Purpose In addition to increased regulation and platform co-operatives, this paper proposes a third option to address the problem posed by the labor-based platform (LBP) companies and companies' treatment of de facto employees as “independent contractors,” thus avoiding the usual employee...

Purpose Most people associate ownership with the ability to control something. In the USA, employee share (or stock) ownership plans (ESOPs) are one of the principal forms of employee ownership. However, most ESOPs give employees very limited rights of control over the company they own. This...

Cover -- Editorial -- The response of majority employee-owned firms during the pandemic compared to other firms -- Member surveys on employee ownership and the COVID-19 pandemic -- When workers matter most: a study of worker cooperatives and the prioritization of workers through COVID-19 -- Race...

Purpose: The paper aims to examine the effect of employees' perceived physical attractiveness on the extent to which their voices are “listened to” by management. Design/methodology/approach: Using an experimental research design, the paper estimates main effects of employee attractiveness...

Purpose: The purpose is to review the effects of employee participation (EP) in decision-making, ownership and profit on job quality, worker well-being and productivity, and derive policy recommendations from the findings. Design/methodology/approach: The authors summarise results of...

Purpose: Drivers and barriers for employee ownership vary between countries because of differences in Politics, Institutions and the Economy (PIE). By analyzing this variation, the purpose of this study is to answer why employee ownership has developed fast in the United States and not in...

This paper collects together quotations and extracts from 19th and 20th century thinkers who were little-known for being supporters of workplace democracy.

Purpose: This paper reviews the evolution, current state and ongoing trends of the empirical literature on employee-owned firms (EOFs). Design/methodology/approach: Using a structured literature review methodology, I analyze 280 empirical publications on EOFs published in English peer-reviewed...

Purpose: The mainstream framework for corporate governance is that all corporate activity should be directed towards shareholder wealth maximization. This article posits that public policy should move away from shareholder primacy and instead recognize employees as key contributors to corporate...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to give an updated overview of the research on employee ownership. What does the scientific literature reveal about advantages and disadvantages? What can be learned from different models used in Italy, France, Mondragon (Spain), UK and US with many...