Artikel

The power of participation? Power relations and processes in employee-owned companies

Introducing employee participation in a company can be expected to change the power relations and the power processes within the organization. This is particularly true when the majority ownership of a company moves into the hand of its employees. Drawing on three case studies of East German companies this paper describes how the introduction of employee ownership interrelates with power relations and processes in the company. Moreover, some overarching patterns were derived from the analysis finally resulting in seven propositions about how employee ownership and power are linked to each other.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Journal: Zeitschrift für Personalforschung (ZfP) ; ISSN: 1862-0000 ; Volume: 22 ; Year: 2008 ; Issue: 2 ; Pages: 152-170 ; Mering: Rainer Hampp Verlag

Classification
Wirtschaft
Subject
employee ownership
employee-owned company
power
small and medium-sized enterprises
company crisis
east Germany
Mitarbeiterkapitalbeteiligung
KMU
Krisenmanagement
Macht
Neue Bundesländer

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Steger, Thomas
Hartz, Ronald
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Rainer Hampp Verlag
(where)
Mering
(when)
2008

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  • Artikel

Associated

  • Steger, Thomas
  • Hartz, Ronald
  • Rainer Hampp Verlag

Time of origin

  • 2008

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