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Contribution of worker participation to increase the efficiency of firms

P. De Villiers, G. Kooy
South African Journal of Business Management | Vol 35, No 3 | a659 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajbm.v35i3.659 | © 2018 P. De Villiers, G. Kooy | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 11 October 2018 | Published: 30 September 2004

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P. De Villiers, Department of Economics, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
G. Kooy, Department of Economics, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa

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There are many factors that may lead to inefficiencies in a firm. One reason is the existence of a principal-agent problem. Linked with this problem is asymmetric information, unaligned motives of principals and agents, distrust (that was rampant in the era of apartheid in South Africa, but more recently the Basic Conditions of Employment Act can fulfil this role) and conflict. Worker participation schemes can help to alleviate this problem and different forms of worker participation schemes are discussed that can increase efficiency of firms.

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