Abstract:
The purposes of this paper are to investigate whether boredom is in the organization,
identify which are the factors cause to boredom and give the suggestions to mitigate
the boredom. Every one can experiences of boredom at work from time to time as a one
of episodes, regardless of the nature of their job. The article is focused to explore the
factors affecting to the job boredom at work with special reference to Brandix essential
Hambantota. With the industrial revolution many of organization began to use job
specialization strategy. It leads to perform the same task in the job. Previous researchers
emphasized that repetitive task may lead to job boredom as a main factor. This study is
aimed to find out the broader view of causes of job boredom including task attributes like
Repetitious task, Quantitative work load, Qualitative workload and Work environment,
Mismatch between person and work, Lack of learning and development opportunities
and lack of external benefits. The research is centered on 100 employees out of the 865
(n=ioo) employees in Brandix Essentials Hambantota The sample was selected based
on convenient sampling. Quantitative techniques were used for analysis purposes. The
results revealed that the four characteristics of boredom which are Angry during the work,
Get tired with the job, Get drowsy during the work, Feeling of change the job could be
identified in a significant way in this garment. When considering the factors affecting to job
boredom, Dissatisfaction with salary and Other benefits affect to feeling of job boredom in
significantly. The repetitive task, same job in the long period, Work load, Underutilization
of skills, Supervisory and management control, Mismatch between job and person and
Lack of skill development and promotion opportunities have affected to the feeling of
job boredom in average ways. Proper solutions are also suggested by the authors like job
rotation, adding stimulation factors to the work life, giving proper skill development and
development opportunities. Further research can be done to identify the consequences of
job boredom.
