Diese Core Traits wurden in der vorliegenden Studie als Resilienzfaktoren definiert (Selbstwertgefühl, Selbstwirksamkeit, Kontrollüberzeugung und Neurotizismus – mit den impliziten Resilienzfaktoren Positive Emotionen, Optimismus, Hoffnung). Der Resilienzfaktor soziale Unterstützung konnte bei positiver Ausprägung ein höheres Wohlbefinden, niedrige Depressivität und einen geringeren Distress vorher sagen. Schlussfolgerungen: Einige schützende Faktoren scheinen bei Outplacement-Klienten das Leid der Antizipation von Arbeitslosigkeit bzw. von bereits eingetretener Arbeitslosigkeit deutlich abzuwenden. Ausgestattet mit günstigen sozio-demografischen Merkmalen und im Kontext eines förderlichen situativen Umfeldes (Sozialer Konvoi) gelingt es den Klienten, adaptierende und zugleich zielführende Verhaltens- und Erlebensweisen im Hinblick auf die berufliche Änderungssituation und auf ihre Wiederbeschäftigung zu aktualisieren. Die diesen Verhaltens- und Erlebensweisen zugrunde liegenden Personenmerkmale sind für das emotions- und problemzentrierte Coping wahrscheinlich sehr dienlich und als individuelle Resilienzfaktoren seelischer Gesundheit im hier untersuchten situativen Kontext zu werten. Damit werden Handlungsansätze zur Gesundheitsförderung bekräftigt, die auf Aufbau und Stabilisierung von Resilienzfaktoren bei Menschen in beruflichen Änderungssituationen abzielen. Insgesamt dürften Erkenntnisse über Personenvariablen, die im Zuge beruflicher Transitionen eher immunisierend wirken, sowie Erkenntnisse über die situativen Bedingungen, die dieses befördern, für die inhaltliche Ausgestaltung präventiver und kurativer Programme auch für Personengruppen nützlich sein, die nicht das Privileg eines Einzeloutplacements erhalten
Background: Investigations into the relationship between unemployment and health shows that both an expected period of unemployment and an actual period of unemployment have an extremely negative impact, especially on mental health. Meta-analytic results have shown that to date no group of persons has been found that remains untouched by the stress of being unemployed. The mental health of top experts and managerial staff whose contracts are in the process of being cancelled (voluntarily or involuntary terminations), and who enter an outplacement program often financed by their employers, has hardly been examined. An outplacement program includes individual support in the form of consultation, training and coaching during the course of the professional transition. Questions/hypothesis: The present study examined whether the frequently verified hypothesis of causality, according to which an expected period of unemployment or a real period of unemployment leads to health complaints, also applies to persons who are in individual out-placement programs. Furthermore, it is to be investigated whether it is possible to identify certain features in this group that, as individual resiliency factors, have a moderating, protec-tive effect on the maintenance of mental and psychosomatic health during this period of vo-cational transition. Materials/method: The sample investigated consists of 115 experts and managerial staff. The study was narrowed down to three groups classified as follows: (G1) participants at the be-ginning of their individual outplacement, (G2) during the programme, (G3) the professional reorientation is well underway or is already complete. The construct “resilience”, defined here as “mental health”, was operationalized using a questionnaire, which was also used to collect a large number of socio-demographic parameters. The questionnaire included economic, valid and reliable screening instruments, which are scientifically recognised due to their convincing quality criteria. Measured, for example, were subjective well-being (WHO-Five), psychological complaints (SCL-9) and the subjective perception of physical ailments (GBB-24). To operationalize resiliency factors, the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R), the questionnaire of expectancies for control and competence beliefs (FKK) and the Oslo Social Support Scale (Oslo-3) were used. Results: Socio-demographic characteristics of the 115 study participants and their situational framework were characterised by a high level of education (non-random majority of college graduates) and held responsible positions at the upper levels of the professional hierarchy (highly qualified). Being high earners, they had above-average financial resources at their disposal. The results indicated that the hypothesis of causality did not apply. The mental and somatic health of the outplacement participants was, on average, stable over time. Less than a quarter reported a worse state of well-being. Otherwise, their health indicators were predominantly inconspicuous. The interest that they themselves perceived and the concern shown by others increased significantly during the outplacement. Overall, only in a few cases did the outplacement clients evaluate their social support as being limited. According to their self-evaluations, they had, inter alia, low levels of neuroticism and high levels of conscientiousness. Furthermore, the clients considered themselves to have a strong self-concept of their own abilities and an average and high level of self-efficacy. In addition, their internal control beliefs were pronounced. From a psychosomatic point of view, emotional lability correlated with a higher tendency to be exhausted, more frequent stomach problems, more frequent heart-related complaints as well as more somatic complaints pressure (GBB sum score). In addition, high scores in neuroticism were accompanied by depression and subjective global distress. A positive self-concept correlated with less depression, less anxiety, lower global distress, a distinct feeling of well-being, a lower level of exhaustion, fewer stomach problems and heart-related complaints, and thus overall a lower degree of physical complaints (sum score). A higher degree of externality in locus of control correlated positively with depression, global distress, stomach problems and heart-related complaints, and thus correlated in a plausible manner with a lower level of well-being. Clients who were convinced of their self-efficacy were less troubled by depression, anxiety and distress. They were more at ease, less exhausted, had fewer stomach and heart-related complaints, and in total fewer physical complaints. In sum, those core traits included in the core self-evaluation model had the best predictive power for resilience. In this study the core traits were defined as resiliency factors (self-esteem, self-efficacy, locus of control and neuroticism – with the implicit resiliency factors positive emotions, optimism, hope). A positive social support as a resiliency factor could predict a higher degree of well-being, a lower level of depression and a less distress. Conclusions: It appears that some factors protect outplacement clients from the negative effects of anticipated or actual unemployment. Equipped with favourable socio-demographic features and in the context of a positive social convoy during the job transition, the clients can successfully develop coping strategies in view of job change requirements and reemployment. The underlying personality traits of this behaviour are probably very useful when developing emotion- and problem-oriented coping strategies and could be evaluated as individual resiliency factors in the context examined. In this manner, approaches to health promotion are strengthened, which target the setting up and stabilisation of resiliency factors for persons in the professional transition phase. Knowledge about personality traits and situational conditions that have an immunizing effect during a period of professional change could be also useful for the contents of preventive and curative programs for groups of persons who do not enjoy the privilege of taking part in an individual outplacement

Uppsägningar och varsel hotar många människor vid nedskärningar i organisationer. Många arbetsgivare som tvingas säga upp sin personal vänder sig till outplacementföretag för att den uppsagde anställda ska få hjälp till nytt arbete. Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur omställningscoacher, på outplacementföretag, arbetar med personer i omställning och hur coacherna upplever detta samt att ta reda på innebörden av omställning/outplacement. En kvalitativ induktiv tematisk analys gjordes och resultatet baserades på halvstrukturerade intervjuer med åtta omställningscoacher på fyra olika konsultföretag. Resultatet beskriver hur coacherna upplever viktiga aspekter kring omställningsprocessen och vilka aktiviteter som ingår i ett outplacmentprogram. Exempelvis framgår det att coachen bör tydliggöra sin roll som karriärrådgivare så att klientens förväntningar är realistiska genom hela processen. Det är även viktigt att coachen kan visa empati, dock inte sympati, och att vara en god lyssnare.

Graduation thesis deals with the outsourcing of payroll accounting. The first part of graduation thesis provides the information about outsourcing as such, specifications of the basic terms, the historical development and the life cycle of outsourcing. The part about outsourcing of payroll accounting summarizes the advantages and disadvantages of using outsourcing from the client and provider perspective. A practical example compares the internal and external processing of payroll accounting.

Syftet med studien är att belysa upplevelsen av vilka faktorer som är av betydelse i en omställningsprocess ur jobbcoachers perspektiv. För att få ett svar på det användes kvalitativ metod vilka bestod av semistrukturerade djupintervjuer. Fyra jobbcoacher på fyra olika omställningsföretag har intervjuats. Deras arbete innebär att skapa målbilder, få syn på viktiga egenskaper och att identifiera hinder för att med hjälp av olika metoder och strategier komma runt dessa. Resultatet visade att marknadsföring, CV och intervjuträning inte bara var ett komplement utan bidrog dessutom till att deltagarnas självförtroende stärktes. Med hjälp av en ansökan med hög kvalitet, att söka ett fåtal arbeten som är relevanta och möjliga att få med tanke på individens situation, får man ett bättre resultat än när man sökt många arbeten utan relevans. Deltagarna återgick snabbt till ny sysselsättning genom att flexibla metoder och strategier individanpassades, vilket gav ett bra utfall.

Personalnedskärningar är ett resultat av det pågående oroliga arbetsmarknadsläget. Flera aktörer jobbar idag med servicetjänsten omställning vilket är en hjälp för arbetsgivare att hantera nedskärningar och övertalighet genom att få uppsagda medarbetare att komma vidare i ny sysselsättning. Trots en lågkonjunktur har omställningsarbetet visat på uppnådda lyckade resultat. Studien undersöker och sammanställer individers upplevelse av att genomgå ett omställningsprogram samt undersöker vilka faktorer som har betydelse för individers hantering av stressen i denna påfrestande arbetslivsrelaterad förändring. Tillämpningen av problemfokuserad coping undersöktes bland 71 deltagare som genomgått omställning i antingen kommunal eller privat sektor. Resultatet visade att deltagarna tillämpade problemfokuserad coping i relativt lika stor utsträckning oavsett yrkessektor. För den privata sektorn framstod slutligen ålder som mest betydelsefull copingprediktor, medan utbildningsnivå och selfefficacy hade störst betydelse för copingen bland deltagarna från kommunal sektor. Studien ger upphov till tankar om copingens roll i omställningsprocessen samt motiverar fortsatt forskning inom detta spännande arbetslivsområde

Competitive environment exacts from companies to be flexible; solving the redundancy becomes commonplace for them. This work has for object outplacement programs in two companies. Based on analysis of these programs there are defined principles for formation and realization of outplacement program in general.

Este estudio examina la influencia del outplacement, aplicado en la desvinculación de personal no calificado, sobre la reducción del síndrome del sobreviviente y el impacto que este genera en los costos de mano de obra, de una empresa de consumo masivo. Las investigaciones previas resaltan los beneficios de la implementación del outplacement en relación con la empresa y con los trabajadores que aún permanecen en ella, estas fueron identificados por Cavazos (2010) cómo, por ejemplo: mejoramiento del clima laboral y minimización de juicios laborales. El ausentismo, la eficiencia y las horas extras fueron utilizados en esta investigación, para predecir el comportamiento del outplacement con los costos de mano de obra. Se sometieron a prueba cuatro hipótesis: los resultados indican una correlación negativa entre la gestión del outplacement y los costos de mano de obra, vinculado directamente a la reducción de los impactos del síndrome del sobreviviente en donde se ve reflejado con el sentido de propiedad y de pertenencia que refleja el trabajador para y con la empresa. Asimismo, se presentaron correlaciones positivas significativas entre el ausentismo y las horas extras con el costo de la mano de la obra, demostradas con la reducción de ausencias y la reducción de las horas extras en las horas libres y el incremento de estas en días de descanso. También se descubrió la correlación negativa significativa entre la eficiencia global de equipos y los costos de mano de obra, qué pese a una reducción de personal, el funcionamiento de las máquinas se mantuvo dentro de los estándares mundiales, tal como lo muestra la figura 25. La muestra en análisis incluyo a 230 individuos y data histórica de 36 periodos continuos.
Tesis

This study traced the history of the outplacement industry from 1960 to 1997 through the stories of seven outplacement firms, the three organizations that emerged from the industry and the changes that occurred in the design and delivery of outplacement services. The history was studied in the context of the changes that occurred in the social and economic environment that formed the American workplace between 1960 and 1997 and the subsequent impact those changes had on corporations, their employees and the outplacement industry. Outplacement has its roots in the job search counseling service designed and delivered by Bernard Haldane following WW II to assist veterans with their reentry into the post war workplace. In the 1960s, entrepreneurs expanded Haldane's service to include consulting with corporate managers on how to terminate employees, remove them from corporate payrolls and support their job search efforts until they found new positions. They called this service outplacement. The primary data for this study came from personal interviews with industry founders, leaders and practitioners, the archives of the AOCFI, industry newsletters and published materials. The study traced the changes that occurred in the reasons corporations purchased outplacement services and the affect those changes had on the way corporations bought and distributed outplacement services for their terminated employees. The study traced modifications outplacement firms made to their services in response to corporate demands and the affect those changes had on the future of the industry. The study traced the evolution of outplacement services from a personal consulting service to a new curriculum of learning resources from which corporate buyers of outplacement services selected services to meet the diverse learning needs of terminated employees. The study traced the growth and decline of the industry, the subsequent impact on the industry's trade, professional member and certification organizations and the difficulties those organizations experienced as they attempted to respond to their members changing needs. This study traces a history of the industry from the collected stories of industry founders, leaders, practitioners and industry archives and relates those stories to the rise and decline of the outplacement industry.
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Three types of career transition, employment change, retrenchment and retirement and the perceived value of outplacement services, were investigated via surveys completed by 119 subjects who had experienced these respective events in the last eighteen months. A survey questionnaire and psychological test battery comprising the State-trait Anxiety Inventory (form - Y), Beck Depression Inventory (II) and Coopersmith Self-esteem Inventory, were used to gather data for this study. The results obtained were varied and emphasised the complex nature of this research topic. The results generally suggested that in all three types of career transition. (job change, retrenchment and retirement), time mediated reported levels of anxiety, depression and self-esteem in that it played a role in normalising psychological states. The effects of time were also evident in the tendency for subjects further from the transition event to report having been prepared for it as opposed to subjects who more recently experienced career transition who tended to report having been unprepared. This trend was observed across all three transition types and a significant difference was found between the post-event mean time elapsed of prepared and unprepared retired subjects. It was found that financial security mediated reported levels of anxiety, depression and self-esteem in all three subject-groups. Although there was little correlation between financial security and scores on depression and self-esteem for retired subjects, the similar trends across all three subject-groups suggest an actual generalisable effect across the three types of career transition. Financial security was not found to correspond with subjects’ voluntary or involuntary decision to change or leave employment, nor did the presence or absence of severance pay make a significant difference in financial security. No significant difference in the perceived fairness of the job separation process was found between retrenched subjects who had been provided with prior notice and retrenched subjects who had not been given prior notice. There was no significant difference in the psychological well-being of retrenched subjects who were subsequently re-employed and retrenched subjects who remained unemployed. However, unemployed retired subjects reported significantly lower depression scores than re-employed retirees. For both retrenched and retired subjects, there were inconsistent findings in the test battery scores of subjects who attended outplacement services and subjects who had not attended outplacement services. For retrenched subjects who had attended outplacement, no difference was found between the test battery scores of re-employed and subjects who remained unemployed. For retired subjects who attended outplacement, subjects who remained unemployed reported significantly lower depression scores than subjects who returned to employment. The results obtained for comparative test battery scores for retrenched and retired subjects across outplacement options attended are varied. Subjects appeared to select outplacement options which facilitated financial security, income options and re-employment prospects. In spite of the finding that some options were strongly related to greater psychological well-being than others, the results pertaining to the subjects’ choices and self-reports on anxiety, depression and self-esteem were varied and require careful further investigation.

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Trata da análise da carreira e mobilidade de executivos no Brasil, a partir de uma pesquisa empírica entre 222 casos de executivos demitidos, em processo de 'outplacement', Aborda a questão de carreira e mobilidade sob seus pressupostos culturais, psicológicos e sociológicos, buscando. revelar uma 'ideologia de mobilidade e sucesso' nas organizações. Testa um grupo de hipóteses concebidas do senso comum sobre o assunto, englobando variáveis de carreira, mobilidade, não mobilidade ('estagnação'), demissão e 'outplacement' dos executivos. Sugere relações não conhecidas entre as variáveis, Propõe novas questões e hipóteses para teste futuro e investigações suplementares no campo

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Before demands from organizational restructures, though of fusion, acquisition, privatization or any another form of organizational reconfiguration join the downsizing process, the lay-off, generally in mass, established presence in every organizational environment. Not obstante this situation, several other factors that progressive support of the job in front to that hard situation for worked society, the present research approaches the question of responsible lay-offs, an enterprise action innovator based in French model obligatory called social plan of driving of dismissed professionals, providing them, through specialized programs of accompaniment the dismissed, the necessary support for acquisition of the new proposal of job and income, in service for present conception of the corporate social responsibility in the Brazilian setting. Among the new alternatives of labors to the egresses stand out the possibility of the entrepreneurship, cooperative work and autonomy are distinguished it as alternatives forms to the paradigm job. The objective this research is to add information to the study of the subject in epigraph reinforcing your relevance with the world trend of unemployment, reinforce the private participation in the driving of social problems. Towards the execution this explorer study, based on bibliography research, relative to the themes in question, case studies about some real experiences adopted recently for reorganized companies, approaching its contexts in the occasion. Beyond one it searches for checking the outplaced in social lay-off perceives its new situation of work with relation to the previous one. The results of this work point to the positives aspect of the companies to adopt this type of procedure in its practical of collective lay-offs.
Diante das permanentes demandas de reestrutura??es organizacionais, sejam por processos de fus?o, aquisi??o, privatiza??o ou qualquer outra forma de reconfigura??o organizacional ligada aos processos de downsizing, a demiss?o, geralmente massiva, estabeleceu onipresen?a no ambiente organizacional. N?o obstante a esta situa??o, encontram-se diversos outros fatores que alimentam progressivamente a precariza??o e escassez do emprego. Frente a esta dura realidade para a sociedade trabalhadora, o presente trabalho aborda a quest?o das demiss?es respons?veis, uma pr?tica empresarial inovadora, baseada no modelo compuls?rio franc?s denominado Plano Social, de condu??o dos profissionais demitidos, proporcionando-lhes, atrav?s de programas especializados de acompanhamento ao demitido, o suporte necess?rio para aquisi??o de novas possibilidades de trabalho e renda, em atendimento ? concep??o vigente dos princ?pios de responsabilidade social empresarial no cen?rio brasileiro. Dentre as novas alternativas de frentes de trabalho aos egressos destes programas destacam-se a possibilidade de empreendedorismo, trabalhos cooperativados e aut?nomos etc. como formas alternativas ao paradigma emprego. Objetiva-se com este trabalho agregar informa??es ao estudo do tema em ep?grafe refor?ando a sua pertin?ncia com a tend?ncia mundial de desemprego, despertando a participa??o privada na condu??o dos problemas sociais. Para a realiza??o deste estudo explorat?rio, utilizou-se uma pesquisa bibliogr?fica relativa aos temas em quest?o, bem como se fez uso de algumas experi?ncias reais adotadas recentemente por empresas reestruturadas, abordando-se seus contextos na ocasi?o de implanta??o do processo de demiss?o, resultados obtidos com os demitidos e suas conseq??ncias para os mesmos. Al?m de uma pesquisa voltada a verificar como o ex-empregado afetado por um processo de demiss?o respons?vel percebe sua nova situa??o de trabalho com rela??o ? anterior. Os resultados deste trabalho apontam para uma viabilidade de as empresas adotarem mais este tipo de procedimento em suas condu??es de demiss?es coletivas, uma vez que esta pr?tica socialmente respons?vel, mas acima de tudo, estrat?gica, afeta positivamente profissionais, empresa e sociedade, ao minimizar os diversos impactos a todos os atores sociais envolvidos direta e indiretamente no processo.

Aline Bingen a fait le pari de tenter de comprendre ce que c’est que de perdre son emploi à la suite de restructurations ou de fermetures, en étudiant des cellules de reconversion, les mesures d’accompagnement des salariés licenciés, et en s’intéressant aux trajectoires sociales et professionnelles d’une vingtaine d’entre eux.

La question qui la préoccupe est notamment celle du devenir des collectifs. Question très pertinente quand on sait à quel point les collectifs de salariés jouent un rôle décisif non seulement pour l’élaboration de savoirs pratiques constitutifs du travail réel (par opposition au travail prescrit), mais aussi pour donner du sens au travail, lui redonner de la dignité et apprivoiser les pénibilités liées aux conditions dans lesquelles il se déroule. Les collectifs gèrent à leur façon le mal-être au travail et l’interprètent à travers le prisme d’une morale et de valeurs en lien avec les enjeux économiques et politiques de la société.

La perte d’emploi, la nécessité de se former pour retrouver du travail précipite les salariés dans une situation particulièrement périlleuse pour eux, précisément parce qu’ils sont confrontés de façon personnalisée, hors de tout collectif, à l’épreuve du reclassement.

Comment cela se joue-t-il concrètement ?C’est ce que Aline Bingen cherche à analyser dans sa thèse à partir d’observations et d’entretiens approfondis. Du moins dans la deuxième partie de sa thèse, car elle consacre la première à un retour sur les politiques publiques au niveau fédéral, pour identifier les empreintes de « l’Etat social actif » depuis les années 60 en matière d’accompagnement des licenciements collectifs, et plus particulièrement en région wallonne depuis les années 70.

Dans cette première partie, on peut féliciter l’auteure pour l’ampleur de ses recherches et sa volonté d’exhaustivité. Il y a là un travail dont on peut penser qu’il sera fort utile pour tous ceux qui sont intéressés par cette question du rôle de pouvoirs publics dans la gestion des reconversions des fermetures et des licenciements collectifs. On découvre la tendance inexorable vers plus d’individualisation et de mise sous condition de l’accès aux droits sociaux.

La deuxième partie quant à elle révèle les qualités d’Aline Bingen en tant que chercheure de terrain, son respect des personnes interviewées, la qualité de son écoute, la finesse de ses interprétations, la confiance qu’elle obtient des ces personnes pourtant en situation difficile. Les larges extraits qu’elle offre au lecteur, et qui témoignent de sa volonté de ne pas imposer d’analyses trop abruptes et rapides, sont absolument passionnants. Ils permettent d’avancer dans la compréhension des enjeux, des difficultés, des épreuves qui scandent le parcours de ces travailleurs licenciés et aux prises avec les dispositifs institutionnels de reclassement mais aussi des ressources de différentes natures dont ils disposent et parmi lesquelles figurent notamment les délégués syndicaux. Mais ils permettent aussi en contrepoint de comprendre ce qui faisait que ces travailleurs tenaient à leur travail et tenaient au travail. De comprendre l’importance des règles du jeu qui les liaient à leur entreprise, à leur employeur et qui volent en éclat au moment où il s’agit de préparer les licenciements. Une fois dehors de l’entreprise à la suite d’événements qui les renvoient à leur situation de salariés liés par le seul biais d’un contrat salarial de subordination juridique, l’idée d’un retour dans une entreprise de même nature leur paraît insoutenable.

Cette deuxième partie riche, originale et dense, fait un pendant particulièrement efficace à la première qui est de nature plus abstraite et plus informative. Ensemble, elles construisent un parcours de recherche qui témoignent des qualités de chercheure d’Aline Bingen.
Doctorat en Sciences politiques et sociales
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Pontif?cia Universidade Cat?lica de Campinas
The literature about labor market comprehends increasingly the concern about the well-being of company s professional. Also is increasing the study about the wealth of people who are available to work, in other words, who are unemployed. The business world develops a demand that requires the capacity to adapt even faster and in a distinguished way. A great deal of psychological disturbs have an important component about the difficulties on communication and personal relationships. This research aimed to identify, describe and relate stress, social skills and personal differences in men who are in process of professional outplacement to a manager position. The sample included fifteen men between 35 and 55 years old, that were entailed with the outplacement service (career counseling) of two different human resources consultancy placed in Curitiba-PR. The instruments apllied were the Inventory of Stress Symptoms from Lipp (ISSL), Inventory of Social Skills from A. Del Prette and Z. Del Prette and a customized Identification Questionnaire especially developed for this job. The main results were: 1) The longer it takes in search for employment, the worse is the perception of social skills; 2) The younger is the professional, the worse is the perception about his own social skills; 3) The higher is the payment, the better is the avaliation of social skills. It was noticed that the men understand the conceptc of social skills as a synonym for a "good network". The conclusion was that the individuals use strategies focused on problem solving for outplacement, emphasizing the importance of the networking and the cognitive aspects (recycling or updating training and language courses, for example). They rarely pay attention to the general health and the social skills as a whole. When the individuals understand their performance, the context and the strategies of coping for stress management and of development of social skills, they will go through this transition with a better quality of life.
A literatura sobre o mercado de trabalho aborda cada vez mais a preocupa??o com o bem-estar dos profissionais nas organiza??es. Tamb?m est? crescente o estudo sobre a sa?de dos indiv?duos dispon?veis para o mercado de trabalho, isto ?, desempregados. O mundo corporativo cria demandas que exigem das pessoas uma capacidade de adapta??o cada vez mais ?gil e diferenciada. Grande parte dos transtornos psicol?gicos tem um importante componente na dificuldade de comunica??o e nas rela??es interpessoais. O presente estudo buscou identificar, descrever e relacionar stress, habilidades sociais e vari?veis pessoais em homens em processo de recoloca??o profissional para cargos de ger?ncia. A amostra incluiu quinze sujeitos entre 35 e 55 anos de idade, que se encontravam vinculados ao servi?o de outplacement (aconselhamento de carreira) de duas consultorias de recursos humanos localizadas em Curitiba-PR. Os instrumentos aplicados foram o Invent?rio de Sintomas de Stress de Lipp (ISSL), o Invent?rio de Habilidades Sociais (IHS), de A. Del Prette e Z. Del Prette, e o Question?rio de identifica??o elaborado para esta pesquisa. Os principais resultados encontrados mostraram que: 1) Quanto mais tempo de busca de emprego, pior ? a percep??o das habilidades sociais; 2) Quanto mais novo o profissional, pior a avalia??o que ele faz de suas habilidades sociais; 3) Quanto maior a remunera??o, melhor ? avalia??o das habilidades sociais. Foi percebido que os sujeitos usam o conceito de habilidades sociais como sin?nimo de um bom network . Concluiu-se que os sujeitos utilizam estrat?gias focadas na resolu??o do problema para a recoloca??o profissional, enfatizando a import?ncia da rede social e dos aspectos cognitivos (cursos de atualiza??o e idiomas, por exemplo), muitas vezes n?o cuidando da sa?de de forma integral. Acredita-se que com maior clareza de seu funcionamento, do contexto e de estrat?gias de controle do stress e de desenvolvimento das habilidades sociais, os indiv?duos passar?o por esta fase de transi??o com maior qualidade de vida.

This Master's thesis deals with an analysis and subsequent comparison of outplacement tools used in Czech company with thouse which are applied in international organization. Analysis has been conducted in a Czech company První novinová společnost a.s. and in an international company Unilever. Apart from analysing outplacement tools the thesis also looks at the approach of both organizations toward outplacement.

Tato diplomová práce pojednává o problematice propouštění a službě outplacementu, která je poskytována uvolňovaným pracovníkům. Kořeny outplacementu nalezneme ve Spojených státech amerických. Z programů pro veterány, usnadňujících jim návrat do civilního života, se postupně vyvinuly komerční služby, poskytované zpočátku vrcholovým manažerům, kteří přišli o zaměstnání, a později i dalším propuštěným pracovníkům z různých úrovní řízení. K největšímu rozšíření služeb pro propuštěné v Evropě došlo v 60. - 70. letech 20. století v souvislosti s ekonomickým vývojem.

The aim of this thesis is to describe the process of outplacement and its impact on redundancies. The first chapters are devoted to the dismissal of employees, their consequences and corporate social responsibility. The next part is devoted to defining the concept of outplacement, its history, content, form and process. The last and main part of this thesis deals with the psychological aspects of layoffs and outplacement and their connection with psychological counseling. The empirical part focuses on the contribution of individual outplacement for redundant employees and evaluate its effect on the mental state of these employees during and at the end of outplacement project. Key words Outplacement, redundancies, dismissals consequences, psychological aspects of redundancy and outplacement, corporate social responsibility

A consultoria em outplacement procura oferecer uma resposta à tensão criada pela necessidade de flexibilidade numérica face às consequências negativas que importa para a dimensão social. Este serviço ancora fortemente em profissionais altamente qualificados que exercem a função de consultores. A sua actividade é crucial para a eficácia de toda a estrutura organizacional mas há uma grande escassez de estudos que caracterizem os consultores. Este estudo procura contribuir para colmatar esta lacuna. Para o efeito foram realizadas 12 entrevistas em profundidade a consultores com o propósito de caracterizar o perfil do consultor de outplacement partindo de uma matriz abrangente que agrega o modelo arquitectónico de Roe (2002) com o modelo de conteúdo da O*Net (2007). A análise de conteúdo permitiu identificar agregados de KSAs, APOs e papéis associados a famílias de competências, nomeadamente às técnico-funcionais e às sociais. Os resultados são discutidos à luz da teoria procurando a articulação lógica entre estas componentes.
Outplacement consultancy intends to offer an effective solution to the tension created by the need to be numerically flexible while countering the negative effects it brings to the social domain. This service is strongly anchored on highly qualified professionals that exert their action as consultants. Their activity is essential to the effectiveness of the entire organizational structure however there is a striking lack of studies that characterize these consultants. This study intends to contribute to close this gap. In order to achieve this, we have conducted 12 in-depth interviews with consultants with the purpose of profiling the outplacement consultant departing from a comprehensive matrix that brings together the Roe’s (2002) architectonic model with O*Net (2007) content model. The content analysis showed clusters of KSAs and APOs as well as roles linked to families of competencies, namely the technical-functional and the social ones. Results are discussed at the light of theory striving to offer a logical articulation between all these components.

Projeto
Procurou-se construir uma teoria sobre o outplacement em Portugal. Os participantes são uma empresa de outplacement e cinco gestores de recursos humanos. Os gestores de recursos humanos representam duas empresas multinacionais e duas grandes empresas nacionais e o outro gestor de recursos humanos é consultor. Os dados foram recolhidos através de entrevistas semiestruturadas e analisadas segundo o método da GroundedTheory. O serviço de outplacement é ainda pouco utilizado em Portugal, principalmente devido ao reduzido conhecimento existente relativo ao serviço, bem como devido à forma como este é apresentado ao mercado. A forma como o serviço é realizado, e por que empresa é realizado, condiciona tanto a participação dos colaboradores despedidos no processo, como também a forma como a empresa cliente define o serviço. A proximidade estabelecida entre a empresa de outplacement e empresa cliente e colaborador, é condição direta para uma participação e utilização positivas do serviço, pelas empresas e colaboradores despedidos.
It was tried to built a theory about outplacement in Portugal. The participants are an outplacement firm and five human resource managers. The human resource managers represent two multinational companies and two major national companies and the other human resource manager is a consultant. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews and analysed according to the “Grounded Theory” method. The outplacement service is still not much used in Portugal, mainly due to limited knowledge about the service, as well as because of the way it is presented to the market. The way the service is performed, and that business is conducted, determines both the participation of employees laid off in the process, but also how the costumer company defines the service. The proximity established between the outplacement firm, the client company and the employee, is direct condition for a positive participation e use of the service by the companies and the employees laid off.

O projecto pretende criar um programa de outplacement para PMEs com recurso à literatura existente mas tendo também atenção às condicionantes que o mercado português apresenta, nomeadamente de um tecido empresarial focado nas pequenas e médias empresas, muitas vezes sem capital suficiente para aplicar, até hoje, um programa de outplacement. Para testar a validade do programa criado, o mesmo foi implementado com uma duração de cinco meses com custos de concepção elevados mas de execução reduzidos. Com base em doze entrevistas a indivíduos na situação de desemprego, de entre eles os candidatos em processo de outplacement, pretendeu-se assim avaliar se os candidatos em processo de outplacement estariam, no final do programa, numa situação privilegiada face aos restantes. Os candidatos – quando comparados com os restantes entrevistados – mostram, após o processo de outplacement, encontrarem-se melhor posicionados face às possibilidades existentes no mercado, aparentam ter avaliado as suas competências e opções de carreira, definiram melhor o tipo de emprego e de empresas em que gostariam de trabalhar e finalmente revelam-se detentores de um nível de auto-eficácia mais elevada na procura de emprego. Conclui-se também que a procura de emprego é realizada, no caso dos candidatos em processo de outplacement com preparação e metodologia enquanto que, por outro lado, a maioria dos restantes entrevistados evidenciam défices na abordagem ao mercado de trabalho, não tendo na maioria das vezes qualquer planeamento.
The project aims at creating an outplacement program for small and medium-sized companies (PMEs) using the existing literature but also taking into account the conditions that the Portuguese market presents, namely a business environment focused on small and medium-sized companies, often without enough budget to invest on an outplacement program. To test its validity, the created program, was implemented through a five-month period with high conception costs, but low execution costs. Based on twelve interviews with unemployment individuals, including candidates in outplacement processes, the program was thus intended to assess whether, in the end, these candidates would be in a privileged position compared to others. After the outplacement process, when compared to the interviewed individuals, candidates find themselves better positioned to face the possibilities available in the market, appear to have assessed their skills and career options, show ability to better define the type of job and the organizations they would like to work in and finally reveal a higher level of selfefficacy when searching for a job. We have also concluded that candidates in outplacement processes prepare their job search with method, while the majority of the other interviewed individuals show approach deficits and most of the times have no planning.

The diploma thesis deals with the using of outplacement by companies, that are headquartered in the South Moravian Region. The main objective of the thesis is to find out what is the extent of using the service by the companies. Another objective is to discover reasons why companies don’t use this service. In the thesis, there is also found out what are working population’s preferences in outplacement. Within the diploma thesis, there were executed two questionnaire surveys – the first one among companies, the second one among working population. Data obtained from these surveys were statistically evaluated. There were determined main problem areas, based on the results of the surveys. Then, there were made recommendations for South Moravian companies.

In spite of the existing literature on this topic, the role that outplacement counseling performs within job search process is still unknown, namely regarding the effect it has on the psychological processes that precede job search behaviours. This study aims to analyze the relationship between some emotion-linked variables within the process of finding a new job by offering a comparison between unemployed individuals that had formal outplacement support versus no structured support. Results suggest a partial moderating effect of outplacement, once it interacts with some relationships in the overall research model. Psychological capital was found to be an inert variable; anxiety and depression were found to be related with emotional regulation variables and, in outplacement model, cognitive reappraisal was found to positively related with anxiety that, in turn, positively act on job search behaviours. Self-efficacy was the foremost predictor of job search as well as a mediator of psychological capital and, only in non-outplacement group, of depression’s relationship with job search behaviours. The contributions of these results for human resources professionals and outplacement counselors are discussed and supported with suggestions for future research.
Apesar da literatura existente sobre este tópico, o papel que o Outplacement realiza no âmbito do processo de procura de emprego permanece desconhecido, nomeadamente no que concerne ao efeito que este tem nos processos psicológicos que precedem comportamentos de procura de emprego. Este estudo pretende analisar a relação entre certas variáveis emocionais dentro do processo de encontrar um novo trabalho, oferecendo, para tal, uma comparação entre indivíduos desempregados que tiveram apoio formal de Outplacement versus sem apoio estruturado. Resultados sugerem um efeito de moderação parcial do outplacement, uma vez que este interage com algumas relações no nosso modelo geral de investigação. O capital psicológico revelou ser uma variável inerte; ansiedade e depressão demonstraram estar relacionadas com as variáveis de regulação emocional e, no modelo de outplacement, a reavaliação cognitiva relacionou-se positivamente com ansiedade que, por seu turno, actuou positivamente nos comportamentos de procura de emprego. Autoeficácia foi o preditor mais importante da procura de emprego, bem como mediador da relação entre capital psicológico e, apenas no grupo não-outplacement, da depressão com os comportamentos de procura de emprego. Os contributos destes resultados para profissionais de recursos humanos e consultores de outplacement são discutidos e suportados com sugestões para investigação futura.

Outplacement consulting (OPC) is a multi-million dollar business about which little is known with respect to its effectiveness and whether it is meeting the needs of either its corporate or individual clients. This study attempted to shed light on whether the services currently being offered by OPC firms are meeting the needs of individual clients by using Flanagan's (1954) critical incident analysis methodology. Fifteen individuals who had received OPC services within the last five years were asked open-ended questions during in-person interviews to find out what services were helpful and not helpful, and whether there were services they would like to have received but did not (wish list items). The interviews produced 712 critical incidents and wish list items that were then placed into 16 categories: (1) OPC representative activities/actions; (2) job search skills training; (3) assessments; (4) OPC program elements and design; (5) reference materials; (6) OPC representative traits and characteristics; (7) access to offices, supplies and equipment; (8) secretarial/administrative services; (9) relationship with OPC representative; (10) OPC office environment and location; (11) tailored/flexible services; (12) more structured/hands-on services; (13) counselling skills/services; (14) group work; (15) closure/follow-up at the end of OPC; and (16) technical skills assessment and upgrading. A variety of methods were utilized to validate the categories, including participants' crosschecking, independent rater, exhaustiveness, expert opinions, participation rate, and theoretical agreement. Two major results of this study are its support of Wooten's (1996) research and the apparent gap that emerged between current OPC services that are being delivered and the services individual clients would find helpful. This latter result was evidenced by the six new categories that emerged from the wish list items: (a) a desire for more tailored, flexible services; (b) a greater focus on providing counselling services; (c) a need for more structured, hands-on services; (d) more group work; (e) some formal closure or follow-up at the end of the OPC program; and (f) technical skills assessment and upgrading. Implications for OPC clients (both corporate and individual), practitioners, and future research are discussed against the backdrop of OPC's historical and operating contexts.

Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment for the degree of Master of Arts (Industrial Psychology) Johannesburg 1995
The present research investigates the experience of involuntary job loss in a sample of white-collar workers. In addition, their perceptions of', and attitudes towards a preventive intervention, namely, outplacement, is explored. A review of the current literature on job loss and secondary formal interventions is discussed, which provides the basis for the present study. Findings support previous research, in addition to raising certain issues and providing suggestions which result in an expansion of present knowledge with regard to Outplacement.
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Dissertação de mestrado em Gestão de Recursos Humanos e Análise Organizacional, Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa, 2015
Exame público realizado em 15 de Julho de 2015
O presente estudo tem como objetivo averiguar em que medida as Forças Armadas são socialmente responsáveis na aplicação e cumprimento de todas as modalidades do Regulamento de Incentivos e de que forma apoiam a inserção dos ex-militares mercado de trabalho (Outplacement). Participaram neste estudo 170 ex-militares que prestaram serviço militar em Regime de Contrato e Regime de Voluntariado com idades compreendidas entre os 22 e os 44 anos e 5 chefias. Os dados foram recolhidos através de entrevistas semiestruturadas e do Questionário de Responsabilidade Social e Outplacement nas Forças Armadas. Os resultados obtidos permitem-nos constatar que os ex-militares se encontram satisfeitos com as Forças Armadas e consideram a instituição socialmente responsável, pois promove e cumpre todas as modalidades estipuladas no Regulamento de Incentivos.

碩士
國立政治大學
勞工研究所
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The main purpose of this thesis is to summarize the event of highway tollbooth collectors’ struggle, understand their appeal and the response of the relevant government units, and then clarify the real cause of the dispute, and, accordingly to examine the collectors’ protest behavior and the reasonableness of the content of the claim. Through literature review and study of official documents, this paper considers that the reasons for the dispute are: (1)the existing domestic laws and regulations on the protection of labor rights and interests in the event of business changes are not extensive, (2)the provisions on employment placement in the contract between the Gaogong Bureau and the Yuantong Corporation are not clear enough, and (3) the participation of national highway toll payers in the decision-making process of electronic state road charges is insufficient. Based on the above edified reasons for the dispute, this paper proposes four policy recommendations: (1) to do assessment carefully of the impact on employees’ rights and interests and their reaction before the transfer of undertaking, (2) planning clear and feasible employment placement proposals, (3) strengthening the participation of employees in the decision of the transfer of undertaking and the subsequent employment placement proposals,(4 ) to amend the relevant laws in Taiwan for improving the safeguarding of employees’ rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, including the transfer of labor contract . In addition, this paper holds that although the dismissal of highway tollbooth collectors and the subsequent placement of employment are in line with the existing law, this legality can only provide protection of the property rights of state-owned toll payers, that is, they can receive payment, but they cannot guarantee their right to work. Since most collectors are far below retirement age, they are most looking forward to the right to work. In this regard, its protest behavior and the content of the appeal, although it exceeds the existing domestic laws and regulations, but has its rationality.

This diploma thesis discusses the process of employee termination in corporate organizations, with special focus on the socio-psychological aspects of such actions from the point of view of all relevant parties (stakeholders). Firstly, it highlights the positive role of work in the life of a human being, and how its absence negatively demonstrates itself after the loss of employment. Secondly, the thesis evaluates specific methods of employee termination, their implementation, and identifies the role of HR specialists during the termination process with special attention to the ethical aspects. Thirdly, the consequences of layoffs are analyzed on several levels: with regard to the individuals affected by termination process, organizations that are laying off and the government. Subsequently, to identify recommendations, which would mitigate the negative consequences of such actions, the thesis explores potential solutions in the government employment policies and outplacement programs within the corporations. As part of corporate social responsibility it links the problem of termination with the reputation of the organization as a valuable and attractive employer on the market. Lastly, in two case studies, attention is also brought to the perception of the layoff process by concrete laid off...