...Guy Major; Jonathan Preminger Purpose Employee ownership (EO) and profit sharing have numerous benefits. Employee Ownership Trusts (EOTs) are proliferating, but EO could grow faster by harnessing “non-interfering”, risk-sharing investment. Companies with common ownership (such as EOTs) are at risk...

... for EFP and a tax system that allowed citizens to keep much of their EFP. In such an economy, the capital ownership such as employee share ownership in companies and the capital income attached to it, such as capital gains and dividends on employee share ownership and other forms of profit sharing, could...

.... Practical implications Firms may wish to consider the appropriateness of linking their workers’ pay to firm performance through share plans or profit shares to establish whether this improves worker wellbeing. Social implications The utility of workers may increase where firms offer some compensation...

...Dan Weltmann Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine which forms of compensation are more efficient at affecting employee attitudes, thus extending efficiency wage theory from wage-based compensation to profit sharing and stock-based compensation. Design/methodology/approach Three...

...Matthias Strifler Purpose This purpose of this paper to examine how profit sharing depends on the underlying profitability of firms. More precisely, motivated by theoretical research on fair wages and unionized labor markets, profit sharing is estimated for six different profitability categories...

...Joseph Blasi; Douglas Kruse; Richard B. Freeman Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review the historical background for broad-based ownership in the USA, the development of forms of employee ownership and profit sharing in the USA, the research literature on employee ownership and profit...

... and individual incentive pay which links pay to individual performance. Group incentive pay is often called employee financial participation schemes which include profit sharing, employee stock ownership, broad-based stock option, and team incentive (or gainsharing) plans. With the rising use and interest...

... 2018 30 04 2018 02 05 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Participation Cooperatives Citations Employee ownership Profit sharing Labour managed firm Shared capitalism The inaugural edition of this journal...

... and recursive multivariate models are applied to estimate the determinants of employer attitudes toward HRM practices. Findings The incidence of a works council increases the probability of positive employer attitudes toward the incentive effects of performance pay, profit sharing, promotions, further...

...Fathi Fakhfakh; Felix FitzRoy Purpose The purpose of this paper is to look at the effect of profit sharing (PS) on the ability of the firm to take care of the environment. Design/methodology/approach In a large cross-section of French firms, the authors find strong associations between PS...