Factors affecting the performance of operational level employees in vogue tex (pvt) ltd

Abstract

In contemporary business environment, apparel industry has been identified as a one of the most challenging and competitive industries among the other sort of industries. For endurance, apparel industry needs to have a mean of achieving competitive advantage. Basically this competitive advantage has been achieved by the apparel industry via human resources. Human resource has been identified as the only living resource among the other resources which has the capability to think, innovate and create etc. Consequently, human resource is viewed as a basic factor which pushes an organization towards the goal achievement. Hence, organizations are very sensitive on performance of the employee and on the factors that affect the performance of employees. This study was undertaken to identify the significance of the factors that affect performance of the operational level employees’ in Vogue Tex (Pvt) Ltd. This study was a cross sectional study with the sample of 96 operational level employees of Vogue Tex (Pvt) Ltd. In order to select the sample, convenience sampling method was applied. Data were collected through standard questionnaire and to analyses the data, descriptive statistics, Simple ranking method and Factor analysis were performed using IBM SPSS 20. Based on the empirical findings, researchers have tested eight factors namely, Working Environment, Organizational Culture, Personal Factors and Problems, Compensation & Reward System, Job content, Leadership, Team Cohesiveness and Training. All of these eight factors have been affected significantly in determining performance of the operational level employees. However, based on the findings, researchers have found that Training and Organizational Culture are the major and the most prominent determinants of the performance of the operational level employees. Hence, it has been concluded that Organizational culture and the Training are the most important factors when articulating the performance level of the operational level employees in the Vogue Tex (Pvt) Ltd.