Doctoral Dissertation Research: Worker Ownership in US Machine Manufacturing

博士论文研究：美国机械制造业的工人所有权

• 批准号: 1203350
• 负责人: Erik Wright
• 金额: $ 0.7万
• 依托单位: University of Wisconsin-Madison
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-04-15 至 2013-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1203350&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Worker; Ownership

AbstractApproximately 2,500 majority employee owned firms operate in the contemporary US economy and their ownership structure constitutes a drastic alternative to the traditional investor or family-owned firm, yet their productive potential has never been rigorously studied. This project utilizes a three-case comparative ethnography of firms in the U.S. industrial machine manufacturing industry to examine the effects of majority employee ownership and high performance work organization on strategic and operational decision-making. First, how do majority and non-majority employee owned firms govern and implement strategic and operational decision making? Second, how is high productivity work organization governed and implemented in majority employee owned and non-majority employee owned firms? The three selected firms all utilize extensive high productivity work organization practices and operate in the industrial machine manufacturing industry, a particularly challenging context for employee ownership. Two majority employee owned cases serve as critical cases, in that their performance will suggest the possibilities for employee owned firms in less adverse environments. The two employee owned firms vary in the degree of employee direct participation in strategic governance, in order to parse out the effects of employee ownership and employee control. The third firm will be privately owned and will serve as a benchmark. In order to capture the decision-making processes and subjective orientations of workers towards the firm, data will be collected through a combination of in-depth interviews and participant observation, organized around six month internships in each of the firms.Beyond its intellectual merit, this dissertation will have a range of broader impacts. I am partnering with the University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives to develop educational case studies from the two majority employee owned firms. These cases will be made available on the Center's website and will offer guidance for entrepreneurs considering employee ownership as an organizational strategy. Second, part of my agreement with the organizations will be to share my findings and collaborate on research projects to improve their human resource practices and increase the involvement of employees in governance.

AbstractApproxapproxprox在当代美国经济中拥有2,500家员工拥有的公司，其所有权结构构成了传统投资者或家族企业公司的巨大替代品，但其生产潜力从未经过严格的研究。该项目利用了美国工业机器制造业中公司的三案比较民族志，以研究多数员工所有权和高性能工作组织对战略和运营决策的影响。首先，多数和非多数员工拥有的公司如何管理和实施战略和运营决策？其次，如何在大多数员工拥有和非多数员工拥有的公司中管理和实施高生产力工作组织？这三个选定的公司都利用了广泛的高生产力工作组织实践，并在工业机器制造业中运作，这是员工所有权的特别具有挑战性的背景。两个多数雇员拥有的案件是关键案件，因为他们的绩效将暗示在不利环境中员工拥有的公司的可能性。两家员工拥有的公司在直接参与战略治理的程度上有所不同，以解除员工所有权和员工控制的影响。第三家公司将是私有的，并将作为基准。为了捕获工人对公司的决策过程和主观取向，将通过深入的访谈和参与者观察的结合来收集数据，该公司在每个公司的智力优点中进行了大约六个月的实习。我正在威斯康星大学合作社中心合作，以开发两家多数员工拥有的公司的教育案例研究。这些案例将在中心的网站上提供，并将为将员工所有权作为组织战略的企业家提供指导。其次，与组织达成协议的一部分是分享我的发现，并在研究项目上进行合作，以改善其人力资源实践并增加员工参与治理。