Employee ownership and affective organizational commitment: Employees' perceptions of fairness and their preference for company shares over cash

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 193-212

  Kuvaas, Bård ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Employee ownership; Financial participation; Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation; Organizational commitment; Procedural justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037409046     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-5221(01)00044-6     Document Type: Article

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