The determinants of financial participation schemes within multinational companies in Ireland
Using a survey of multinational companies (MNCs), we investigate the factors that determine the use and scope of financial participation in MNCs operating in Ireland. We explore the impact of six factors – country of origin, age, employment size (Irish and worldwide employment
size), ownership structure, trade union recognition and sector. Descriptive results find that financial participation schemes are quite common within MNCs in Ireland. Many of these schemes are only available to higher levels of staff. Multivariate analysis reveals that five out of the six
factors (the exception was sector) had varying impacts on financial participation schemes.
Keywords: country of origin; employee share ownership; financial participation; multinational companies; profit-sharing; share options
Document Type: Research Article
Affiliations: 1: Department of Personnel and Employment Relations,University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland 2: School of Management, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Publication date: 01 April 2012
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