Ready-made garment industry attractiveness: the case of Bangladesh garments’ blue-collar employees

Ikramul Hasan, M. Nazmul Islam and Sariat Rafa Khan

International Journal of Emerging Markets, 2020, vol. 17, issue 5, 1218-1237

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 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1108/IJOEM-03-2019-0232

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