Desires for and Patterns of Worker Participation in Decision Making After Conversion to Employee Ownership

1979 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 611-617
Author(s):  
Richard J. Long
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Employee Ownership ◽  
Worker Participation ◽  
Participation In Decision Making

Aandelenbezit van werknemers en de Nederlandse arbeidsverhoudingen

2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Kaarsemaker ◽  
Erik Poutsma
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Wealth Inequality ◽  
Tax Incentives ◽  
Employee Ownership ◽  
Business Logic ◽  
Flexible Working ◽  
Participation In Decision Making

Employee ownership in the Netherlands Employee ownership has not been very common in the Netherlands, although the numbers are increasing. It is not unlikely to become a key measure amidst developments around wealth inequality, robotization and flexible working arrangements. Also, it has business logic. Nevertheless, government, unions, and employers' organisations have not been overly enthusiastic about employee ownership. However, employee ownership connects powerfully with direct and indirect forms of participation in decision-making, which are widespread in the Netherlands. Tax incentives might help set things in motion.

Employee Governance and the Ownership of the firm

2004 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Boatright
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Employee Participation ◽  
Employee Ownership ◽  
Market Economies ◽  
Participation In Decision Making ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Ownership Rights ◽  
New Strategies

Abstract:Employee governance, which includes employee ownership and employee participation in decision making, is regarded by many as morally preferable to control of corporations by shareholders. However, employee governance is rare in advanced market economies due to its relative inefficiency compared with shareholder governance. Given this inefficiency, should employee governance be given up as an impractical ideal? This article contends that the debate over this question is hampered by an inadequate conception of employee governance that fails to take into account the difference between employees and shareholders. It offers a different, more adequate conception of employee governance that recognizes a sense in which employees currently have some ownership rights. The argument for this conception of employee governance is built on an expanded understanding of the ownership of a firm. The article also suggests new strategies for strengthening the role of employees in corporate governance.

scholarly journals Have workplace forums contributed to worker participation? Some management perceptions

2008 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-51
Author(s):  
R. Van Der Walt
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Employee Participation ◽  
Popular Belief ◽  
Labour Relations ◽  
Worker Participation ◽  
Participation In Decision Making

The Labour Relations Act No. 66 of 1995 introduced workplace forums (WPFs) as a structure to promote employee participation in decision-making in the workplace. The study gathered the perceptions of management representatives regarding the reason(s) for the establishment, the process of establishment as well as the functioning of workplace forums in their respective organisations. The results indicate that contrary to popular belief management representatives understand that greater employee participation is the reason for the establishment of a workplace forum and that the establishment and functioning of workplace forums take place in accordance with the prescriptions of the Act. It is recommended that management create a climate in which more workplace forums can be established.

Worker Participation and Productivity in Labor-Managed and Participatory Capitalist Firms: A Meta-Analysis

ILR Review ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Doucouliagos
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Profit Sharing ◽  
Quality Circles ◽  
Collective Ownership ◽  
Worker Participation ◽  
Employee Stock Ownership ◽  
Worker Ownership ◽  
Participation In Decision Making ◽  
Capitalist Firms

Using meta-analytic techniques, the author synthesizes the results of 43 published studies to investigate the effects on productivity of various forms of worker participation: worker participation in decision making; mandated codetermination; profit sharing; worker ownership (employee stock ownership or individual worker ownership of the firm's assets); and collective ownership of assets (workers' collective ownership of reserves over which they have no individual claim). He finds that codetermination laws are negatively associated with productivity, but profit sharing, worker ownership, and worker participation in decision making are all positively associated with productivity. All the observed correlations are stronger among labor-managed firms (firms owned and controlled by workers) than among participatory capitalist firms (firms adopting one or more participation schemes involving employees, such as ESOPs or quality circles).

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