Some analysts view risk as the Achilles Heel of employee ownership and to some extent variable pay plans such as profit sharing and gainsharing. Workers in such "shared capitalist" firms may invest too much of their wealth in the firm, contrary to the principle of diversification. This paper...

Some analysts view risk as the Achilles Heel of employee ownership and to some extent variable pay plans such as profit sharing and gainsharing. Workers in such quot;shared capitalistquot; firms may invest too much of their wealth in the firm, contrary to the principle of diversification. This...

Mittelständische Unternehmen sehen sich häufig einem lediglich eingeschränkten Kapitalmarktzugang gegenüber. Dieser strukturelle Nachteil in der Unternehmensfinanzierung führt bei ihnen zu einer permanenten Suche nach alternativen Finanzierungsquellen. Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht,...

This paper uses data from NBER surveys of over 40,000 employees in hundreds of facilities in 14 firms and from employees on the 2002 and 2006 General Social Surveys to explore how shared compensation affects turnover, absenteeism, loyalty, worker effort, and other outcomes affecting workplace...

This paper uses data from NBER surveys of over 40,000 employees in hundreds of facilities in 14 firms and from employees on the 2002 and 2006 General Social Surveys to explore how shared compensation affects turnover, absenteeism, loyalty, worker effort, and other outcomes affecting workplace...