Involuntary Job Loss: Institutional Interventions and a Research Agenda

This paper focuses on efforts by government, labor, management, and researchers to understand and address the problem of involuntary job loss. A review of the literature focusing on disruptions to psychological, physiological, and social functioning due to job loss is presented. Programs initiated to counteract either the levels or the adverse consequences of unemployment are reviewed. Several specific suggestions for research on involuntary job loss are discussed, as are the managerial implications of this research.