Employee involvement in decision-making: the more the better?

摘要: The purpose of this paper is to relate participative decision-making (PDM) organizational learning, and examine the impact PDM on performance.,The integrates resource-based theory with learning develop a framework, distinguishes in which decisions are jointly made by employees managers from employee (EDM) completely hands employees. incorporates an augmented Cobb–Douglass production function into structural equation model estimate performance EDM.,The tests framework against firm-level data form China, finds that provides opportunity for collective has positive relationship productivity-based profit gains; stronger firms whose management greater accumulated knowledge experience; EDM fails provide negative gains.,Prior research focused role enhancing motivation individual employees, considered degree involvement as continuum highest being “completely employees,” concluded more involved better. This relates performance, challenges conventional view perspective.