Zeitschrift für Personalforschung

Editorial: Employee Participation and Organizational Culture

Employee Participation in Organizational Change: Investigating the Effects of Proactive Vs. Reactive Implementation of Downsizing in Swedish Hospitals**/Mitarbeiterbeteiligung Im Organisationalen Wandel: Die Effekte Proaktiver Vs. Reaktiver Implementierung von Downsizing in Schwedischen Krankenhäusern

Whereas employee participation is generally conceived to facilitate implementation of organizational change, only limited research has investigated whether it may reduce the negative effects of downsizing. This study compares two Swedish hospitals that implemented downsizing in different ways. While there were no major differences in stressors between hospitals, proactive implementation was associated with more employee participation. Moreover, employee participation variables were positively...

The Power of Participation? Power Relations and Processes in Employee-Owned Companies**/Die Macht Der Partizipation? Machtbeziehungen Und Machtprozesse in Mitarbeiterkapitalbeteiligungs-Unternehmen

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...

Developing an Ownership Culture with Employee Share Purchase Plans: Evidence From France**/Entwicklung Einer Eigentümerkultur Durch Mitarbeiteraktienpläne: Belege Aus Frankreich

Positive effects of employee participation on organizational performance are closely linked to the implementation of a specific corporate culture always referred to as "ownership culture". This issue can be stimulated through employee share purchase plans (ESPP). This article will investigate how to implement a successful ESPP. In order to do so, we review the literature on employees' investment decisions about their employer's shares. We present in another section the data and methodology of...

Sociomoral Atmosphere and Prosocial and Democratic Value Orientations in Enterprises with Different Levels of Structurally Anchored Participation**/Soziomoralische Atmosphäre Und Prosoziale, Demokratieförderliche Handlungsbereitschaften in Betrieben Mit Unterschiedlichen Demokratiegraden

This study examines effects of structurally anchored organizational democracy on perceived sociomoral atmosphere and on employees' prosocial, democratic behavioral orientations. Data result from the ODEM research project. Beside a description of the concept of sociomoral atmosphere, within this project, 30 small and medium sized enterprises from Austria, North Italy, South Germany, and Liechtenstein (542 participants) were surveyed with questionnaires, interviews, and document analyses. Based...

Organizational Culture of Participation: Development and Validation of a Measure**/Beteiligungskultur: Entwicklung Und Validierung Eines Messinstruments

This article specifies the concept of "Organizational Culture of Participation" (OCP) as that part of an organizational culture which is linked to employee participation. Three OCP-types are distinguished by the way participation is promoted and supported in an organizational culture: (1) leader promoted, (2) employee promoted, and (3) institution promoted OCPs - all types are considered to have different processes and outcomes of employee participation. The OCP concept's relevance for resear...