The Impact of Welfare on Job Satisfaction among Non Managerial Employees in the Apparel Industry in Sri Lanka

This study mainly focuses on discussing the impact of welfare facilities on job satisfaction of the non managerial employees in the apparel sector in Sri Lanka. The main objective of this study is to identify the impact of welfare facilities on job satisfaction of the non managerial employees in the apparel sector in Sri Lanka.The research problem of this study: Does the welfare facilities impact on job satisfaction of the non managerial employees in the organization? The data were collected from a randomly selected sample of 138 non managerial employees in two large scale garments in Sri Lanka and used a structured questionnaire, which indicated the statements of welfare facilities and job satisfaction with 5 points Likert scale. Data was analyzed using univariate, correlation and regression analysis with the SPSS (16.0 version). The finding of the study is that the independent variable welfare facilities are positively correlated with the dependent variable job satisfaction of non managerial employees in two large scale apparel companies in Sri Lanka. It is concluded that there was a strong positive relationship between two variables welfare facilities and job satisfaction. Improving awareness programmes for welfare schemes, employee consultation for future welfare improvements were presented as recommendation. Keywords: Welfare, Job Satisfaction, Benefit