Trends in Organizational Behavior, Volume 8

How to keep up to date with the current developments and issues inthe study and practice of organizational behavior? That is thechallenge for students, academics and practitioners. This series complements the standard tests of OB and the morecomprehensive, historical review volumes, by offering concise,critical and stimulating accounts of the main issues anddevelopments in topics of current and ongoing importance in OB. Whether employees should be stakeholders in their businesses andthe relationship between employees and owners in general is afast-growing topic and owners in general is a fast-growing topicand is explored in this volume of Trends by distinguished academicswho are at the forefront of this important field. Topics discussed in this volume: * Employee equity * Share ownership for workers * Ownership and the changing employment relationship * Psychological consequences of firm ownership * Employee loyalty * Achieving ownership of performance * Open book management * Employee stock transfers in SMEs For a quick, insightful and authoritative window on the latest inOB, scholars and professionals will continue to turn to the WileySeries of Trends in Organizational Behaviour.

About the Editors. List of Contributors. Editorial Introduction (C. Cooper & D. Rousseau). Employee Equity: Employee versus Owner Issues in OrganizationalBehavior (J. Blasi & D. Kruse). When Employers Share Ownership With Workers (Z. Shperling & D.Rousseau). The Psychological Consequences of Employee Ownership: On the Roleof Risk, Reward, Identity and Personaltiy (P. Sparrow). When Employees Become Owners: Can Employee Loyalty Be Bought? (M.Orlitzky & S. Rynes). Achieving a Sense of Ownership Among Employees: A Critical Look atthe Role of Reward Systems (A. Cox). Bringing Open-book Management into the Academic Line of Sight:Sharing the Firm's Financial Information with Workers (C. Ferrante& D. Rousseau). Employee Stock Transfers in SMEs: Understanding an Infrequent Event(J. Katz & P. Williams). Index.