Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/89909 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 7869
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The conditions under which profit sharing affects workplace productivity have never been fully understood. Using panel data, this paper examines whether there is any link between adoption of an employee profit sharing plan and subsequent productivity growth in Canadian establishments, and whether this relationship is affected by various contextual factors, particularly use of work teams. In so doing, we use both three and five-year panels. Overall, we find a significant link between adoption of a profit sharing program and subsequent productivity growth in both panels, but only among establishments that utilize employee work teams.
Subjects: 
profit sharing plans
workplace productivity
teamwork
firm-worker linked survey
Canada
JEL: 
J33
J24
J54
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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