Title Profit sharing : does it make a difference? : the productivity and stability effects of employee profit-sharing plans / Douglas L. Kruse

Published Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 1993

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 278 pages) : illustrations Contents 1. Introduction, Trends, and Data Description. Definition and Types of Profit Sharing. Growth and Prevalence in the United States. New Data on Profit Sharing in Publicly Held Companies -- 2. Prediction of Profit Sharing. Prior Research. Motives for Maintaining Profit-Sharing Plans. Predicting Adoption of Profit Sharing. Prediction of Union and Occupation Participation -- 3. The Productivity Theory. Prior Research: Noneconometric Evidence. Prior Research: Econometric Studies. Simple Comparisons on Productivity Levels and Growth. Estimating the Productivity Effects of Profit Sharing. Do Profit-Sharing Adoption and Presence Affect Productivity? Do Cash and Deferred Plans Have Different Effects? Does the Profit-Sharing Formula Matter? Does Company Size Matter? Does Size of the Profit Share Matter? Is Profit Sharing a Proxy for Other Company Policies? Does Information-Sharing Enhance Profit-Sharing Effects? Does Profit Sharing Interact with Other Personnel Policies? -- 4. The Stability Theory. Prior Research. Does Profit Sharing Imply Lower Wages? Do Profit-Sharing Contributions Act Like Wages? Estimating the Stability Effects of Profit Sharing. Does Profit Sharing Increase Stability of Employment? Unions, Profit Sharing, and Employment Stability. Compensation Levels and Profit-Sharing Effects on Stability. Stability Effects of Cash and Deferred Plans, Different Plan Formulas, and Occupational Participation -- 5. Summary, Conclusions, and Policy Implications. Overview of Trends. Predicting Adoption of Profit Sharing. The Productivity Theory. The Stability Theory. Implications for Companies. Implications for Unions. Implications for Public Policy -- Appendix 1: Construction of Dataset and Analysis of Response -- Appendix 2: Econometric Specification of Prediction Equations -- Appendix 3: Econometric Specification and Selection Corrections -- Appendix 4: Stability Theory and Econometric Specifications Analysis Job satisfaction Job satisfaction United States Labor productivity Labor productivity United States Profit-sharing Profit-sharing United States Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-277) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Profit-sharing -- United States Profit-sharing. Labor productivity -- United States Labor productivity. Job satisfaction -- United States Job satisfaction. Job Satisfaction BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations. Job satisfaction Labor productivity Profit-sharing Winstdeling. Arbeidsproductiviteit. Arbeidsmotivatie. Participation aux bénéfices. Participation aux bénéfices -- États-Unis. Productivité. Productivité -- États-Unis. United States Form Electronic book LC no. 93023240 ISBN 058526161X 9780585261614

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