Representation of employees and employee shareholders on boards of directors is the subject of increasing attention, both in France and internationally. Since the early 2000s, several pieces of legislation have reinforced this representation and contributed to the development of what some call a French-style co-determination model. Researchers have subsequently been trying to establish the link between this type of representation and the different measures of performance, on the assumption that the attributes of employee directors and employee shareholder directors play a major role. This report aims to pursue this line of enquiry by highlighting the attributes of these representatives, from a perspective comparing employees and employee sh...