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Who Participates in Share Plans and Why?

In: Sharing in the Company

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  • Erik Poutsma
  • Paul E. M. Ligthart

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This chapter investigates the differences in share-plan participation among various employee groups and why these differences exist. For strategic and tactical reasons, inequality may result from an employer’s choice to distinguish among groups when allocating or offering shares. Differences among groups are also based on employee preferences. In addition, differences may be caused by social stratification, which limits access to plans for certain groups. Using these three perspectives, this study found important demographic differences in participation and received benefits. The study revealed that employers tend to focus on high-level personnel. It also found that employees may differ in how knowledgeable they are regarding share plans and how they value the usefulness of participating in share schemes.

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  • Erik Poutsma & Paul E. M. Ligthart, 2017. "Who Participates in Share Plans and Why?," Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory & Labor-Managed Firms, in: Sharing in the Company, volume 17, pages 49-76, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:aeapzz:s0885-33392016000017006
    DOI: 10.1108/S0885-33392016000017006
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    Keywords

    Employee share ownership; participation; inequality; high-performance work systems; psychological ownership; knowledgeability; J33; J54; M12; M52; M54;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • J33 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Compensation Packages; Payment Methods
    • J54 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Producer Cooperatives; Labor Managed Firms
    • M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
    • M52 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
    • M54 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Labor Management

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