Work Recognition and Labor Productivity: Evidence from French Data

Gilles Grolleau (1) , Naoufel Mzoughi (2) , Sanja Pekovic (3)

1 LAMETA - Laboratoire Montpelliérain d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée
2 BSB - Burgundy School of Business (BSB) - Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Dijon Bourgogne (ESC)
3 DRM - Dauphine Recherches en Management

We empirically investigate whether labor productivity is related to work recognition. Using survey data about a large sample of French firms (N = 5309), we find that firms in which employees think their work is recognized are likely to report higher labor productivity, compared with firms where employees do not feel recognized. Our estimation results also suggest that labor productivity is strongly related to wages.

Mots clés: Work Recognition; Labor Productivity; Reconnaissance sociale; Salaires; Productivité; Wages

Domaines: Gestion et management

Gilles Grolleau, Naoufel Mzoughi, Sanja Pekovic. Work Recognition and Labor Productivity: Evidence from French Data. MDE. Managerial and Decision Economics, 2015, 36 (8), pp.508-516. ⟨10.1002/mde.2690⟩. ⟨hal-01278577⟩