Abstract:
This study attempts to identify the impact of occupational safety and health
practices of jumpers on job satisfaction in selected large scale apparel firms in
Colombo district. The main aim of this study is to reduce the prevailing
empirical gap pertaining to the impact of occupational safety and health
practices on job satisfaction among jumpers. Thus, the research problem of
this study is what the impact of occupational safety and health practices of
jumpers is on job satisfaction among jumpers in selected large scale apparel
firms in Colombo district? The data were collected from 86 jumpers in three
large apparel firms in Colombo district using simple random sampling
method. Primary data collection was through a self-administrated
questionnaire consisting of 40 statements with five point Likert scale. The
data analyses are used based on the univariate and bivariate methods of SPSS.
This study found out that the occupational safety and health practices are
positively correlated with job satisfaction of jumpers in selected large scale
apparel firms in Colombo district. It is concluded that the occupational safety
and health practices are positively correlated with job satisfaction of jumpers
in selected large scale apparel firms in Colombo district. All the five
dimensions of OSH practices have a positive impact on job satisfactions and
indicated statistically significant. Further, it was revealed that there was a high
favorable level of job satisfaction and occupational safety and health among
the jumpers in the sample.
