Abstract:
Selecting and retaining a committed work force is still challenging for any
organization. This study was aimed to investigate the impact of fair treatment and
working environment on organizational commitment of employees at a firm operating
in apparel industry in Sri Lanka. Since the machine operators play a vital role of a
garment manufacturing factory, they were treated as the target population of this
study. Out of 867 machine operators a sample of 269 was selected using the cluster
sampling method. The data were collected through a questionnaire survey. A multiple
regression was performed to investigate the impacts of the variables interested.
Pertaining to the previous research findings, the current study also brought evidence
to a significant positive impact of fair treatment on organizational commitment.
Consequently, this will help the organization to rethink of their justice perceptions on
their employees in a manner of increasing their commitment. In contrast to the
previous research findings, this study highlighted a negative impact of working
environment on organizational commitment. This study creates a novel contribution
to the existing theoretical gap as well as to the industry in order to gain and maintain a
committed workforce so as to achieve its goals and objectives.
