Sharing in the Company Determinants, Processes and Outcomes of Employee Participation

• Main Authors: Kato, Takao, Poutsma, Erik, Ligthart, Paul E. M
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley Emerald Publishing Limited 06.06.2017; Emerald
• Edition: 1
• Series: Advances in the economic analysis of participatory and labor-managed firms
• Subjects: Employee ownership; Employee participation; Management

Volume 17 of Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms provides detailed analysis on standard econometric studies to new institutional economics to behavioral economics.

Table of Contents:

• Front Cover -- Sharing in the Company: Determinants, Processes and Outcomes of Employee Participation -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Sharing in the Company: Introduction to the Volume -- Future Research Directions -- Employee Ownership and High-Performance Work Systems in Context -- Introduction -- The Contextual Model of HRM Systems -- High-Performance Work Systems -- Ownership High-Performing Work Systems -- Personal Fit and Effectiveness of the System -- Gift Exchange, Reciprocity, and Psychological Ownership -- Empirical Proof, Summary, and Future Research -- Notes -- References -- Which Companies Adopt Sharing Arrangements and Why? -- Introduction -- Concepts and Relationships -- Relationship with Individual Incentives -- Investment in Training -- Employee Participation and Representation -- Peer Monitoring -- Human Resource Management Practices -- Country Differences -- Why are Managers/Owners Motivated to Adopt Financial Participation? -- A Test of Antecedents: Data and Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Appendix: Independent Variables -- Who Participates in Share Plans and Why? -- Introduction -- Background -- Agency, Investments, and Distribution -- Employee Choices -- Distribution of Benefits -- A Test of Relationships: Data and Methods -- Data and Method of the First Study -- Measures -- Results of the First Study -- Second Study -- Sample and Data Collection -- Measures -- Psychological Ownership -- Employee Ownership -- High-Performance Work System -- Attitudes toward Employee Ownership -- ESO Knowledgeability -- Results of the Second Study -- Conclusion and Discussion -- References -- Appendix A: Descriptive Statistics of the Determinants of Employees' Financial Participation
• Firm Foundations for Democracy? Worker Ownership and Control in Advanced Capitalism -- Introduction -- Mapping Worker Ownership and Control -- Four Theories of Firm Governance -- Worker Ownership and Control in Practice -- Worker Ownership and Control in Different Varieties of Capitalism -- Comparing Worker Control and Ownership in Germany and the United States -- Postwar Unionization and the Extension of Worker Control -- Financialization and the Expansion of Employee Ownership -- The Future of Worker Ownership and Control in Advanced Capitalism -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Index
• Appendix B: Scale Coefficients and Statistics for Control, Commitment, Involvement, Leadership Style Supervisor, and Psychological Well-Being -- Appendix C: Scale Statistics for HPWS, ESO KNOWLEDGEABILITY, Attitude ESO, and Psychological Ownership -- How Has Employee Share Ownership Evolved in the Global Context? -- Introduction -- Broad-Based Share Schemes -- Concepts and Relationships -- Human Resource Management Practices Transfer -- Human Resource Management Strategies -- Industrial Relations and the Adoption of Broad-based Share Schemes -- Country and the Moderating Role of Market Economy -- Institutional Profiles and National Financial Participation Frameworks -- State Orientation, Industrial Relations and the Development of Financial Participation in France -- Voluntarist Employment Relations and the Development of ESO in the United Kingdom -- Social Partnership and Dialogue Shaping Financial Participation in Germany -- The Polder Model and the Development of Financial Participation in the Netherlands -- Australian Employment Relations and Financial Participation: Again an Anglo-Saxon Model? -- Industrial Relations and Employee Share Ownership in South Africa: The Role of Black Economic Empowerment -- A Test of Relationships: Data and Methods -- Measures -- Results -- Discussion and Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Appendix A: Descriptive Statistics of the Determinants of Financial Participation -- Appendix B: Means, Scalability, and Reliability Coefficients of the HRM Policies: Performance Management Practices and Communication Practices -- Appendix C1: Odds Ratios of Employee Share Ownership or Stock Options (ESOS) per Type of Market Economy -- Appendix C2: Odds Ratios of Employee Share Ownership (ESO) per Type of Market Economy -- Appendix C3: Odds Ratios of Stock Options (SO) per Type of Market Economy