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Where does profit sharing work best? : a meta-analysis on the role of unions, culture, and values
Doucouliagos, Chris; Laroche, Patrice; Kruse, Douglas; … - 2018
In this article we re-examine the relationship between group-based profit sharing and productivity. Our meta … productivity on average, with a stronger relationship where there is higher unionisation and in countries where honesty is less … highly valued and there are higher levels of individualism. The latter two results suggest profit sharing works best in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011875706
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Where Does Profit Sharing Work Best? A Meta-Analysis on the Role of Unions, Culture, and Values
Doucouliagos, Hristos - 2018
In this article we re-examine the relationship between group-based profit sharing and productivity. Our meta … productivity on average, with a stronger relationship where there is higher unionisation and in countries where honesty is less … highly valued and there are higher levels of individualism. The latter two results suggest profit sharing works best in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012915329
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Employee stock ownership vs. profit sharing
Harbaugh, Rick - 2002
The idea that profit sharing increases employment has been widely tested, but the theoretical basis for the claim is weak and the empirical results are ambiguous. This paper shows that employee stock ownership based on individually-held stakes avoids the problems of traditional profit sharing....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011568910
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Footsie, yeah! : share prices and worker wellbeing
Bryson, Alex; Clark, Andrew E.; Green, Colin - 2021
A small literature has shown that individual wellbeing varies with the price of company stock, but it is unclear whether this is due to wealth effects among those holding stock, or more general effects on sentiment, with individuals taking rising stock prices as an indicator of improvements in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012612648
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The hidden cost of profit sharing on participation in employee stock purchase plans
Hennig, Jan Christoph; Hullmann, Rieke; Rau, Holger A.; … - 2021
Many firms use equity-based profit sharing to boost participation in employee stock purchase plans (ESPPs). Using a large panel data set (N=262,824) of a multinational firm, we compare the reactions of former ESPP participants and non-participants to a profit sharing distribution (PSD). We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012487812
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Worker attitudes towards employee ownership, profit sharing and variable pay
Kurtulus, Fidan Ana; Kruse, Douglas; Blasi, Joseph R. - 2011
Using the NBER Shared Capitalism Database comprised of over 40,000 employee surveys from 14 firms, we investigate worker attitudes towards employee ownership, profit sharing, and variable pay. Specifically, our study uses detailed survey questions on preferences over profit sharing, forms of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009273085
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The Hidden Cost of Profit Sharing on Participation in Employee Stock Purchase Plans
Hennig, Jan; Hullmann, Rieke; Rau, Holger Andreas; … - 2021
Many firms use equity-based profit sharing to boost participation in employee stock purchase plans (ESPPs). Using a large panel data set (N=262,824) of a multinational firm, we compare the reactions of former ESPP participants and non-participants to a profit sharing distribution (PSD). We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013235408
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Worker Attitudes Towards Employee Owernship, Profit Sharing and Variable Pay
Kurtulus, Fidan Ana; Kruse, Douglas L.; Blasi, Joseph - 2012
Using the NBER Shared Capitalism Database comprised of over 40,000 employee surveys from 14 firms, we investigate worker attitudes towards employee ownership, profit sharing, and variable pay. Specifically, our study uses detailed survey questions on preferences over profit sharing, forms of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014171754
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Employee stock purchase plans : gift or incentive? ; evidence from a multinational corporation
Bryson, Alex; Freeman, Richard B. - 2014
Many large listed firms offer workers the opportunity to buy shares in the firm at discounted rates through employee stock purchase plans (ESPP). The discounted rate creates a gift exchange, where the firm hopes that workers who accept the gift reciprocate with greater loyalty and effort. But...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010414209
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Firm purpose and employee ownership
Halbertsma, Anne-Sophie; Stam, Erik - 2025
This paper presents an analytical economic democracy-shared capitalism framework to better understanding of the nature and firm-level drivers of employee ownership, in particular the purpose of the firm. This framework allows us to answer the question: to what extent and how does firm purpose...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015463296