Abstract:
The study has been focused for identify the difference of turnover intention in terms of
individual characteristics of operational level employees in apparel industry of Ampara
export processing zone. Turnover intention is employees leaving the organization and
always it has become a major problem in the apparel industry. Organizational,
individual, and other factors influence on turnover of the employees in apparel sector.
This study expects to analyze the difference of degree of employees’ turnover intention
based on individual characteristics such as age, gender, marital status, educational level
and job tenure. In this study, the sample consisted with 110 operational level employees
in apparel industry of Ampara export processing zone. A self-developed questionnaire
was used to collect primary data.In findings, evidence significantly support for
conclude that there is a moderate level of degree of employee turnover intention in
terms of individual characteristics. Further, findings conclude that there is no any
significant difference of degree of employees’ turnover intention in terms of age,
gender and job tenure levels while findings conclude that there is a significant
difference of degree of employees’ turnover intention in terms of marital status and
educational levels
