Exploring the link between restructuring and employee well-being

Abstract

Restructuring is a permanent feature in our economy. Anyone working in the current job market will sooner or later experience restructuring in some form. We know that restructuring can have a profound effect on the psychological health and well-being of employees. It is therefore important to have more insight into the relationship between resructuring and psychological health and well-being of employees. We not only need to have insight into what the effects are, we also need to know how employees’ well-being is affected. What are the pathways through which restructuring affects well-being and what are the factors that influence the relationship between restructuring and well-being? This is important because once we know this, it will be possible to define effective preventive actions and interventions to minimise the negative effects of restructuring and foster the positive effects. Furthermore, it will also be possible to define parameters to monitor restructuring processes.