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Item Job Related Factors Affecting Intention to Quit: A Case of Operational Level Employees in Polytex Garments Limited(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Gunarathna, W.D.H.P.; Gamage, P.N.Employees are the most important and valuable assets of an organization. An organization’s success could not be realized without employees’ support and contribution. Therefore, employee turnover is a burning issue for any organizations. For the steady productivity of an organization it is essential to maintain its skilled workforce. But most of the times it is very difficult to control the turnover rate within organizations. There are so many factors that affect turnover. And also Intention to quit is an emergence of actual turnover. In this study researcher examined the relationship between job related factors and intention to quit among operational employees in the Apparel sector in Sri Lanka with special reference to Polytex Garments Ltd, Ja-Ela. Researcher had identified three job related factors that could influence intention to quit. The three factors are identified as supervisory support, salary and work load. In addition, this study also explored the impact of these three factors on intention to quit. 50 sets of survey questionnaire were distributed to operational employees working in the cutting department. Findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between job-related factors and intention to quit. It indicates that Polytex Garments Limited should manage the job related factors rather than environment related variables in order to reduce employee turnover effectively.Item The Impact of Leadership Style on Employee Intention to Quit of Brandix Lanka(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Udayanga, B.I.; Wijewantha, P.The garment sector plays an important role for the economic development of the country. Employee turnover, which is considered to be one of the challenging in business nowadays, creates a similar challenge to organizations in the apparel industry as well. High employee turnover rate is a critical problem to the companies. This study attempted to examine the impact of leadership styles (Autocratic, Democratic and Laissez faire) on employee turnover measured in terms of intention to quit in Brandix Lanka Ltd, Ratmalana. This organization was selected as an organization which suffers largely from employee turnover. Data were collected from employees regarding their intention to quit and leadership styles of their supervisors through self-administered anonymous questionnaire. The sample consisted of 100 employees who are working in Brandix Lanka Ltd in Ratmalana. Preliminary analyses were performed initially evaluate the suitability of the data for hypotheses testing and later regression analysis was performed for hypotheses testing. It was identified that there is a positive relationship between autocratic leadership, a negative relationship between democratic leadership and a negative relationship between laissez faire leadership and intention to quit of employees.