Employee involvement and organizational performance: evidence from the manufacturing sector in Republic of Macedonia

Abstract

PURPOSE: This study explores the relationship between employee involvement in decision making and problem solving and perceived organizational performance. Simultaneously, the concept of employee involvement was analyzed by embedding it within a national culture context. METODS: data were collected from a survey of 36 companies belonging to the Macedonian manufacturing industry. A hypothesis testing was carried out with a quantitative method and statistical analysis of data. RESULTS: The effective use of employee involvement is positively related to perceived organizational performance. More precisely, employee participation and empowerment programs, and the use of self-managing teams have a direct and statistically significant correlation to the managerial perception of the organizational performance. CONCLUSIONS: According to the aforementioned results, the companies are encouraged to adopt employee involvement programs in order to enhance performance, growth and competitiveness on the regional and global market.