THE ROLE OF WORKPLACE WELL-BEING ON EMPLOYEE WORK SATISFACTION (SPECIAL REFERENCE OF APPAREL INDUSTRY IN RATHNAPURA DISTRICT)

Abstract

The apparel industry remains a major source of en-rployment and foreign exchange earnings in Sri Lanka, and the Rathnapura district is emerging as an imporlant hub for labor-intensive garment manufacturing. Despite its contribution to the national economy,theindustryfaceschallengessuchashighemployeetumoverandlowwork satisfaction, often resulting trom inadequate workplace well-being practices' This study examines the impact of workplace well-being and its key dimensions - job security' wages. and promotion opportunities - on employee work satisfaction in the apparel industry in the Rathnapura district' A quantitative research design was adopted to achieve the study objectives' The target population included apparel industry employees in selected factories in the Rathnapura district, from which a sample of 313 employees was selected using stratified random sampling to ensure representation of different job categories' Primary data were collected through a structured, self-administered.questionnaire' The study tested four hypotheses developed from the literature review to examiie the relationships between workplace well-being variables and work satisfaction. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation. simple and multiple:regression analysis with the help of SPSS 27th softw-are. The results confirmed that workplace well-being and its dimensions have a significant positive impact on employee work satisfaction' supporting all the proposed hypotheses' These hndings highlight the need for factory managers' human resoulce professionals' and policymakers to implement comprehensive workplace well-being strategies to improve employee satisfaction, reduce turtrover intentions' and promote sustainable growth in the Sri Lankan apparel industry' Keywords: workplace well-being. work satis.factiort' Job security' I4/ages' Promotion Opportunities