Abstract
The aim of the article is to determine the impact that different participation platforms might have on employee productivity levels of the lower-skilled non-unionised employee segment of the South African workplace. A firm-based dynamic log-linear Cobb-Douglas production function model is used as it allows for the incorporation of the dynamic characteristics of the non-unionised employee segment of the South African workplace. The main conclusions of the study are that, i) the positive productivity spill-over effects of a formal committee participation platform in the lower-skilled non-unionised employee segment of the South African workplace are superior to non-committee participation platforms and, ii) a more dispersed racial participation rate, greater gender spread and a dynamic age spread for non-unionised employees are important contributing factors towards the enhancement of higher productivity levels for lower-skilled non-unionised employee participation platforms.
Highlights
The aim of the article is to determine the impact that different participation platforms might have on employee productivity levels of the lower-skilled non-unionised employee segment of the South African workplace
The article forms part of the ongoing general debate on employee productivity in the South African workplace. Motivation for this particular study emanates largely from the published results of the Van Zyl (2013) paper that deals with the age-skill employee productivity debate and the Van Zyl (2015) paper that deals with incentive-based employee productivity gains. Both these papers conclude that low employee productivity levels are prevalent in the relatively unionised lowerskilled employee segment of the South African workplace
This study considers the lower-skilled non-unionised segment of the South African workplace
Summary
The aim of the article is to determine the impact that different participation platforms might have on employee productivity levels of the lower-skilled non-unionised employee segment of the South African workplace. The article forms part of the ongoing general debate on employee productivity in the South African workplace Motivation for this particular study emanates largely from the published results of the Van Zyl (2013) paper that deals with the age-skill employee productivity debate and the Van Zyl (2015) paper that deals with incentive-based employee productivity gains. Both these papers conclude that low employee productivity levels are prevalent in the relatively unionised lowerskilled employee segment of the South African workplace. In the estimation process the study encompasses important impactattributes such as different non-unionised employee shares, different non-unionised employee participation practices, different firm-specific characteristics, employee-diversity attributes and industry differences
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