Ready-made garment industry attractiveness: The case of Bangladesh garments' blue-collar employees
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-2022
Abstract
Purpose This study illustrates the effects of the motivating factors (e.g. learning facilities, employees' compensation and working environment) on organizational attractiveness. Design/methodology/approach This is a quantitative study. This study investigates the hypotheses based on the 160 employee responses from the different garments operating in Bangladesh's ready-made garment (RMGs) industry. Findings Using the structural equation modeling in Bangladesh's RMG industry, this paper argues that the working environment has a significant effect on organizational attractiveness in Bangladesh's RMG industry. This research study underlines that the working environment and employee compensations serve better than the employees learning facilities to grow employees RMG attraction. Research limitations/implications The findings will help practitioners of the garment manufacturers to showcase the motivating factors for the employees in growing attraction for the industry. However, the research is limited to the garment industry in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Moreover, similar research can be extended further in other countries with bigger samples to draw a general conclusion for the RMGs' operating in Asia. Practical implications This paper brings a plea for the practitioners through this research's outcomes and provides useful indications of how organizations can motivate their employees to ensure organizational attractiveness for their garment industry. Originality/value The paper also contributes to the body of the literature relating to attractiveness in Bangladesh's RMG sector. Employees' participation in this research also confirms the unique context of the sector.
Keywords
Employee motivation, Organizational attractiveness, Blue-collar employees, Bangladesh's RMG sector, SEM
Divisions
aei
Funders
CBPR (Centre for Business Policy Research), School of Business and Entrepreneurship,Independent University, Bangladesh
Publication Title
International Journal of Emerging Markets
Volume
17
Issue
5
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Ltd
Publisher Location
HOWARD HOUSE, WAGON LANE, BINGLEY BD16 1WA, W YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND