Employee Ownership: An Unstable Form or a Stabilizing Force?
In this paper, we take on a seemingly very simple set of empirical questions that we hope will shed light on whether employee ownership of firms ‘works’…
Employee Ownership, Employee Attitudes, and Firm Performance: A Review of the Evidence
Employee ownership in U.S. companies has grown substantially in the past 20 years. This paper reviews and provides some meta-analyses on the accumulated evidence concerning the prevalence, causes, and effects of employee ownership, covering 25 studies of employee attitudes and behaviors, and 27 studies of productivity and profitability (with both cross-sectional and pre/post comparisons).
Employee Stock Ownership and Corporate Performance Among Public Companies
This study compares the corporate performance in 1990/91 of two groups of public companies: those in which employees owned more than 5% of the company’s stock, and all others.
The New Owners: The Mass Emergence of Employee Ownership in Public Companies and What It Means to American Business
Employees, always considered important stakeholders in American corporations, are today emerging as a key shareholder group.