The Impact of Training on Job Satisfaction of Non-Executive Employees of the Export Apparel Industry in Sri Lanka

Abstract

Employee satisfaction is extremely important for an organization to reach its objectives. Job satisfaction can be identified as the degree of enjoyment employees feel towards their job where they will help the organization to have a creative and innovative workforce who may come up with new ideas that allow a company to grow and change positively with time and changing market conditions. Accordingly, this study was aimed to examine whether there is an impact of Training on the Job Satisfaction of Non-Executive Employees of the Export Apparel Industry. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire from a stratified random sample of 316 Non-Executive Employees of the Export Apparel Industry in Sri Lanka including Operational Workers, Supervisors, and Non-Executive Office Staff. Training was assessed using a self-developed questionnaire and the Job Satisfaction was assessed using a questionnaire adapted from Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire. The simple regression analysis was used to test the impact of Training on the Job Satisfaction. The results indicated that there is a significant impact of systematic use of Training on Job Satisfaction of Non-Executive Employees of the Export Apparel Industry. Thus, the organizations can use training not only to enhance the competencies of the employees but also to enhance the job satisfaction of employees, which leads to higher performance and retention of employees.