Quality of work life among textile Workers a study with special Reference to tiruppur district of Tamilnadu

Abstract

QWL is probably the most powerful type of reward that managers can offer to employees in today s competitive business world. Quality of Work Life (QWL) is being used these days by organizations as a strategic tool to attract and retain the talent. QWL programme ensure satisfied, healthier and productive employees, which in turn provides efficient and profitable organization. It creates a culture of work commitment in organizations and society at large so as to ensure higher productivity with increased job satisfaction. Dissatisfaction with working life is a problem which affects almost all workers at one time or another, regardless of position or status. Approximately one third of the workers entire life span is spent in the workplace and it will make its own influences on the overall quality of the human s entire life. It is considered as the major duty of the organization to make them feel happy, satisfied during their work and feel secured during working period. The workers satisfy to certain level when the organization ensures excellent working environment that are favorable to workers. Availability of this favorable working environment will benefit both the worker and the maintenance of the economic health of the organization. Management of favorable working environment to the workforce is a challenging and intricate task. At the basic it comprises four levels. They are procuring the workers, preparing them for targeted task, stimulating with direction and finally retaining. This can be handled successfully by maintaining and improving the quality of work life. Dissatisfaction on the above is a problem affecting all employees during their career, regardless of their position. Thus in this era of globalization, maintaining the quality of human inputs rises from maintaining the quality of work life perfectly newline