Factors Affecting Quality of Life among Married Men and Women Leather Industry Workers in Vellore district of Tamil Nadu: A Case Study
Keywords:
Quality of life, case studies, Factors affecting quality of lifeAbstract
Quality of life refers to the happiness a person receives in the form of physical, mental and psychological aspects. Quality of life is influenced by certain variables. Therefore, for examining the causes inducing the quality of life, case studies are conducted. For this purpose, the data were collected from 100 married men and women leather industry workers i.e., 50 each in Vellore district of Tamil Nadu. Fifteen factors namely occupational hazardous & work environment, Employees Health & those of their family members, Dependents care, Children’s Education, Conflict arising out of multiple roles, job responsibilities and work pressure, rewards and recognition, career progression, constitutional rights from the organization, family support, spousal career, feelings about job, organizational support, work demands and career aspirations are discovered to be the variables affecting quality of life. Among these constructs, it has been identified that occupational hazardous and work atmosphere is the most inducing factor of quality of life as it is reported by 12 cases. Recommendations like safety management to avoid occupational hazardous has been provided.
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