TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract While innovative work practices (IWPs), such as self-directed teams and performance related pay, have become commonplace in firms around the world, little is known about their nature and effects in emerging market countries. This study uses new data collected from face-to-face interviews with large samples of workers from two manufacturing firms in Lithuania in 2005 mainly to investigate hypotheses concerning the effects of IWPs on firm and worker outcomes. In these cases we find: (i) the range of IWPs is limited though particular IWPs, notably self-directed teams, are strongly evident; (ii) in view of the historical legacy, the incidence of some outcomes, notably monitoring, was surprisingly high; (iii) typically self-directed teams positively impact worker outcomes, notably job satisfaction and employee involvement, though effects on monitoring and effort are less frequent; (iv) typically equity ownership and bonuses do not affect worker outcomes, though positive impacts on effort and peer monitoring sometimes are found; (v) the evidence for complementary effects of teams and performance pay or financial participation is very weak. In the main, these findings do not support the mutual gains theory that IWPs positively impact both firm and worker outcomes.
VL  - 15
SN  - 978-1-78441-169-5/0885-3339
DO  - 10.1108/S0885-333920140000015013
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0885-333920140000015013
AU  - Jones Derek C.
AU  - Gelbuda Modestas
AU  - Walker Kimberly
PY  - 2014
Y1  - 2014/01/01
TI  - The Effects of Innovative Work Practices on Firm and Worker Outcomes: Evidence from Lithuania
T2  - International Perspectives on Participation
T3  - Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory & Labor-Managed Firms
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 121
EP  - 150
Y2  - 2024/04/19
ER  -