The determinants of financial participation schemes within multinational companies in Ireland

References

• Alchian , A.A. and Demsetz , H. 1972 . Production, Information Costs, and Economic Organization . American Economic Review , 62 : 777 – 795 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Baruch , Y and Holtom , B.C . 2008 . “ Survey Response Rate Levels and Trends in Organizational Research ” . In Human Relations Vol. 61 , 1160
   Google Scholar
• Bjorkman , I. 2006 . “ International Human Resource Management Research and Institutional Theory ” . In Handbook of Research in International Human Resource Management , Edited by: Stahl , G.K. and Bjorkman , I. 463 – 475 . Cheltenham : Edward Elgar .
   Google Scholar
• Blasi , J. , Kruse , D. , Sesil , J. and Kroumova , M. 2003 . An Assessment of Employee Ownership in the United States With Implications for the EU . International Journal of Human Resource Management , 14 : 893 – 919 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Cheadle , A. 1989 . Explaining Patterns of Profit-Sharing Activity . Industrial Relations , 28 : 398 – 400 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Collings , D.G. , Gunnigle , P. and Morley , M.J. 2008 . Between Boston and Berlin: American MNCs and the Shifting Contours of Industrial Relations in Ireland . International Journal of Human Resource Management , 19 : 242 – 263 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Collinson , S. and Rugman , A.M. 2010 . Case Selection Biases in Management Research: The Implications for International Business Studies . European Journal of International Management , 4 : 441 – 463 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Commission of the European Communities (1996), ‘PEPPER II Report, Promotion of Participation by Employed Persons in Profits and Enterprise Results (Including Equity Participation) in Member States,’ Report, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg
   Google Scholar
• D'Art , D. 1992 . Economic Democracy and Financial Participation: A Comparative Study , London : Routledge .
   Google Scholar
• D'Art , D. and Turner , T. 2001 . Profit Sharing and Performance in Irish Companies: A Review . Irish Business and Administrative Research , 22 : 35 – 54 .
   Google Scholar
• D'Art , D. and Turner , T. 2004 . Profit Sharing, Firm Performance and Union Influence in Selected European Countries . Personnel Review , 33 : 322 – 334 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• D'Art , D. and Turner , T. 2006 . Profit Sharing and Employee Share Ownership in Ireland: A New Departure? . Economic and Industrial Democracy , 27 : 543 – 564 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• DiMaggio , P. and Powell , W. 1983 . The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields . American Sociological Review , 48 : 147 – 160 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dow , G.K. 2003 . Governing the Firm: Workers' Control in Theory and Practice , New York : Cambridge University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Edwards, P., Edwards, T., Ferner, A., Marginson, P., and Tregaskis, O. (2007), ‘Employment Practices of MNCs in Organisational Context: A Large-Scale Survey,’ Advance Feedback Report to Participating Companies, De Montfort University, Kings College London and Warwick Business School
   Google Scholar
• Edwards, T., Tregaskis, O., Edwards, P., Ferner, A., and Marginson, P. (2008), ‘Charting the Contours of Multinationals in Britain: Methodological Challenges Arising in Survey-Based Research,’ Occasional Paper series, Paper No. 83, Leicester Business School; Warwick Papers in Industrial Relations, No. 86, November 2007
   Google Scholar
• Ferner , A. 1997 . Country of Origin Effects and HRM in Multinational Companies . Human Resource Management , 7 : 19 – 37 .
   Google Scholar
• Ferner , A. and Quintanilla , J. 2002 . Between Globalisation and Capitalist Variety: Multinationals and the International Diffusion of Employment Relations . European Journal of Industrial Relations , 8 : 243 – 250 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Festing , M. , Groening , Y. , Kabst , R. and Weber , W. 1999 . Financial Participation in Europe: Determinants and Outcomes . Economic and Industrial Democracy , 20 : 295 – 329 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Freeman , R. , Boxall , P. and Haynes , P. 2007 . “ The Anglo-American Economies and Employee Voice ” . In What Workers Say , Edited by: Freeman , R. , Boxall , P. and Haynes , P. 1 – 24 . Ithaca, NY : ILR Press .
   Google Scholar
• Frye , M.B. 2004 . Equity-Based Compensation for Employees: Firm Performance and Determinants . Journal of Financial Research , 27 : 31 – 54 .
   Google Scholar
• Geary , J. and Roche , W. 2001 . Multinationals and Human Resource Practices in Ireland: A Rejection of the “New Conformance Thesis” . International Journal of Human Resource Management , 12 : 109 – 127 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gennard , J. and Steuer , M.D. 1971 . The Industrial Relations of Foreign-Owned Subsidiaries in the United Kingdom . British Journal of Industrial Relations , 9 : 143 – 159 .
   Google Scholar
• Government Publications (1996), Partnership 2000 for Inclusion, Employment and Competitiveness, Dublin: Government Publications Office
   Google Scholar
• Gunnigle , P. , Lavelle , J. and McDonnell , A. 2009 . Subtle but Deadly? Union Avoidance Through ‘Double Breasting’ Among Multinational Companies . Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations , 16 : 51 – 74 .
   Google Scholar
• Gunnigle , P. , Foley , K. and Morley , M.J. 1994 . “ A Review of Organisational Reward Practices ” . In Continuity and Change in Irish Employee Relations , Edited by: Gunnigle , P. , Flood , P. , Morley , M.J. and Turner , T. 58 – 81 . Dublin : Oak Tree Press .
   Google Scholar
• Hall , P.A. and Soskice , D.W. 2001 . Varieties of Capitalism: The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage , Oxford : Oxford University Press .
   Google Scholar
• Jones , D.C. and Pliskin , J. 1989 . British Evidence on the Employment Effects of Profit-Sharing . British Journal of Industrial Relations , 28 : 276 – 298 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Jones , D.C. , Kalmi , P. and Makinen , M. 2006 . The Determinants of Stock Option Compensation: Evidence From Finland . Industrial Relations , 45 : 437 – 468 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kabst , R. , Matiaske , W. and Schmelter , A. 2006 . Financial Participation in British, French and German Organizations: A Neo-Institutionalist Perspective . Economic and Industrial Democracy , 27 : 565 – 585 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kochan , T. and Osterman , P. 1994 . The Mutual Gains Enterprise , Boston, MA : Harvard Business School Press .
   Google Scholar
• Kostova , T. and Roth , K. 2002 . Adoption of an Organizational Practice by Subsidiaries of Multinational Corporations: Institutional and Relational Effects . Academy of Management Journal , 45 : 215 – 233 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kroumova , M.K. and Sesil , J.C. 2006 . Intellectual Capital, Monitoring, and Risk: What Predicts the Adoption of Employee Stock Options? . Industrial Relations , 45 : 734 – 752 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kruse , D. 1996 . Why do Firms Adopt Profit-Sharing and Employee Ownership Plans . British Journal of Industrial Relations , 34 : 515 – 538 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lavelle , J. , Gunnigle , P. and McDonnell , A. 2010 . Patterning Employee Voice in Multinational Companies . Human Relations , 63 : 395 – 418 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Lavelle , J. , McDonnell , A. and Gunnigle , P. 2009 . Human Resource Practices in Multinational Companies in Ireland: A Contemporary Analysis , Dublin : The Stationery Office .
   Google Scholar
• Lepak , D. and McGowan , M. 2010 . Human Resource Management. Managing Employees for Competitive Advantage , Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson Education .
   Google Scholar
• McDonnell , A. , Lamare , R. , Gunnigle , P. and Lavelle , J. 2010 . Developing Tomorrow's Leaders: Evidence of Global Talent Management in Multinational Companies . Journal of World Business , 45 : 150 – 160 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• McDonnell , A. , Lavelle , J. , Collings , D.G. and Gunnigle , P. 2007 . Management Research on Multinational Corporations: A Methodological Critique . Economic and Social Review , 38 : 235 – 258 .
   Google Scholar
• Morley , M.J. , Gunnigle , P. and Heraty , N. 1999 . Constructing the Reward Package: The Extent and Composition of Change in Wage and Non Wage Increases in Ireland . International Journal of Employment Studies , 7 : 121 – 150 .
   Google Scholar
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) . 1995 . OECD Employment Outlook , Paris : OECD .
   Google Scholar
• Pendleton , A. 1997 . Characteristics of Workplaces With Financial Participation: Evidence From the Workplace Industrial Relations Survey . Industrial Relations Journal , 28 : 103 – 119 .
   Google Scholar
• Pendleton , A. 2006 . Incentives, Monitoring, and Employee Stock Ownership Plans: New Evidence and Interpretations . Industrial Relations , 45 : 753 – 777 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Pendleton, A., Poutsma, E., van Ommeren, J., and Brewster, C. (2001), ‘Employee Share Ownership and Profit Sharing in the European Union,’ Report, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
   Google Scholar
• Pérotin , V. and Robinson , A. 1998 . A Comparative Paper on Profit-Sharing and Productivity: Evidence From Britain, France, Germany and Italy . Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labour-Managed Firms , 6 : 135 – 162 .
   Google Scholar
• Poole , M. 1989 . The Origins of Economic Democracy , London : Routledge .
   Google Scholar
• Poole , M. and Jenkins , G. 1990 . The Impact of Economic Democracy. Profit-Sharing and Employee-Shareholding Schemes , London : Routledge .
   Google Scholar
• Poutsma, E. (2001), ‘Recent Trends in Employee Financial Participation in the European Union,’ Report, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
   Google Scholar
• Poutsma , E. and de Nijs , W. 2003 . Broad-Based Employee Financial Participation in the European Union . International Journal of Human Resource Management , 14 : 863 – 892 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Poutsma , E. , de Nijs , W. and Poole , M. 2003 . The Global Phenomenon of Employee Financial Participation . International Journal of Human Resource Management , 14 : 855 – 862 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Poutsma , E. , Ligthart , P.E.M. and Schouteten , R. 2005 . Employee Share Schemes in Europe: The Influence of US Multinationals . Management Revue , 16 : 99 – 122 .
   Google Scholar
• Roche , W. and Turner , T. 1998 . “ Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations: Substitution, Dualism and Partnership ” . In Human Resource Strategies: Policy and Practice in Ireland , Edited by: Roche , W. , Monks , K. and Walsh , J. Dublin : Oak Tree Press .
   Google Scholar
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2007), ‘World Investment Report 2007: Transnational Corporations, Extractive Industries and Development,’ Report, United Nations, New York/Geneva
   Google Scholar
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2008), ‘World Investment Report: Transnational Corporations and the Infrastructure Challenge,’ United Nations, New York/Geneva
   Google Scholar
• Wallace , J. , Gunnigle , P. and McMahon , G. 2004 . Industrial Relations in Ireland , Dublin : Gill and Macmillan .
   Google Scholar
• Weimer , J. and Pape , J.C. 1999 . A Taxonomy of Systems of Corporate Governance . Corporate Governance , 7 : 152 – 166 .
   Google Scholar
• Welz, C., and Macias, E.F. (2007), ‘Financial Participation of Employees in the European Union: Much Ado About Nothing?’ Report, European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
   Google Scholar
• Wilke, Maack and Partner (2007), ‘Country Reports on Financial Participation in Europe,’ Report, http://www.worker-participation.eu/National-Industrial-Relations/Across-Europe/Financial-Participation
   Google Scholar