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This study is to examine how survivors` perceived variables concerning layoff affects organizational effectiveness, and this study has the following major objectives. 1. To examine how perception of survivors about layoff(perceived justice, perceived co-workers` reactions, perceived identity feelings with layoff victims, perceived job insecurity) would affects in job satisfaction and organizational commitment. 2. To find if survivors` perception of concerning layoff affects the change of job satisfaction and organizational commitment, demographic factors will operate as moderate variables. To examine the above objectives, empirical study is conducted: seven companies were selected as samples for this study and 743 questionnaires were analysed. The findings show that job satisfaction and organizational commitment decreased after layoff. The perceived of co-workers reactions influence job satisfaction and organizational commitment. The perceived of identity with layoff victims negatively influence job organizational commitment. The relations between perceived job insecurity and job satisfaction and organizational commitment are not significantly correlated. The moderating effects of demographic variables were found in union membership, and marital status. Finally, the implications of this study are that employees` job satisfaction and organizational commitment as job attitude variables are decreased after layoffs. Therefore, human resources manager are required to consider the survivor`s perception and try to maintain their psychological stability in jobs. Perceived justice of layoff has a positive influence on organizational effectiveness, do personnel manager should consider the procedural and distributive justice about layoff.