Financial participation in Finland: Incidence and determinants

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1570-1589

  Jones, Derek C ^a   Kalmi, Panu ^b   Kato, Takao ^c   Mäkinen, Mikko ^d  

^a HAMILTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

^c Assistant Professor in the University Libraries   (United States)

^d HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

employee ownership; financial participation; Finland; profit sharing; stakeholder ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859305655     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2012.661990     Document Type: Article

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