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First published in 1989. In the decade before this book was originally published, employee share ownership and profit sharing had increased markedly as successive governments introduced fiscal legislation promoting their uses. Yet how successful had 'people's capitalism' been?
The Glasgow study was a major empirical investigation into this issue and was a response to the need for an independent assessment. It discusses how attitudes to ownership had changed and how these, in turn, related to attitudes to work. It also addresses the implications of profit sharing and employee share ownership for industrial relations both for individual companies and at a national level.
List of contents
List of Tables; List of Figures; Foreword; Part One: The Profit-Sharing Debate; 1. Introduction to the Debate 2. Political and Legislative Background 3. The Labour Movement and Profit-Sharing; Part Two: Company Practice and Ideology; 4. Contours of Profit-Sharing and Employee Share Ownership 5. Management Objectives; Part Three: The Case Studies; 6. Setting the Scene 7. Bossguide: Managing the Consultancy 8. Fairbrush: The Quaker Tradition 9. Goodbake: SAYE in a Multidivisional Company 10. Norbrew: Financial Participation and Organizational Change 11. Thistle: High Technology and Share Ownership 12. Financial Participation in Practice: An Overview; Part Four: Looking Ahead; 13. Future Trends; Appendices; References; Index
Summary
First published in 1989. In the decade before this book was originally published, employee share ownership and profit sharing had increased markedly as successive governments introduced fiscal legislation promoting their uses. Yet how successful had ‘people’s capitalism’ been?
The Glasgow study was a major empirical investigation into this issue and was a response to the need for an independent assessment. It discusses how attitudes to ownership had changed and how these, in turn, related to attitudes to work. It also addresses the implications of profit sharing and employee share ownership for industrial relations both for individual companies and at a national level.
