Employee ownership as a form of economic democracy

Abstract

This paper provides a critique of the conventionally dominant model that has driven the world economy to the brink of collapse, a model that predicts failure for employee-owned and democratically structured firms. The paper contrasts these predictions with the success achieved by employee-owned companies structured democratically. Two case studies, the John Lewis Partnership in the UK and Mondragon in Spain show that democratically structured enterprises can succeed extremely well. Evidence is reported suggesting that people thrive with democratic ownership.

Keywords

Ekonomska demokracija;Podjetja;Zaposleni;Lastništvo;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2012
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UL FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
UDC:	330.5-057.11:321.7
COBISS:	31784285
ISSN:	0040-3598
Parent publication:	Teorija in praksa
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary abstract:	Članek ponuja kritiko prevladujočega konvencionalnega modela, ki je ekonomijo pripeljal na rob propada - modela, ki predvideva neuspeh demokratično strukturiranih podjetij v lasti zaposlenih. Članek predstavi nasprotno - uspeh, ki so ga dosegla demokratično strukturirana podjetja v lasti zaposlenih. Dve študiji primera - John Lewis Partnership v Veliki Britaniji in Mondragon v Španiji - kažeta, da demokratsko strukturirana podjetja lahko poslujejo izrazito uspešno. Predstavljeni so dokazi, da ljudje uživajo z demokratskim lastništvom.
Secondary keywords:	Economic democracy;Enterprises;Employees;Ownership;
URN:	URN:NBN:SI
Type (COBISS):	Not categorized
Pages:	str. 935-951, 1040
Volume:	ǂLetn. ǂ49
Issue:	ǂšt. ǂ6
Chronology:	nov.-dec. 2012
ID:	9096134