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The effect of employee share ownership on employee commitment and turnover: comparing the cases in Britain and South Korea and the role of the economy
Author(s) -
Yoon Yeongjoon,
Sengupta Sukanya
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/irj.12272
Subject(s) - recession , contingency , context (archaeology) , perspective (graphical) , turnover , mobilization , business , economics , political science , management , macroeconomics , geography , linguistics , philosophy , artificial intelligence , computer science , law , archaeology
Despite the consensus in the employee share ownership (ESO) literature for the need to explore contexts that influence ESO outcomes, studies examining two important factors, national context and status of the economy, are limited. In this study, the authors compare the outcomes of ESOs in Britain and South Korea during economic expansion and downturn. The results demonstrate that, during an economic expansion, the effect of ESOs in increasing employee commitment is stronger in South Korea, while their effect in decreasing employee turnover is stronger in Britain. However, during an economic downturn, the authors find no evidence for these effects in both societies. The findings lend support to the contingency perspective in managing ESOs and provide meaningful implications and guidance to the literature.