Human Resources Challenges in Apparel Industry in Sri Lanka

Welmilla, I.

doi:10.34257/gjmbravol20is2pg45

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“…The results revealed that PTQM practices as a whole significantly influenced job involvement but not job satisfaction, affective commitment or turnover intention of the machine operator-level employees. These findings are unique to the TQM literature and provide insights into the management of the Sri Lankan apparel organisations faced with the challenges in sustaining product quality (Dharmasiri and Ranasinghe, 2015;Fonseka and Fonseka, 2004;Wickramasinghe and Gamage, 2011;Ruwanpura and Wrigley, 2011;Seram and Kumarasiri, 2020) and in retaining their machine operator-level employees (Karunanayake and Welgama, 2016;Rajapaksha and Kappagoda, 2017;Welmilla, 2020).…”

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Does people-related total quality management “work” for people? An empirical study of the Sri Lankan apparel industry

Durairatnam

Chong

Jusoh

et al. 2020

TQM

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the relationships between people-related total quality management (PTQM) practices and employee work attitudes, as well as the impact of the specific PTQM practices on work attitudes in the context of the Sri Lankan apparel industry.Design/methodology/approachThe five PTQM practices included top management commitment, employee empowerment, training, employee involvement and teamwork. Employee work attitudes comprised of job satisfaction, affective commitment, job involvement and turnover intention. Data collected from the machine operator-level employees in the top 100 apparel exporters in Sri Lanka were analysed using structural equation modelling (SEM).FindingsThe findings suggest that the PTQM practices were significant drivers of job involvement but not of job satisfaction, affective commitment and turnover intentions. It was also found that teamwork, training and employee involvement were the most important PTQM practices towards employee work attitudes. Top management commitment drove affective commitment and job involvement, while employee empowerment was important only for job involvement.Research limitations/implicationsThe research only considered the top 100 export- apparel manufacturers in Sri Lanka; hence, care has to be taken for the findings to represent the entire manufacturing industry in Sri Lanka.Originality/valueBased on the perceptions of floor level employees, which is scarcely investigated in the PTQM domain, the paper presents an interesting and unique perspective on the relationship between the PTQM practices and employee work attitudes, challenging majority of previous research findings. Besides making theoretical contributions, the findings offer valuable insights into the management of Sri Lankan apparel companies by highlighting the PTQM practices, which need to be strengthened.

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Does people-related total quality management “work” for people? An empirical study of the Sri Lankan apparel industry

Durairatnam

Chong

Jusoh

et al. 2020

TQM

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“…Managers including junior ones called executives in Sri Lanka are critical personnel in a company. Managers are responsible for managing the human resources of the company as well (Welmilla, 2020), Hence it is suggested that the administration of organization should try its best to enhance and develop the internal locus of control by training people, coaching & mentoring to develop their personality traits, and conducting personality selection tests. Training and development are helping to train the employee to perform well in the organization while mentoring changes employee behavior and attitude in the workplace, positively change employee thinking towards the organization (Welmilla, 2020).…”

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The Effect of Locus of Control on Job Performance: An Empirical Study of Executive Level Employees in a Selected Sri Lankan Apparel Organization

Ekanayaka

2021

Sri Lankan J Hum Res Mgt

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The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of Locus of Control (LOC) on the work-related job performance in Sri Lanka. Subjects were drawn from a pool of apparel sector executives who completed a questionnaire made up of valid and reliable instruments that measured each of the variables studied. The study was conducted on a sample of 168 executive level employees that was randomly selected from a sample frame of the selected apparel organization. The data was mainly analyzed by using the analytical software SPSS version 23 that provided more meaning and validated results.The findings indicate that one aspect of an executive's (Apparel sector) personality, as measured by locus of control, plays an important role in predicting the level of job performance in a selected apparel organization in Sri Lanka. Executives with a higher internal locus of control are more likely to have higher levels of job performance. Further it reveals that there is a significant difference between male and female executive employees with regard to degree of locus of control. Consequently, this study extends the locus of control literature by examining the relationship of locus of control with job performance and gender difference.

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“…Education is also an important contributor to technological capability and technical change in the industry (Idris, Willya, Wekke, & Mokodenseho, 2020). Statistical analysis of the apparel and engineering industry in Sri Lanka, citing only one example, shows that the skill level and education of workers and employers are positively related to the level of technical change of firms (Welmilla, 2020;Abeysekara, Wang, & Kuruppuarachchi, 2019).…”

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The Urgency of Education in Economic Development and Human Resources: A Theoretical Perspective

Sudarwati

Naim

2022

JSMP

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Problems that hinder economic development and human resources in many cases, one of which is caused by the low quality and level of human education. While there is a doctrine that education does not increase human productivity. Therefore, this study wants to show the urgency of education on economic development and human resources from a theoretical perspective. Education must be seen as a long-term investment and a key prerequisite for growth and development in various sectors, especially the development of the economic and human sectors. A qualitative method with a descriptive approach was used to analyze the data. Research data is obtained from library materials by seriously studying various relevant literature such as books, scientific articles, and other supporting documents, which are considered to be important contributions to the research topic. Research finds that the quality of education affects economic development and human resources. Education has an important contribution to economic growth because of the availability of human resources produced by education itself. In conclusion, education is the key to economic development and human resources. This study suggests that in order to maximize the effect of education on economic development and human resources, it is necessary to consider certain rules that are important to follow, especially education must be directed to be able to answer the challenges of an increasingly complex era and be a solution to the problems faced by humans

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Human Resources Challenges in Apparel Industry in Sri Lanka

Cited by 11 publications

References 6 publications

Does people-related total quality management “work” for people? An empirical study of the Sri Lankan apparel industry

Does people-related total quality management “work” for people? An empirical study of the Sri Lankan apparel industry

The Effect of Locus of Control on Job Performance: An Empirical Study of Executive Level Employees in a Selected Sri Lankan Apparel Organization

The Urgency of Education in Economic Development and Human Resources: A Theoretical Perspective

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