Purpose– The prime objective of this article is to revisit the role of Workers Participation Committee (WPC) and discover how and where WPC has been playing an active role in the Ready-Made Garment (RMG) Industry in Bangladesh. Design/methodology/approach– This study has extensively reviewed the journal articles, documents prepared by international organizations and thesis works of researchers that have been published in the reputed journals and online sources. Findings– This study finds that WPC has active roles to play in the issues related to labor standards and the issues related to labor rights. Moreover, WPC has the ability to establish mutual trust and harmonious relationship between the workers and employers by resolving industrial dispute. Research limitations- This is a conceptual paper which suffers to observe the reality from the ground. This study will invoke many scholars to conduct empirical studies in the future to evaluate the reality of the functions that WPC can play independently at the organizational level in Bangladesh. Practical implications– This study contributes significantly to the existing literature of WPC, especially in the RMG industry. This study also has implication as the future reference to conduct empirical assessment in terms of WPC’s roles and legislative reformation. Originality/value– As far as originality is concerned, very few research effort has been made before to revisit the role of WPC in the RMG industry in Bangladesh.
Purpose– This research aims to investigate the relationship between Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM), Traditional Human Resource Practices (THRP), and Job Satisfaction (JS) in the context of Bangladeshi service-providing organizations. Design/methodology/approach– This study employs the positivism paradigm using a cross-sectional survey with the help of a structured questionnaire having five points Likert scale. Using the snowball sampling technique total of 202 questionnaires were collected from the service-providing organizations (Restaurants, Insurance, Telecommunication, Bank, and Transport) operating in the Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh. To analyze, the surveyed data structural equation modeling approach is used for this study. The measurement model of this study is assessed based on the relationship between the indicators and the latent variables using the partial least square technique. Findings– This study finds that practicing SHRM has a significant positive relation with the JS which leads the organization to achieve its success but different findings regarding the relations of THRP with JS. Research limitations- This study has limitations in terms of cross-sectional design, the number of measurement items, sample size, and sampling technique which may suffer the generalisability of the results. Practical implications– The findings of this study should help management to understand how organizational settings and policies can generate constructive means, which in turn enhance the alignment of THRP according to SHRM to bring JS into the organizations. Originality/value– This study will add to the human resource management literature by investigating the soundness of the SHRM, THRP, and JS relation in the service sectors in Bangladeshi which is relatively limited in the country under study.
Microfinance has been a silver bullet with a noble goal of assisting impoverished people by providing small loans. Lately, claims are coming that MFIs abandon their social objective and focus more on financial sustainability. Most of the impact assessment of microfinance is based on randomized control trial (RCT) and conventional econometrics approaches. Only a very few impacts of microfinance loans have been evaluated using qualitative methodology that significantly present an in-depth understanding of the issue of over-indebtedness and its consequences. The outbreak of COVID-19 and movement restriction made it difficult to contact the respondents to collect in-depth data. Moreover, data triangulation and trustworthiness have also became challenging. Under such circumstances, the researcher has to rely on digital means. The digital methodological approach could successfully be utilized due to the rapid expansion of internet and smartphone. Nevertheless, the question remains as to what extent the digital platform can be trusted.
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