Sources of decline, turnaround strategy and HR strategies and practices: The case of Iberia Airlines

This study investigates the coevolution of the sources of decline, the turnaround strategy and the human resource strategy (HRS) at Iberia Airlines, together with the influence of employee responses to these strategies. The analysis of several moments of organisational decline at Iberia, comparing m...

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Autores: Santana, Mónica, Valle Cabrera, Ramón, Galán González, José Luis
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/153195
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/153195
https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X18772356
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Economic crisis
Employment relation strategy
Human resource strategy
Iberia Airlines
Turnaround strategy
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Sumario:This study investigates the coevolution of the sources of decline, the turnaround strategy and the human resource strategy (HRS) at Iberia Airlines, together with the influence of employee responses to these strategies. The analysis of several moments of organisational decline at Iberia, comparing measures adopted in pre- and post-financial crisis periods, shows that, in a sector experiencing a fiercely competitive transformation that negatively affects established companies, the use of downsizing in an organisation with internal deficiencies may create further problems within the company, while an HRS based on flexibility-oriented practices and a fostering approach to strategic negotiations will improve the requisite recovery strategy.