The Effect Of Employee Participation On Organizational Performance

    CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY         Participation of employee describes the involvement of employee in decision making which is concerned with shared decision making in the work situation [Mitchell, 1973]. [Locke & Schweiger, 1979] defines employee participation as a joint decision making between managers and subordinates. According to [Noah, 2008] it is a special form of delegation in which the subordinate gain greater control, freedom of choice with respect to bridging the communication gap between the management and workers. It refers to the d…