SOCIO-ECONOMIC WELLBEING, MENTAL HEALTH, AND EMPLOYMENT PERFORMANCE: A CASE OF WOMEN EMPLOYEES IN THE APPAREL INDUSTRY IN SRI LANKA

Abstract

The study makes an effort to look at how economic and social well-being affects mental health and the performance of women employees in Sri Lanka's apparel industry. This study employs a quantitative method and the primary data were collected from 275 women employees in the apparel industry in Seethawaka Industrial Zone, Sri Lanka. The data were analyzed employing a partial least square structural equation model through SmartPLS. The study revealed that social and economic well-being have a positive effect on the mental health of women employees and their performance. The mental health of women employees has been associated negatively with their employee performance. The study further revealed that mental health has no mediator role in the relationship between the socioeconomic well-being of employees and performance. Thus, the study provides important empirical evidence that socioeconomic well-being affects the mental health of women employees and their employee performance.