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Employee Ownership and High-Performance Work Systems in Context

In: Sharing in the Company

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  • Erik Poutsma
  • Paul E. M. Ligthart
  • Eric C. A. Kaarsemaker

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This chapter addresses employee ownership within a strategic human resource management (SHRM) framework that has gained increased attention. The study extends the configurational approach to SHRM and argues that the construct of the workforce philosophy is the primary factor that determines the coherence of HRM systems. In other words, the workforce philosophy propagates the idea that employees both deserve to be co-owners and must be taken seriously as such. In addition, the chapter argues that the HRM system should reflect this workforce philosophy: the HRM system should contain HRM practices that mirror the rights that comprise the very construct of “ownership.” We present the possible core HRM practices of the “ownership high-performance work system (O-HPWS),” which, similar to employee ownership, produces favorable outcomes. The chapter also addresses the important mediating role of employees’ perception and attributions related to employee share ownership in the relationship of the HRM system (with employee share ownership) to favorable outcomes.

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  • Erik Poutsma & Paul E. M. Ligthart & Eric C. A. Kaarsemaker, 2017. "Employee Ownership and High-Performance Work Systems in Context," Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory & Labor-Managed Firms, in: Sharing in the Company, volume 17, pages 5-22, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:aeapzz:s0885-33392016000017004
    DOI: 10.1108/S0885-33392016000017004
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    Cited by:

    1. Hussain Bakhsh Magsi & Tze San Ong & Jo Ann Ho & Ahmad Fahmi Sheikh Hassan, 2018. "Organizational Culture and Environmental Performance," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(8), pages 1-17, August.
    2. Dasilas, Apostolos, 2024. "The nonlinear relationship between employee stock ownership plans and firm performance: Evidence from China," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 173(C).
    3. Urtzi Uribetxebarria & Alaine Garmendia & Unai Elorza, 2021. "Does employee participation matter? An empirical study on the effects of participation on well-being and organizational performance," Central European Journal of Operations Research, Springer;Slovak Society for Operations Research;Hungarian Operational Research Society;Czech Society for Operations Research;Österr. Gesellschaft für Operations Research (ÖGOR);Slovenian Society Informatika - Section for Operational Research;Croatian Operational Research Society, vol. 29(4), pages 1397-1425, December.

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    Keywords

    Employee ownership; high-performance work systems; human resource management; organizational effectiveness; strategic human resource management; J51; J54; J83; M12; P13; P16;
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    JEL classification:

    • J51 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
    • J54 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Producer Cooperatives; Labor Managed Firms
    • J83 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Workers' Rights
    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
    • P13 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Cooperative Enterprises
    • P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State

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