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Introduction 47
Results/Findings 47
Research Question One 47
Research Question Two 48
Research Question Three 48
Research Question Four 49
Summary 49
5 Conclusions and Recommendations 50
Introduction 50
Conclusions of Data Analysis and Literature 50
Effects of Limitations 50
Recommendations 52
Implications 52
References 53
The problem investigated in this study was the determination of the effects a change to employee ownership has on organizational productivity. The specific purpose of this study was to assess the effects of employee ownership on organizational profitability and performance. The survey method of research was employed in the conduct of this study. Data pertaining to profitability and performance were collected for a sample of firms at two time points five years prior to the occurrence of employee ownership and five years subsequent to such occurrence. Comparisons between the two sets of data were then made to assess the effects of employee ownership.
The population from which the data for this study were collected consisted of those firms that became 100 percent employee owned during the 1976 1987 period. The 1987 limit permitted the collection of data for a time point five years subsequent to employee ownership (1992) for firms where employee ownership occurred in 1987. The 1976 time point placed the earliest data col...