Quality of Work Life as Perceived by Employees of Automotive Industry with Reference to South Tamil Nadu

Abstract

This paper explores employee’s perceptions about quality of work life in automotive Industry in South Tami Nadu. It also examines the level of Quality of work life, relationship between quality of work life and job performance and various dimensions of quality of work life of employees working in automotive industry. 310 automotive industry employees across the south Tamil Nadu was randomly selected as sample for the study and a well-structured questionnaire was given to them to collect the first hand information. The findings revealed that majority of the employees perceived level of quality of work life in automotive industry was moderate, the study also evident that there is a significant positive relationship exist between perceived quality of work life and job performance of the employees. The elements that are relevant to an individual’s quality of work life include the physical work environment, autonomy at work, job satisfaction and security, training and development, compensation and rewards and organisational culture, administrative system and relationship between life on and off the job.

Keywords: QWL, Job Satisfactions, Job Performance, Work Life, Perception

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