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Item A Quantitative Analysis of Factors that contribute to Non-Managerial Employees’ Productivity in the Apparel Industry of Sri Lanka(International Journal of Academic Staff (IJAS – 2019), Volume 01, Issue 01. Department of Social Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Embuldeniya, A.; Dasanayake, L.W.Productivity is an assessment of the efficiency of a worker and productivity of the organization depends on the productivity of the single employee. The management faces a complex situation in maintaining the satisfaction of the employees as they are the most valuable asset to an organization in today’s business context. The primary objective of this study is to identify the determinants that contribute to enhance employee productivity in the apparel industry in Sri Lanka. The research model comprises eighteen factors that are grouped into three categories as compensation practices, training and development practices, and health and safety practices. This study is based upon primary data from 150 non-managerial employees in the apparel industry in Sri Lanka based on stratified random sampling plan where questionnaire is the main source of information. The dependent variable of this study is employees’ productivity of non-managerial employees that is measured using the level of individual productivity, while the independent variables are the factors that are measured by practices pertaining to compensation, training and development, and health and safety. Data analysis are based on descriptive statistics, Chi-square test, and Logistic Regression analysis. The selection of the sample from one apparel industry is limitation of the research. Findings indicate that there is a positive correlation between above practices towards employee productivity in the apparel industryItem Impact of Apparel Industry on the Economy of Sri Lanka(Department of Economics, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Embuldeniya, A.Impact of Apparel Industry on the Economy of Sri Lanka, as the research topic indicated the dependent variable of this study was the Economy of Sri Lanka that is measured with Gross Domestic Product while the independent variable was Apparel Industry that is measured with export performances. The general objective of this study is to identify the significance of the apparel industry and its impact to the economy of Sri Lanka. This research has used secondary data to gather information where Internet & websites, journal articles and books were main sources of information and percentages, frequencies, tables and charts were used to present data while using statistical packages as SPSS and Microsoft Excel were used to analyze data. Sri Lankan Apparels are at a stage where they can export quality products continuously to the export market. Sri Lanka's garment industry is highly concentrated in large scale factories. That concentration had save a large part of export earnings while providing job opportunities. Sri Lankan apparels are exported to the large number of countries all over the world including European Union and United States of America. The facts regarding apparel industry conclude there is a more impact of apparel industry than other industries to the total export earnings of the country over the past five years. The research has identified a positive relationship between Apparel Industry and Economy of Sri Lanka. Therefore the research has found that the Apparel industry is able to make an impact on economy of Sri Lanka.