Author/Authors :
KORUCA, Halil Ibrahim Suleyman Demirel University - Department of Industrial Engineering, Turkey , STOWASSER, Sascha Institut für angewante Arbeitswissenschaft e.V. (IfaA), Germany , OZDEMIR, Gultekin Suleyman Demirel University - Department of Industrial Engineering, Turkey , ORHAN, Hikmet Suleyman Demirel University - Department of Agricultural Engineering, Turkey , AYDEMIR, Erdal Suleyman Demirel University - Department of Industrial Engineering, Turkey
Abstract :
The main objective of this study is to analyze the quality of working life (QWL) and current working conditions in cutting and sewing branches of a large Turkish textile factory. A survey is conducted on 87 workers to determine the degrees of QWL in the cutting and sewing workshops. The results show that the factors of levels of education of workers, ergonomics conditions and work safety of the workshops have good degrees of QWL while the levels of physical and psychological environment and psychology, occupational health and organizational motivation, and performance have acceptable degrees of QWL that the some opportunities can be occurred for the improvement of the QWL degrees for these factors.
