HR strives in a challenging environment. Downsizing. Evidence from the International Public Organizations area

Abstract

The present paper presents new and unexpected movements in the international organization's labor market under the pressure of budget cuts. It focuses on the administration field of work, emphasizing on staff resizing and the associated stress for the personnel under the effects of automation and ultimately the effects of a new reality. A brief analysis of the staff downsizing processes and effects in large public organizations highlighting the difficulties and the stress, along with productivity changes, is performed. The research is empirical but led by factual observations and data on institutional strain prompted by a change in large public organizations. It stays mainly onto the HR input as both promoter and dissuader of the process, while wider organizational implications are being conveyed as part of the equation.