Soft skills practiced by managers for employee job performance in Ready Made Garments (RMG) sector of Bangladesh

Soft skills practiced by managers for employee job performance in Ready Made Garments (RMG) sector of Bangladesh

Soft skills are essential tools in maintaining employment relations as well as achieving high job performance. The purpose of this study is to explore the contribution of soft skills practiced by manager towards employee job performance specifically at RMG sector in Bangladesh. Data have been col...

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Main Authors: Sarker, Md Atiqur Rahman, Hashim, Junaidah, Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul, Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi, Juhdi, Nurita
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Language:English
Published: Research Publishing Academy 2019
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HD28 Management. Industrial Management
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spelling iium-752252019-10-29T04:24:08Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/75225/ Soft skills practiced by managers for employee job performance in Ready Made Garments (RMG) sector of Bangladesh Sarker, Md Atiqur Rahman Hashim, Junaidah Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi Juhdi, Nurita HD28 Management. Industrial Management Soft skills are essential tools in maintaining employment relations as well as achieving high job performance. The purpose of this study is to explore the contribution of soft skills practiced by manager towards employee job performance specifically at RMG sector in Bangladesh. Data have been collected through two Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and five in-depth interviews. Thematic analysis yielded four most commonly practiced soft skills in RMG which are communication, leadership, team work and critical thinking. This study reveals that there is a direct positive relationship between soft skills practiced by managers and employees’ job performance. This study has three significant contributions. Firstly, this study is one of the very few studies on soft skills practice set on production based industry from non-western context. Secondly, this study facilitates future comparative studies on service sector as well as on crosscultural perspective. The findings of this study has created further opportunity to conduct study on other production based industries available in Bangladesh and around the globe. Thirdly, the HR practitioners in Bangladesh specifically in production based industry will be more concerned from now about the practice of soft skills. Research Publishing Academy 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/75225/1/75225_Soft%20Skills%20Practiced%20by%20Managers.pdf Sarker, Md Atiqur Rahman and Hashim, Junaidah and Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul and Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi and Juhdi, Nurita (2019) Soft skills practiced by managers for employee job performance in Ready Made Garments (RMG) sector of Bangladesh. Journal of International Business and Management (JIBM), 2 (4). pp. 1-15. ISSN 2616-5163 E-ISSN 2616-4655 https://rpajournals.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/JIBM-2019-04-22.pdf
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topic HD28 Management. Industrial Management
spellingShingle HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Sarker, Md Atiqur Rahman
Hashim, Junaidah
Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul
Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi
Juhdi, Nurita
Soft skills practiced by managers for employee job performance in Ready Made Garments (RMG) sector of Bangladesh
description Soft skills are essential tools in maintaining employment relations as well as achieving high job performance. The purpose of this study is to explore the contribution of soft skills practiced by manager towards employee job performance specifically at RMG sector in Bangladesh. Data have been collected through two Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) and five in-depth interviews. Thematic analysis yielded four most commonly practiced soft skills in RMG which are communication, leadership, team work and critical thinking. This study reveals that there is a direct positive relationship between soft skills practiced by managers and employees’ job performance. This study has three significant contributions. Firstly, this study is one of the very few studies on soft skills practice set on production based industry from non-western context. Secondly, this study facilitates future comparative studies on service sector as well as on crosscultural perspective. The findings of this study has created further opportunity to conduct study on other production based industries available in Bangladesh and around the globe. Thirdly, the HR practitioners in Bangladesh specifically in production based industry will be more concerned from now about the practice of soft skills.
format Article
author Sarker, Md Atiqur Rahman
Hashim, Junaidah
Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul
Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi
Juhdi, Nurita
author_facet Sarker, Md Atiqur Rahman
Hashim, Junaidah
Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul
Mhd. Sarif, Suhaimi
Juhdi, Nurita
author_sort Sarker, Md Atiqur Rahman
title Soft skills practiced by managers for employee job performance in Ready Made Garments (RMG) sector of Bangladesh
title_short Soft skills practiced by managers for employee job performance in Ready Made Garments (RMG) sector of Bangladesh
title_full Soft skills practiced by managers for employee job performance in Ready Made Garments (RMG) sector of Bangladesh
title_fullStr Soft skills practiced by managers for employee job performance in Ready Made Garments (RMG) sector of Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Soft skills practiced by managers for employee job performance in Ready Made Garments (RMG) sector of Bangladesh
title_sort soft skills practiced by managers for employee job performance in ready made garments (rmg) sector of bangladesh
publisher Research Publishing Academy
publishDate 2019
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/75225/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/75225/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/75225/1/75225_Soft%20Skills%20Practiced%20by%20Managers.pdf
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