Are employees more productive if they own a piece of the company? Workplace analysts overwhelmingly say yes. That’s why many employers offer Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs).
ESOPs appear to increase sales, employment, and sales per employee by about 2.3 percent to 2.4 percent per year over what would have been expected absent an ESOP, according to a study by Rutgers University... [634 word article, January 2011]