RUILLARD, Christian <br/><br/>
Le syndrome du survivant et les fonctionannaires federaux du Quebec :  vers une repudiaton du discours manageriel dominant 

 -  2001 
<br/><br/> Mainstream literature in humam resource management (HRM) and managerial  studies have suggested repeatedly over the last fifiteen years that the main unintended consequence of downsizing is the so-called survivor syndrome, a potentially severe threat to organizational efficiency and efficacy. To eliminate, or at least reduce, the main symptons associated with this syndrome, ant the efficiency and efficacy that comes with it, requires specific practices in human resource management. This research focuses on the variations of the survivor syndrome in organizations of the Canadian federal public in Quebec, following the severe organizational downsizing  experienced during the mid-ninities. Based on a questionnaire returned by 3,307 Canadian federal civil servants from twenty-three departmens and agencies in the sixteen administrative regions in Quebec, this empirical research suggests that the HRM practices used in these public organizations can at best marginally explains the  variations of the survivor syndrome, which, in turn, may not be the  significant uintended consequence emphasized by the literature on organizational downsizing. Based on factor analysis and linear regression analysis, the empirical data stand in sharp contrast with the evidence in mainstream literature on survivor syndrome