Kelly Services Inc, a workforce solutions leader, says that a majority of Malaysians believed that they would be more productive if they able to share in profits or have an ownership stake in their employer's business.

Under its latest survey Kelly Global Workforce Index, the company found that from the group of Malaysian workers surveyed, 75 per cent had indicated the belief in higher productivity with a share in profit.

The survey also found 60 per cent of the workers were currently in an arrangement where some of their pay is tied to performance targets.

"Gen Y (aged 18-29) and Gen X (aged 30-47) employees are much likely to be on some form of performance-based pay than those in the Baby Boomer generation (aged 48-65).

"However, of those not receiving performance pay, more than 67 per cent say they would be more productive if they had their earnings linked to performance outcomes, with Baby Boomers the most attracted to it," it said in a statement today.

The global survey obtained the views of approximately 134,000 people, including almost 2,000 workers from Malaysia.

- Bernama