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Shared Capitalism in the US Economy: Prevalence, Characteristics, and Employee Views of Financial Participation in Enterprises

Douglas Kruse, Joseph Blasi, Rhokeun Park | April, 2010

Between one-third and one-half of employees participate directly in company performance through profit sharing, gain sharing, employee ownership, or stock options.

Does Employee Ownership Enhance Firm Survival?

Douglas Kruse, James Sesil, Rhokeun Park | January, 2004

Research on employee ownership has focused on questions of productivity, profitability, and employee attitudes and behavior, while there has been little attention to the most basic measure of performance: survival of the company. This study uses data on all U.S. public companies as of 1988, following them through 2001 to examine how employee ownership is related to survival.

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