Abstract:
Labour turnover intention of operational level employees has been of serious concern to
managers in the face of ever increasing high rate of employee turnover in the apparel
industry in Sri lanka today. The objective of this study was to examine the effect of job
related factors on Turnover intention of the operational level employees in the apparel
industry.
This study is quantitative in nature. The population of the study covers operational level
employees in a leading apparel factory in Sri Lanka taking to consideration of 80 numbers
as sample size. The simple random sampling method was used to select the sample.
Structured multiple-choice questionnaire was distributed among the selected sample of
employees
SPSS (Statistical Package of Social sciences) software package was used to analyze the
data. To analyLe the demographic factors frequencies, percentages and Graphs and Piecharts
were used to analyze demographic factors. ANOYA, t-test, Coct1icient, Pearson
Correlation and regression analysis were done to test the hypothesis
Results revealed that the Working conditions, Workload, Promotional opportunities,
Remuneration are the significant predictors of the operational level employees' turnover
intention. Turnover intention is significantly and negatively correlated with working
conditions and promotional opportunities
Finally, the study concluded that improving job related factors will positively contribute to
the organizational objectives and goals and ensure the retention intention
