The RMG sector of Bangladesh has experienced disputes and violent protest by the workers in recent times. This study explores the reasons for recent unrest in the garment sector. Since managers are mainly responsible for applying human resource practices, this paper has given particular attention to their views on recent attitude changes of workers. Results show that mutual understanding among workers and managers is absent in the RMG sector. This study also states that high-work load, poor behaviour of line managers, low skills and low wage rates are the notable reasons for high job turnover and social unrest. Poor relationship between workers and supervisors is the main source of conflict. This study finds that there is growing demand for work life balance among the workers of RMG sector.
Labor unrest in RMG sector of Bangladesh has become a major problem in trade and finance due to which organizations are losing their business. RMG workers are not so happy with their employers because of improper labor practices. However, employee's job satisfaction is an important factor for organizational success. Through HRM practices, organizations try to increase satisfaction among the employees for goal achievement. The objective of this study is to examine the relationship among financial, non financial HRM practices and job satisfaction of RMG workers in order to reduce unrest. For this study, 35 different RMG companies have been chosen on convenient basis around Dhaka, Gazipur and Narayanganj district of Bangladesh. This study adopts regress method under 200 questionnaires survey where data have been collected from both managerial and non managerial workers. Present study has found that both financial and non-financial job factors are making the workers satisfied, so that they are less likely to involve in labor unrest.
Objective: University graduates in Bangladesh are presently confronted with high job competition. Because of less job availability, engineering graduates are facing more challenges in getting job opportunities than business graduates. Moreover, engineering graduates are more proficient in technical skills than with their human skills. The most important barrier for engineering graduates’ employability at their initial stage of career is that they have less focus on acquisition of their soft skills. Therefore, this study is concentrating to analyse the current situation of the engineering graduates’ soft skills deficiency and to investigate the impact of having soft skills on employability. Methodology:The nature of the study is qualitative and data has been gathered through in-depth interview and Focus Group Discussion (FGD). Respondents of in-depth interview are experienced engineers and HR experts who are working in engineering based organizations especially at the power solution service providing companies in Bangladesh. FGD among final year undergraduate engineering students has also been conducted to validate the interview data. Thematic analysis is used to analyse the qualitative data. Findings:The impact of having soft skills in getting employment of new graduates at the entry level is identified in this paper. Value Added: Higher education can assist in developing employability through increasing employment prospect and also achieving individual learning goals. However, fresh engineering graduates have social skills gap and lack of practical knowledge which can be reduced through acquiring soft skills. Different techniques such as self-training, institutional training, joining language sessions, attending presentation skills development classes and social programs can assist graduates in the acquisition of soft skills. Recommendations: As the most important reason of engineers’ unemployment is the lacking of collaboration between industry and academic institutions, this study focuses to draw the attention of engineering students, educational institutes and policy makers to highlight the importance of developing soft skills for employability and career growth.
This work was carried out in collaboration between authors MARS and RA. Author MARS designed the study and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Author MARS managed the literature searches and reviews, analyses of the study performed. Author RA managed the experimental process, participated in data collection and assisted in revision and proof reading. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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