The relationship between financial participation and other forms of employee participation: New survey evidence from Europe

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 637-667

  Poutsma, Erik ^a   Kalmi, Panu ^b   Pendleton, Andrew D ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee share ownership; Europe; Participation; Profit sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749855765     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: 14617099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X06069006     Document Type: Article

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