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Factors Influencing Organizational Performance in Gainsharing Programs
Author(s) -
KIM DONGONE
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-232x.1996.tb00404.x
Subject(s) - seniority , ordered probit , business , probit model , demographic economics , probit , marketing , business administration , labour economics , economics , political science , econometrics , law
Using survey data from managers at 269 establishments in the United States and Canada, this article examines factors influencing outcomes of gainsharing. The ordered probit analyses generally indicated that these outcomes have significant associations with employee involvement, bonus payouts, employee bonus share, bonus group size, consultant involvement, the administration of employee votes, labor intensity, market situation, establishment's financial condition, the average seniority level of employees, union status, and union support.