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EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN THE INDIAN TEXTILE INDUSTRY

The study is aimed at establishing a valid relationship between labor productivity and wages. A sample of 340 firms in the Indian Textile Industry was analyzed for a period three years (2004-06). The study reveals that there exists a positive relationship between wages and the output produced by the...

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Main Author: Eldos Mathew Punnoose and Madhuri Modekurti
Format: Journal Article
Published: ABHIGYAN 2008
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Summary:The study is aimed at establishing a valid relationship between labor productivity and wages. A sample of 340 firms in the Indian Textile Industry was analyzed for a period three years (2004-06). The study reveals that there exists a positive relationship between wages and the output produced by the firms. This relationship holds valid across size categories. Further, labor productivity is also determined by the size of the firm and this impact increases while moving from the low to the high category. The study also brought out the role of ownership structure in the aforesaid relationships
Physical Description:p.30-39 Vol 26 No. 1 (April – June 2008)