“…That is, an employee's ESOP satisfaction may reflect how much money he or she has personally earned through the employee ownership plan. This hypothesis is consistent with previous employee ownership research (French & Rosenstein, 1984;Hochner & Granrose, 1985;Klein, 1987;Rosen et al, 1986) and with research on pay and other benefit plans that documents the positive correlation between the size of the benefit and employee satisfaction with that benefit (Berger & Schwab, 1980;Heneman, 1984;Lawler, 1971Lawler, , 1981Schwab & Wallace, 1974). …”