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Employee share ownership in Germany: A cluster analysis of firms' aims

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  • Ortlieb, Renate
  • Matiaske, Wenzel
  • Fietze, Simon

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Politicians and scholars alike praise the significant benefits associated with employee share ownership (ESO). However, little is known about the concrete motives of firms to provide ESO to their employees. In particular, it is unknown how these motives correlate with firms’ contexts. Drawing on an institutional theoretical framework, this article examines what aims firms pursue through the provision of ESO. The data originate from a survey of firms in Germany. The cluster analytic findings indicate distinctive patterns of relationships between aims and firm characteristics. Aims related to employee performance are most important to foreign-owned firms, financial aims are most important to non-public small and medium-sized firms and aims related to corporate image are most important to big firms and to firms that do not provide profit sharing. Aims related to employee attraction and retention are almost equally important to all kinds of firms.

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  • Ortlieb, Renate & Matiaske, Wenzel & Fietze, Simon, 2016. "Employee share ownership in Germany: A cluster analysis of firms' aims," management revue. Socio-economic Studies, Rainer Hampp Verlag, vol. 27(4), pages 285-303.
    • Handle: RePEc:rai:mamere:mrev-2016-ortlieb
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    1. Uwe Jirjahn, 2017. "Globalisierung und betriebliche Mitbestimmung," Research Papers in Economics 2017-05, University of Trier, Department of Economics.

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    Keywords

    financial participation; employee share ownership; firms’ aims; cluster analysis; human resource management;
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    JEL classification:

    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
    • M16 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - International Business Administration
    • M52 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
    • C38 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Classification Methdos; Cluster Analysis; Principal Components; Factor Analysis
    • F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business

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