Broad-based employee ownership and labour productivity during the 2008 recession : Evidence from public firms in Europe
Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 396-423 |
Journal / Publication | British Journal of Industrial Relations |
Volume | 58 |
Issue number | 2 |
Online published | 2 Dec 2019 |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2020 |
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Abstract
Did publicly traded European firms with employee ownership (EO) realize higher firm performance during or after the Great Recession? Contributing to the growing interest in exploring the association between EO and firm performance during and after the 2008 economic crisis, we draw on a longitudinal sample of 4,259 firm-years representing 892 publicly traded firms from 28 European countries. The results show that compared to firms without EO, those with EO experienced higher firm performance during or after the recession, albeit with small effect size. Consistent with past findings, we found that firms with EO were less likely to lower their employee count during or after the recession. Findings are robust to controlling for contemporaneous endogeneity and alternate specifications. Our results indicate that publicly traded European firms with EO, on average, realized higher firm performance in the face of the Great Recession.
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- Human resource management, Employee ownership, Stock ownership, Employee stock ownership plan, Firm performance, Labor productivity, Recession
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Broad-based employee ownership and labour productivity during the 2008 recession: Evidence from public firms in Europe. / Kim, Kyoung Yong; Patel, Pankaj C.
In: British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 58, No. 2, 06.2020, p. 396-423.
In: British Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 58, No. 2, 06.2020, p. 396-423.
Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review