Personal Consequences of Plant Closings: A Model and Preliminary Test

Abstract

A model is proposed that specifies affective responses to plant closings. Measures of all constructs in the model were obtained from 60 workers displaced by a plant closing. Path analysis was used to examine the model's linkages. The path model provided a reasonably good fit of the data, thus supporting the hypothesized model. Limitations of the study and suggestions for future research are discussed.