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References for Does employee ownership improve performance?
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Further reading
- Mygind, N., Poulsen, T. "Employee ownership—pros and cons—a review" Journal of Participation and Employee Ownership 4:2 (2021): 136–173.
- Rosen, C. M., Case, J., Staubus, M. Equity: Why Employee Ownership is Good for Business. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Press, 2005.
- Shipper, F. (ed). Shared Entrepreneurship: A Path to Engaged Employee Ownership. New York: Springer, 2014.
- Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations Curriculum Library for Employee Ownership. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University, n.d..
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Key references
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Kurtulus, F., Kruse, D. How Did Employee
Ownership Firms Weather the Last Two Recessions?. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment
Research, 2016. Key reference: [1]
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Lowitzsch, J., Hashi, I., Hashani, A., Schneider, S., Salathe, L., Lemmens, D. The Promotion of
Employee Ownership and Participation: Final Report. Brussels: European Commission, 2016. Key reference: [2]
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Blasi, J., Freeman, R., Kruse, D. The Citizen's
Share: Reducing Inequality in the 21st Century. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2014. Key reference: [3]
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Kruse, D., Freeman, R., Blasi, J. (eds). Shared Capitalism
at Work: Employee Ownership, Profit and Gain Sharing, and
Broad-based Stock Options. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2010. Key reference: [4]
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Ligthart, P. E., Poutsma, E., Brewster, C. "The development of
financial participation in Europe" British Journal of
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O’Boyle, E., Patel, P., Gonzalez-Mulé, E. "Employee ownership
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Management Journal 26:4 (2016): 424–448. Key reference: [6]
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Oxera. Tax Advantaged
Employee Share Schemes: Analysis of Productivity Effects. London: HM Revenue and Customs, 2007. Key reference: [7]
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Fakhfakh, F., Pérotin, V., Gago, M. "Productivity,
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& Labor Relations Review 65:4 (2012): 847–879. Key reference: [8]
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Han, J. H., Shin, D., Castellano, W. G., Konrad, A. M., Kruse, D. L., Blasi, J. R. "Creating mutual
gains to leverage a racially diverse workforce: The effects of
firm-level racial diversity on financial and workforce outcomes
under the use of broad-based stock options" Organization
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Kim, E., Ouimet, P. "Broad‐based
employee stock ownership: Motives and outcomes" The Journal of
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Kruse, D., Blasi, J., Weltmann, D., Kang, S., Kim, J. O., Castellano, W. "Do employee share
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Blasi, J., Freeman, R., Kruse, D. "Do broad-based
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best firms do even better?" British Journal of
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Walter, K., Corley, D. Mitigating Risk to
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Kurtulus, F., Kruse, D. How Did Employee
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