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v. 6 : 1996 ISBN 9780762300112
Description
The effects and impact of employee participation and employee ownership continue to be themes of enduring interest to social scientists from a range of disciplines. The analysis presented in this volume are representative of the best economics research being carried out in the study of labor and empirical studies. Several of the papers deal with the issue of privatization in transition economies, where a large number of newly privatized firms have effectively been transformed into employee owned enterprises. Other key themes covered in this volume are profit sharing in both East and West Europe, the issue of evolutionary transformation of cooperatives into conventional private firms, and the growing importance of the role of social cooperatives in the welfare state.
Table of Contents
Employee Ownership in Eastern Europe. Workers' self-management in transitional economies (J. Earle, S. Estrin). The determinants of employee participation in fading communism and early transition (D. Jones, K. Ilayperuma). Various forms of employee participation in Polish employee-owned companies: a statistical analysis (R. Woodward). Profit Sharing. Profit-sharing in Albania: boosting performance in a crisis economy (D. Vaughan). Sharing schemes and productivity: an empirical analysis based on large French firms using production functions and frontiers (F. Fakhfakh). Profit sharing and productivity: evidence from Britain, France, Germany and Italy (V. Perotin). Labor Managed Firms and Cooperatives. Post-privatization duopolies: on equilibria and entry deterrence among labor managed and conventional firms (A. Keshk, S.C. Smith). On the effects of the kibbutz hiring out its own labor force: theory and case studies (E. Satt, H. Ginzburg). Stable producer co-operatives in competitive markets (M. Marini). Social Enterprises. Enriching Swedish women's work environment: the case of social enterprises in day care (V.A. Pestoff).
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v. 11 ISBN 9780857244536
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This volume includes theoretical and empirical research into changing institutions and employee participation. Topics covered in this title include: the experience with employee ownership in relation to the fast change of institutions in transitional countries including those in Eastern Europe, the Former Soviet Union, and China; the influence of the specific institutional setting on development; e.g. for the Mondragon Group of coops or the Italian Cooperative Associations, development as affected both by the institutional structure within the group and the surrounding institutions; and, the influence of legislation in different countries of conditions for the development of different types of employee participation. It includes: the re-shaping of the role of the employees as company stakeholders and the impact of these changes on employee motivation, effort and productivity; the impact of new employee incentive schemes, reward structures or other incentive mechanisms (if any) on firm productivity and financial performance; evidence of the implementation and effects of the 'employee share-ownership education'; and, the impact of different informal institutions (culture) on the development and performance of different forms of employee participation.
Table of Contents
List of Contributors.
Foreword.
Introduction.
To join or not to join? Factors influencing employee share plan membership in a multinational corporation.
Do innovative workplace practices foster mutual gains? Evidence from Croatia.
The performance impact of financial participation: subjective and objective measures compared.
Employee discretion and the labor-market environment.
The productivity effects of profit sharing, employee ownership, stock option and team incentive plans: evidence from Korean panel data.
Stock option schemes and firm technical inefficiency: Evidence from Finland.
The union wage premium, voice, and nonunion workers' attitudes: Before and after Japan's lost decade.
Worker and community cooperatives: A multi-criterion model.
Antecedents and consequences of the adoption of market-based compensation by Israeli Kibbutzim.
From destructive to creative trade through economic democracy.
Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms.
Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms.
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v. 12 ISBN 9780857247599
Description
This 12th edition of "Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms" contains a stimulating collection of original papers spanning a wide variety of topics. Part 1 of the volume contains three papers on the subject of job design and organizational performance, covering the determinants of multiskilling from a theoretical perspective and also the empirical effect of multiskilling and teams on financial performance. Part 2 of the volume concerns compensation, worker attitudes, and productivity. Papers in this section cover the effect of rules and costs on employer-provided health insurance, majority ownership and executive compensation, worker attitudes towards different forms of employee ownership and variable pay, and an analysis of performance-related pay, unions, and productivity in Italy. Part 3 contains three studies of worker cooperatives and nonprofit organizations in Italy, Spain, and Uruguay. This volume concludes with a debate on free trade and the ecological effects of alternative socio-economic systems.
Table of Contents
List of Contributors.
Foreword.
Introduction.
Specialization, Multiskilling, and Allocation of Decision Rights.
The Effect of Multiskilling on Labor Productivity, Product Quality, and Financial Performance.
Teams, Autonomy, and the Financial Performance of Firms: New Evidence from Panel Data.
How do Rules and Costs Affect a Firm's Setting of Benefits? The Case of Health Insurance and Workforce Skills.
Majority Ownership and Chief Executive Compensation.
Worker Attitudes Toward Employee Ownership, Profit Sharing and Variable Pay.
Performance-Related Pay, Unions, and Productivity in Italy: Evidence from Quantile Regressions.
Profit Reinvestment in Italian Worker Cooperatives as a Contribution to a Common Good: An Empirical Analysis on Workers' Perception and Motivation.
Does Training Policy Help to Attract, Retain, and Develop Valuable Human Resources? Analysis from the Mondragon Case.
Governance and Behavior in Nonprofits: Analysis of Uruguayan Health Care Organizations.
Capitalism, Economic Democracy, and Ecological Destruction of Our Planet.
The Case for Capitalism: A Comment on Jaroslav Vanek's "Capitalism, Economic Democracy, and Ecological Destruction of Our Planet".
Rejoinder.
Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms.
Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms.
Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms.
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v. 5 : 1995 ISBN 9781559385862
Description
This is the fifth volume in an annual series that is international in scope. Although its primary focus is economic, the volumes include analytical studies from related fields.
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- Part 1 Empirical advances: workers participation, employee ownership and productivity - results from French producer co-operatives, Saul Estrin and Derek C. Jones
- the use of hired labour in Israeli worker co-operatives - 1933-1989, Raymond Russell and Robert Hanneman
- employee ownership and worker participation - effects on absenteeism and quit rates, Patrick Michael Rooney
- the Pepper report - profit sharing and employee sharing ownership in the European Community, Milica Uvalic. Part 2 Theoretical advances: allocative efficiency and discrimination in the labour managed firm, Ottorino Chillemi
- transfer uncertainty and organizational choice, Thomas J. Miceli and Alanson P. Minkler
- the optimum size of brigages, Hans Aage
- an overlapping generations model of investment in labour managed firms, Michael A. Conte and Meng-Hua Ye
- the size of the executive board of labour-managed firms, Nava Kahana and Jacob Paroush
- altruism and co-operative survival - is altruism essential for the survival of the kibbutz?, Yehuda Don
- equality and efficiency in the Moshav, David Bigman.
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v. 13 ISBN 9781781902202
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With the financial crisis and Great Recession, some economists have begun to question the orthodox approach to production and capital/labor relations over the last two to three decades. This orthodoxy has been thrown into question due to concerns of poor corporate decision-making, corporate capture of regulators, perceived rewards for failure, and uneven productivity growth. But a new spirit of introspection and doubt about orthodox approaches has created some impetus leading to greater interest in themes, such as worker ownership, sharing rewards, co-operatives, and employee involvement practices which feature heavily in the "Advances" series. This "new spirit" is apparent for all to see in the 12 contributions to this volume of "Advances" which cover co-operatives; effects of worker participation on firm performance; the diffusion of high involvement management practices; and outcomes for workers (i.e., job satisfaction and wages).
Table of Contents
List of Contributors.
Foreword.
Introduction - 'The Times Might Just be a-Changin'.
Going Forward Financially: Credit Unions as an Alternative to Commercial Banks.
Staying True to Co-Operative Identity: Diagnosing Worker Co-Operatives for Adherence to their Values.
Do Co-Operatives Promote Consumer Social Responsibility? The Case of Fair Trade in Italy.
On the Choice Between Capitalist and Labour-Managed Production: Evidence from a Panel of Entrants into UK Manufacturing Industries.
Diversity and Productivity in Production Teams.
Financial Participation Plans and Firm Financial Performance: Evidence from a Dutch Longitudinal Panel.
Insider Ownership and Firm Performance: Evidence from Bulgaria.
The Evolving Nature of High Performance Workplace Practices in the United States.
Progression of HR Practices in Danish Firms During Two Decades.
High Performance Work Practices, Industrial Relations and Firm Propensity for Innovation.
A Dimming of the 'Warm Glow'? Are Non-Profit Workers in the UK Still More Satisfied with their Jobs than Other Workers?.
Seniority Wages and Employee Participation.
Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms.
Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms.
Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms.
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v. 15 ISBN 9781784411695
Description
This volume analyses employee participation in under- researched countries and whose economic institutions differ from the Anglo-American context. Part one of the volume is dedicated to China. In a context in which economic decisions made by companies are closely influenced by the political institutions and practices, the extent to which Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) have the ability to make autonomous decisions is not to be taken for granted. The volume explores whether the executive labor market and firms' executive compensation practices differ from the Western context. Evidence on the role of trade unions in Chinese companies is also analyzed. Part two of the volume includes empirical evidence from Europe, Japan, and Korea, and focuses on high-involvement work practices. The main questions that the volume addresses are the incidence and determinants of these practices and their effects on firm performance. Evidence on the incidence contributes to understanding the importance of these practices in an international context, and the analyses on the determinants and effects help understand how the main trade-offs play out in different institutional contexts.
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How Much Influence does the Chinese State have Over CEOs and their Compensation?.
Copyright page.
International Perspectives on Participation.
International Perspectives on Participation: Decision Rights and Incentives.
List of Contributors.
Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory & Labor-Managed Firms.
International Perspectives on Participation.
CEO Incentive Contracts in China: Why does City Location Matter?.
Retrieving the Missing Transmission Belt in Community-Based Small Workplaces? The "Professional Union Leader and Organizer Program" in China.
Cooperative and Islamic Banks: What Can They Learn from Each Other?.
High-Involvement Work Systems in Japan, the United States, and Korea: Evidence from Field Research.
The Effects of Innovative Work Practices on Firm and Worker Outcomes: Evidence from Lithuania.
Autonomy and Pay-for-Performance in Spanish Industrial Plants.
Job-Related Training and Education Sponsorship: An Analysis Based on Market Concentration.
Foreword.
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v. 16 ISBN 9781785603792
Description
Alternative types of ownership and participatory managerial practices have recently been intensively debated. The Great Recession has revived interest in cooperative and labor-managed organizations. In addition, employee participation in decision-making and financial performance has consistently attracted attention during the last 20 years. The articles in this Volume contribute to both of these topics. The first set of articles studies the relationship among business cycles, alternative forms of ownership, and employee voice. These papers take various theoretical and empirical approaches and investigate many industries and countries. They show how the economic downturn is leading to increased incidence of employee ownership but also undermining employee voice by increasing the incidence of atypical employment. The second set of papers looks inside firms. The topics include the relationship between ownership and innovation and how financial participation and group incentives affect employee attitudes and work effort. The contributions in this volume provide stimulating research in the broad area of participatory and labor-managed organizations.
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On the Entry of Employee-Owned Firms: Theory and Evidence from U.S. Manufacturing Industries, 1870-1960.
Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory & Labor-Managed Firms.
Copyright page.
Foreword.
List of Contributors.
Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory & Labor-Managed Firms.
Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory & Labor-Managed Firms.
Editor's Introduction.
How to Start an Employee-owned Industrial Company and Survive for 35 Years.
Organizational Structure and Performance in European Banks: A Reassessment.
Formal Organizational Power and Innovation: From a Principal-Agent to an Institutionalist View.
Low Investment in Contingent Workers and its Negative Impact on Society: The Case of South Korea.
Anti-Shirking Effects of Group Incentives and Human-Capital-Enhancing HR Practices.
Employee Ownership and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: High Performance Ownership Systems and the Mediating Role of Psychological Ownership.
Does Employee Ownership Affect Attitudes and Behaviors? The Role of Selection, Status, and Size of Stake.
Motivations for Establishing Cooperative Companies in the Performing Arts: A European Perspective.
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