Organizational Factors effecting the Job Satisfaction of the Employees in the Apparel Industry with Reference to Gampaha District.

Abstract

Apparel export is one of the largest industries in Asia and it plays a significant role in developing countries' economies in terms of income generation and job creation. The Sri Lankan garment industry employs about 15 percent of the country's labor force and is estimated for about half of the country’s exports. A transformed apparel sector run by motivated apparel employees would ensure that most countries meet the Eighth Sustainable development goal (decent work and economic growth). The apparel industry is more labor-intensive. The garment industry offers a wide range of job opportunities respective work that explains the working environment. Moreover, the employees of the garment industry are immigrants who come from Low-income villages. These employees earn their income piece amount allowance based on systemic or hourly pay. Also, the wages of employees are depending on their productivity. In the apparel industry, productivity and products delivered on time play a major role in determining corporate profit. In addition, work must be flawless to increase productivity efficiently (Suresh, Yuvaprasnth, Ram, & Amarnath, 2018). Moreover, employee motivation, job satisfaction, and work stress are important factors that affect apparel sector employee performance. (Department of bussiness administration international islamic university chittagong, 2019). The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of organizational factors on the job satisfaction of the apparel sector employees in the Gampaha District.