Do employees fare better in firms they partly own? Examining workers' reviews of their employers on Glassdoor, we compare employee satisfaction between firms in which workers own company shares through an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) and conventional firms in which they do not. Focusing...

Does computerization increase or reduce the extent of skills that workers are required to have? The authors argue that the effects of computer-based technologies (CBT) are neither universal nor uniform. Rather, effects depend on the level of skill required by occupations prior to the...

Do employees fare better in firms they partly own? Examining workers' reviews of their employers on Glassdoor, we compare employee satisfaction between firms in which workers own company shares through an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) and conventional firms in which they do not. Focusing...

Purpose The aim of this paper is twofold. First, clustering patterns of urban hotels are explored, and, second, clustering effects on performance for upscale urban hotels are estimated. Design/methodology/approach Local indicators of spatial association (LISA) were computed using geographic...

Purpose – This paper aims to identify the work‐based competences associated with better career prospects in the Spanish labour market. Design/methodology/approach – The relationship between employee‐based competencies and employment prospects is investigated through the lens of the...