Original paper

What drives Korean firms to downsize under the global financial crisis?

Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 171 - 185
Published: Apr 1, 2013
Abstract
Drawing upon the Korea Workplace Panel Survey (KWPS) data, this study examines how Korean firms responded to the global financial crisis (GFC), and in particular, what factors induced Korean firms to adopt downsizing actions. Analysis reveals that Korean firms are driven to implement downsizing due to experience with prior episodes of redundancy action, rather than due to economic considerations of business difficulties. The institutionalized...
Paper Details
Title
What drives Korean firms to downsize under the global financial crisis?
Published Date
Apr 1, 2013
Volume
19
Issue
2
Pages
171 - 185
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