{"id":3325,"date":"2021-04-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indem.uc3m.es\/news\/research-analyses-workforce-reduction-policies-in-family-firms\/"},"modified":"2025-03-24T08:10:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T08:10:39","slug":"una-investigacin-analiza-las-polticas-de-reduccin-de-plantilla-en-las-empresas","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/indem.uc3m.es\/en\/news\/una-investigacin-analiza-las-polticas-de-reduccin-de-plantilla-en-las-empresas\/","title":{"rendered":"Research analyses workforce reduction policies in family firms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to the authors of this paper, recently published in the Journal of Family Business Strategy, workforce reduction is a key decision that transcends company boundaries and has profound social implications &#8220;Although job cuts affect any organization in a fundamental way, they may be even more importan in the case of family firms who are major global employers&#8221;, notes the study.The study was carried out on a sample of 4, 134 companies between 1993 and 2016. &#8220;Our results show that family business are more reluctant to reduce their number of employees&#8221;, states one of the researchers, Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 S\u00e1nchez-Bueno, associate professor at the UC3M&#8217;s Department of Business Administration and deputy director of the Institute for the Development of Enterprises and Markets (INDEM).Bibliography:\u00a0Cirillo, A. Mu\u00f1oz-Bull\u00f3n, F., S\u00e1nchez Bueno, M. J., Sciascia, S (2020). Employee downsizing and sales internationalization strategy in family firms. 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