The Relationship of Personality and Human Factors of Employee Productivity of Apparel Manufacturing Workers – Evidence from Western Province, Sri Lanka

Abstract

This study was done to identify the relationship between the personality and human factors of employee productivity in the apparel manufacturing workers in Sri Lanka. Five (5) apparel manufacturing organisations were selected for this study by representing small, medium and large-scale organizations in Western Province, Sri Lanka. Data were collected from 500 workers using a pretested questionnaire. The composition of the questionnaire contains, part i and ii. Part i contains, validated twenty-one (21) productivity questions moderated by the researcher, based on past literature. Part ii contains Ten-Item Personality Inventory (TIPI) measures the Big-Five personality dimensions. According to the results, 70% of the sample indicates medium level employee productivity based on the human factors. 8% and 0.4% indicate low and high level of employee productivity respectively. Out of the five (05) variables of big five personality factors, Open to experience, Conscientiousness, Extraversion and Agreeableness shows moderate positive correlation with the human factors of employee productivity (r=0.40 to 0.69). Conversely, Neuroticism (Emotional Stability) indicates a weak correlation with above productivity (r=.10 to 0.39). The study shows that there is considerable knowledge gap in apparel industry of Sri Lanka to conduct further researchers on acquire and maintain productive employees to the industry.