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The Strategic Role of Gainsharing

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  • ROBERT MANGEL
  • MICHAEL USEEM

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Gainsharing is reported to greatly enhance organizational performance, but there is little empirical research that explains how gainsharing works and why companies adopt it. We employ a human resource control framework to examine the role gainsharing plays within the organization. Our analysis of 802 organizations suggests that gain-sharing plans are used to enhance employee participation in organizations that employ market-based control methods. Organizations that use bureaucratic or clan controls are not likely to adopt gainsharing; they are more likely to use participation initiatives that do not involve a group bonus.

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  • Robert Mangel & Michael Useem, 2000. "The Strategic Role of Gainsharing," Journal of Labor Research, Transaction Publishers, vol. 21(2), pages 327-343, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:tra:jlabre:v:21:y:2000:i:2:p:327-343
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    1. Hugues Poissonnier, 2009. "Enjeux et dynamique d'évolution des critères de performance en contexte inter-organisationnel : les enseignements de l'industrie textile française," Post-Print halshs-00459216, HAL.
    2. Hugues Poissonnier, 2005. "Proposition d'un cadre d'analyse du contrôle inter-organisationnel fondé sur la chaîne de contrôle : une étude centrée sur la filière THD," Post-Print halshs-00581277, HAL.
    3. Hugues Poissonnier, 2009. "Enjeux et dynamique d'évolution des critères de performance en contexte inter-organisationnel : les enseignements de l'industrie textile française," Grenoble Ecole de Management (Post-Print) halshs-00459216, HAL.

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