A tale of two tigers: Employee financial participation in Korea and Taiwan

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 920-941

  Cin, Beom Cheol ^a   Han, Tzu Shian ^b   Smith, Stephen C ^c  

^a Kyonggi University   (South Korea)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonus systems; Employee ownership; Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs); Human resource management; Incentive stock options; Korea; Profit sharing; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; EMPLOYMENT; FINANCE; INVESTMENT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

SOUTH KOREA; TAIWAN;

EID: 0345149348     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958519032000106146     Document Type: Article

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