Factors Affecting Garments Employees Perception on Job Performance: Evidence from Bangladesh

Abstract

It is proved from the literatures that, perceptual factors have a great influence on employees' job performances in organization. The current study tried to sort out some crucial perceptual factors affecting employees' job performance. The study developed 28 perceptual items based on FGD and literature analysis such as decision making, learning, orientation, training, engagement, evaluation policy etc. Then a proposed perceptual model had been developed. A structured questionnaire was surveyed among the selective respondents (n=500); then tested the items' reliability and passed (α = .789); after that, the study went for exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Total seven (7) factors (Perceived HR practice; Perceived performance appraisal; Perceived supervisor's quality & leadership; Perceived work environment & climate; Perceived organizational support; Perceived work pressure; and Perceived compensation plan) were identified. Finally, in confirmatory factors analysis (CFA) testing, one of those factors named Perceived compensation plan (PCP) fall short to pass the validity from the model. Contribution/Originality: This study is one of very few studies which have investigated a perceptual model based on any under developing & developing country whose labor markets are unstructured and chaotic. So the paper will provide a fare idea to the entrepreneurs and managers who are interested to deal with such labor markets like Bangladesh. 1. INTRODUCTION Perception is a process of consciousness of an object of nervous system and the modern organizations integrate the knowledge from employees and convert it into goods and services (Grant, 1996). But the objective cannot be achieved unless there is a significant collaboration among individuals or employees and the organization or industries at any level. The reason behind this is employees' perception become very important for the organization. The components of employee perception support the organization to develop both the employee effectiveness and organizational performance (Howell and Frost, 1989; Pearce and Ensley, 2004). Bernanke and Parkinson (1991) stated that, positive employee perception is a crucial factor of existence, development and growth of any organization. On the other hand, negative employee perceptions of the company and the work environment can cause qualified employees to seek opportunities elsewhere. The employees are also concerned about themselves in return for doing a good job; such as adequate pay, good working conditions, training

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