ESOP increases the employees satisfaction and work motivation as the employee
feels that he/she has the opportunity to influence the business. In addition, it often
results in higher performance.
ESOP is an important measure to perfect corporate governing structure and
improve business efficiency.
ESOP is an effective countermeasure to fend off hostile takeover.
ESOP is beneficial to harmonize beneficial relationship between the labor and
capital. Taking America for the example, the ESOP in America meets the needs of
all parties. On the one hand, employees become proprietary class and obtain the
benefits of sharing capital income by operating the ESOP. On the other hand,
under the condition of tax preferences mechanism of America, business owner can
obtain more benefits by transferring the shares to employees.
ESOP adapts the requirement of the reformation of system of ownership. No
matter the developed capitalist countries or the developing planned economy
countries, ESOP is appropriate for them. The establishment of ESOP in America
decentralized the equity ownership, and make labour income and capital revenue
come true for employees.
ESOP is a method of retaining talents. Firstly, it is regulated that the obtaining
and liquidating of the employee's stocks are limited by seniority of employees in
the corporation. Usually an employee can sell or make over all his stock rights
but after several years. Employees left the corporation before, will suffer a loss.
Secondly, emplyees don't have the reversion of the stocks they are holding. This
kind of regulation, that restricks the liquidating, cession, trading and inheriting
of the employee's stocks which is used to keep the talents , is called "the golden
handcuffs" by European corporations.
(7) Comparing with the other forms of employee involvement, it is obvious that
ESOP is the optimal choice. There are...