The Employee Ownership Culture
Author: Johnson, Jennifer
Source: The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education
Year: 2011
Abstract:
Issues of organizational culture, employee involvement, and productivity are all matters of importance to companies interested in building their business. How to establish a positive employee culture and use it to promote the good of the company are key questions for business leaders. Supporters of employee-owned businesses argue that instilling an ownership culture creates the type of human resource environment necessary for corporate success. This Reading Collection includes material related to the organizational cultures of companies using employee and stock ownership, profit sharing, and other incentive-based compensation models.
Using examples from a variety of industries, the Collection highlights the impact of employee involvement on the conditions in those companies. It also provides examples of companies which have established an ownership culture in the face of significant challenges, such as a distributed workforce, growth and other pressures, either internal and external.
The Collection includes material from a number of industries, including manufacturing, engineering, insurance, education, and technology. This material allows the discussion of corporate governance methods, employee involvement and responsibility, and the role of an ownership stake even in jobs not typically associated with employee investment.
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