Employee participation in decision making on organizational performance : evidence from textile and apparel manufacturing firms in Sri Lanka

Abstract

Employee participation in decision making (PDM) is central to lean manufacturing. However, there is surprisingly little research directly addressing the relationship between PDM and organizational performance in Sri Lanka. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between level of lean implementation on PDM and the effect of PDM on organizational performance in terms of work outcomes in the Sri Lankan textile and Apparel Firms. A sample of six lean implemented textile and apparel manufacturing firms were selected for the study. From these firms, randomly selected 262 employees responded to the self-administrated survey questionnaire developed for the study. The data analysis was conducted using SPSS. The findings showed that there is a significant relationship between level of lean implementation in terms of duration and PDM. Results also showed that PDM has significant relationship with work outcomes in terms of, job satisfaction, turnover intention, affective commitment.