Employee stock ownership and corporate performance among public companies.

This study compares the corporate performance in 1990/91 of two groups of public companies: those in which employees owned more than 5% of the company's stock, and all others. The results of the analysis, which looks at profitability, productivity, and compensation, are consistent with neither nega...

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Published in:Industrial & Labor Relations Review Vol. 50; pp. 60 - 80
Main Authors: Blasi, Joseph, Conte, Michael, Kruse, Douglas
Format: Article
Published: Cornell University October 1996
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