1st Edition
Employee Ownership, Participation and Governance A Study of ESOPs in the UK
By Dr Andrew Pendleton
Copyright 2001
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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This volume is an examination of the origins, characteristics and performance of employee-owned firms. It focuses on firms that have converted to either partial or full employee ownership using recent institutional, fiscal and legal innovations. Based on five years of empirical research, this is a topical contribution to recent debates on the challenging nature of employment.
1. Introduction
2. The development of employee ownership
3. Employee ownership and politics
4. The structures of employee ownership
5. Contexts and reasons for employee ownership
6. Employee participation and governance: theory and predictions
7. Employee participation and governance: institutions, practices, and outcomes
8. Ownership, participation, and employee attitudes
9. Discussion and conclusions
2. The development of employee ownership
3. Employee ownership and politics
4. The structures of employee ownership
5. Contexts and reasons for employee ownership
6. Employee participation and governance: theory and predictions
7. Employee participation and governance: institutions, practices, and outcomes
8. Ownership, participation, and employee attitudes
9. Discussion and conclusions
Biography
Dr Andrew Pendleton
'The book has considerable strengths for the students or scholars of employment relations generally and of industrial democracy specifically.' - Work, Employment and Society