Employee ownership, participation and governance : a study of ESOPs in the UK / Andrew Pendleton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pendleton, Andrew, 1957-

Series:

Routledge research in employment relations ; 4.

Routledge research in employment relations ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Employee ownership--Great Britain.

Employee ownership.

Management--Employee participation--Great Britain.

Management.

Stock ownership--Great Britain.

Stock ownership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; The development of employee ownership; Employee ownership and politics; The structures of employee ownership; Contexts and reasons for employee ownership; Employee participation and governance: theory and predictions; Employee participation and governance: institutions, practices, and outcomes; Ownership, participation, and employee attitudes; Conclusions and discussion; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-224) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-62940-0

1-282-77800-5

9786612778001

1-134-62941-9

0-203-18597-8

9780203185971

OCLC:

54873335