Shared Capitalism at Work: Employee Ownership, Profit and Gain Sharing, and Broad-Based Stock Options

by Joseph R. Blasi and Richard B. Freeman

Book Overview

The historical relationship between capital and labor has evolved in the past few decades. One particularly noteworthy development is the rise of shared capitalism, a system in which workers have become partial owners of their firms and thus, in effect, both employees and stockholders. Profit sharing arrangements and gain-sharing bonuses, which tie compensation directly to a firm's performance, also reflect this new attitude toward labor.

Shared...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226456676
• ISBN13: 9780226456676
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"