Organizational practices and employee performance: the case of the Canadian primary textile industry

This study investigates variations in the adoption of different organizatio nal practices and productivity using a survey of the Canadian primary texti le industry. The results suggest that monitoring and profit-sharing are sub stitutes. The effectiveness of these practices in eliciting high employee p erformance depends on the size of organizations and adoption of complementa ry practices. Profit-sharing practice appears to be more effective in small firms than large firms. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved .