ABSTRACT
Imagine two people working for the same company at the same level and salary and both love their jobs. Unfortunately, they lose them when the company goes through a `restructuring process'. They both experience initial bitterness and dejection (`Those bastards! After all the hard work and loyalty we've shown them. Might as well give up when you've been kicked in the teeth.'). But then they begin to show signi®cant differences in dealing with this setback in the days and weeks ahead. The ®rst person accepts, without liking it, that his job has gone and commits himself to ®nding another one. He welcomes support in this endeavour from his family and friends. Eventually, after several attempts, he secures a new job at a lower salary but is glad to be back in work and the chances of promotion are promising. How did he manage to keep on track during this dif®cult time? `I don't know really. No point in staying miserable. That's not going to get me a job, is it? You've just got to get on with it, haven't you?'
