Emotional Exhaustion and Employee Turnover Intention in Apparel Industry in Sri Lanka

dc.contributor.authorRahna, A.M.
dc.contributor.authorSiyambalapitiya, J.
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-10T05:00:30Z
dc.date.available2021-02-10T05:00:30Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractHuman resource (HR) has been a vital strategy dimension for business organizations. Emotional exhaustion and employee turnover have become main topics in the field of HR amid of this highly competitive business environment. Hence, managing of labor turnover has become a major human resource management problem faced by many organizations. Over the last three years, employment in the textiles and garment sector increased by 21 percent and the industry faces many problems in developing and maintaining the required manpower, (Rupa D, 2002). Absenteeism, high turnover, shortage of labor and inadequate training are listed as major issues of labor faced by the industry (Tilakaratne, undated) and all these labor related issues at the end leads in reduction of efficiency and productivity. Emotional exhaustion is a specific stress related reaction that refers to sate of depleted energy caused by the excessive psychological and emotional demand that occur among individuals who work with people in some capacity (Jackson et al., 1987). A crucial income component of apparel sector workers is overtime. Several empirical studies have shown that long working hours affect job satisfaction, increases the effects of stress-related problems as well as mental health problems (International Labor Organization, 2003). As the stress plays a vital role in employee turnover, this study primarily aimed at finding the relationship between emotional exhaustion and employee turnover intention in apparel industry.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2235-9877
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.erepo.lib.uwu.ac.lk/bitstream/handle/123456789/5916/313-Emotional%20Exhaustion%20and%20Employee%20Turnover%20Intention%20in%20Apparel%20Industry%20in%20Sri%20Lanka.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUva Wellassa University of Sri Lankaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries;Research Symposium
dc.subjectEntrepreneurship and Manangmenten_US
dc.subjectHuman Resource Managementen_US
dc.subjectManagmenten_US
dc.titleEmotional Exhaustion and Employee Turnover Intention in Apparel Industry in Sri Lankaen_US
dc.title.alternativeResearch Symposium 2012en_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
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