How to keep up to date with the current developments and issues in the study and practice of organizational behavior? That is the challenge for students, academics and practitioners. This series complements the standard tests of OB and the more comprehensive, historical review volumes, by offering concise, critical and stimulating accounts of the main issues and developments in topics of current and ongoing importance in OB. Whether employees should be stakeholders in their businesses and the relationship between employees and owners in general is a fast-growing topic and owners in general is a fast-growing topic and is explored in this volume of Trends by distinguished academics who are at the forefront of this important field. Topics discussed in this volume: Employee equity Share ownership for workers Ownership and the changing employment relationship Psychological consequences of firm ownership Employee loyalty Achieving ownership of performance Open book management Employee stock transfers in SMEs For a quick, insightful and authoritative window on the latest in OB, scholars and professionals will continue to turn to the Wiley Series of Trends in Organizational Behaviour.

Cary L. Cooper, CBE is Distinguished Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health and Pro Vice Chancellor at Lancaster University. He is the author of over 100 books, has written over 400 scholarly articles for academic journals, and is a frequent contributor to national newspapers, TV and radio. Cary is the Editor on the international journal 'Stress and Health' and President of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Professor Denise M Rousseau, Carnegie Mellon University, USA.