JOB STRESS AND EMPLOYEE TURNOVER INTENTION IN D. G. FASHION GARMENT (PVT) LTD

Abstract

The apparel industry is one of the main sectors of the Sri Lankan economy. This industry inherently relates with high rate of labor turnover. The objective of this study was to see whether there is a significant relationship between job stress and turnover intention of machine operators. In addition to that inspect whether what are the significant stressors which are influence to arise machine operators’ job stress. The independent variable was the job stress and the dependent variable was the employee turnover intention. The population of the study was the machine operators who are working in the D. G. Fashion Garment (Pvt) Ltd, Dickwella. The sample size was 80 machine operators. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents. Descriptive analysis, Pearson correlation and regression analysis were used for the analytical purpose to achieve above objectives. A significant and strong positive relationship could be identified between job stress and employee turnover intention throughout the study. There were three influential significant stressors (Work overload, supervisor’s support and role ambiguity) and the other stressor (co-workers’ support) was not significant. Furthermore, work overload was the most influential stressor for job stress and employee turnover intention.