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Bonhoure E. How history can inform corporate responsibility: the statutory rule of profit allocation. JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT HISTORY 2023. [DOI: 10.1108/jmh-10-2021-0054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
Abstract
Purpose
This study aims to present how a historical governance mechanism (a statutory rule of profit allocation) could answer the practical question of profit allocation, thereby proposing a methodology to enhance future quantitative studies.
Design/methodology/approach
The rule sets profit allocations to a predetermined set of stakeholders in corporate charters. It could be seen as a tool used by historical organisations to enact corporate social responsibility (CSR). The authors propose a straightforward way to calculate the payout ratios promised by this rule to each stakeholder. This methodology was applied to shareholders and used to calculate the promised dividend payout ratios.
Findings
This rule constitutes a natural experiment from which modern organisations could learn to implement the most relevant profit-allocation schemes given their CSR strategy. The authors propose calculating a promised payout ratio that would allow scholars to empirically examine the rule and its effects and provide accurate recommendations to these organisations.
Research limitations/implications
This mechanism allows the study of profit allocations made to stakeholders (not limited to shareholders or employees like it is usually done). The promised payout ratio makes future quantitative investigations possible.
Practical implications
Modern organisations could use the CSR mechanism to allocate profits continuously in formats that would best fit their strategy and environment.
Originality/value
To the best of the author’s knowledge, this is the first article to examine the statutory rule of profit allocation per se, which proposes a new methodology to calculate payout ratios promised by the rule. The idea is to investigate their impact and provide recommendations for modern organisations to adapt.
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Jones DC, Kalmi P, Kato T, Mäkinen M. The differing effects of individual and group incentive pay on worker separation: evidence using Finnish panel data. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2019.1691624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Derek C. Jones
- Department of Economics, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY, USA
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- Department of Economics, University of Vaasa, Vaasa, Finland
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- Department of Economics, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, USA
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Farndale E, Lamare JR, Vidović M, Chauhan AS. Understanding Financial Participation across Market Economies. INTERNATIONAL STUDIES OF MANAGEMENT & ORGANIZATION 2019. [DOI: 10.1080/00208825.2019.1646489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Elaine Farndale
- Associate Professor, School of Labor and Employment Relations, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
- Department of Human Resource Studies, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
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- Associate Professor, School of Labor and Employment Relations, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA
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- Instructor, Rochester Institute of Technology Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Ph.D. Candidate, Political Science at Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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Ren T, Xiao Y, Yang H, Liu S. Employee ownership heterogeneity and firm performance in China. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/hrm.21995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Ting Ren
- HSBC Business School Peking University Shenzhen China
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- HSBC Business School Peking University Shenzhen China
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- Department of Management Lingnan University Tuen Mun Hong Kong
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- China Southern Asset Management Shenzhen China
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Hambly K, Kumar RV, Harcourt M, Lam H, Wood G. Profit-sharing as an incentive. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 2017. [DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2017.1334149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Kym Hambly
- WorkSafe New Zealand , Hamilton, New Zealand
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- Department of Strategy and HRM, Waikato Management School, University of Waikato , Hamilton, New Zealand
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- Department of Strategy and HRM, Waikato Management School, University of Waikato , Hamilton, New Zealand
- Industrial Relations Research Centre, University of New South Wales , Sydney, Australia
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- Faculty of Business, Centre for Innovative Management, Athabasca University , St. Alberta, Canada
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- Faculty of International Business, Essex Business School , Colchester, UK
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Kim A, Han K, Kim Y. The relationships among participatory management practices for improving firm profitability: Evidence from the South Korean manufacturing industry. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2016.1239218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Andrea Kim
- Business School, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Hankamer School of Business, Baylor University, Waco, U.S.A
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- Center for Management Research, POSCO Research Institute, Seoul, South Korea
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Sahakiants I, Festing M. The use of executive share-based compensation in Poland: investigating institutional and agency-based determinants in an emerging market. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 2016. [DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2016.1172652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Ihar Sahakiants
- Department of International Business, Cologne Business School , Cologne, Germany
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- Chair of Human Resource Management and Intercultural Leadership, ESCP Europe , Berlin, Germany
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Long R, Fang T. Do strategic factors affect adoption of profit sharing? Longitudinal evidence from Canada. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2013.872163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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