HAZIR GİYİM SEKTÖRÜNDE ÇALIŞMA KOŞULLARI, YORGUNLUK VE ÇALIŞMA YAŞAMI KALİTESİ İLİŞKİSİ

Yıl 2023, Cilt: 6 Sayı: 1, 31 - 43, 15.04.2023

Velittin Kalınkara , Nesrin Kacar

https://doi.org/10.33439/ergonomi.1175038

Cited By: 1

Öz

Hazır giyim sektörü insan emeğinin en yoğun olduğu alanlardan biridir. İşin doğası gereği çalışanlar çalışma ortamından kaynaklanan çeşitli sağlık sorunları ile karşılaşırlar. Bu araştırma hazır giyim sektöründe çalışma ortamı koşullarının bireyin sağlık, yorgunluk ve çalışma yaşamı kalitesine etkilerini belirlemek amacıyla planlanmış, Denizli OSB’de hazır giyim üretimi yapan 10 işletmede çalışan 400 birey üzerinde yürütülmüştür. Araştırmada “Çalışma Yeri Koşulları İndeksi”, “Yorgunluk Ölçeği” ve “Çalışanlar İçin Yaşam Kalitesi Ölçeği” kullanılmıştır. İş, iş ortamına ilişkin değerlendirme, sağlık, yorgunluk ve yaşam kalitesi çalışanın demografik özelliklerine göre sorgulanmıştır. Çalışma koşulları ile yorgunluk arasında anlamlı bir ilişki olmadığı (p>0,05), buna karşılık bedensel zorlanma arttıkça yorgunluğun arttığı (p<0.05), mesleki tatminin azaldığı (p<0.01) görülmektedir. İşin zorluğu arttıkça motivasyon ve iş kapasitesi (p<0.01) düşmektedir. Çalışanlarda işin zorluk düzeyine bağlı olarak bel ağrısı, ayak-bacak ağrısı ve sırt ağrısı en sık rastlanan sağlık sorunlarıdır. Sağlık sorunu olanlarda sübjektif yorgunluk algılaması artmakta, iş kapasitesi ve motivasyon düşmektedir. Ağrılar kadınlarda daha yüksektir ve yaşla birlikte artmaktadır. Sağlık sorunu arttıkça verimlilik (p<0,01) azalmakta, iş devamsızlığı (p<0,01) artmaktadır. Çalışma koşulları ile çalışma yaşamı kalitesi arasındaki korelasyon düşüktür (p>0,05).

Anahtar Kelimeler

Hazır giyim sektörü, Çalışma koşulları, Sağlık, Yorgunluk

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WORKING CONDITIONS, FATIGUE AND QUALITY OF WORK LIFE IN THE APPAREL INDUSTRY

Öz

The apparel industry is one of the areas where human labor is most intense. Due to the nature of the job, employees encounter various health problems arising from the working environment. This research was planned to determine the effects of working environment conditions on the health, fatigue and working life quality of the individual in the ready-made clothing sector, and was carried out on 400 individuals working in 10 enterprises producing ready-made clothing in Denizli OIZ. “Workplace Conditions Index”, “Checklist Individual Strength” and “Professional Quality of Life Scale” were used in the research. Work, assessment of the work environment, health, fatigue and quality of life were questioned according to the demographic characteristics of the employee. It is seen that there is no significant relationship between working conditions and fatigue (p>0.05), whereas as physical strain increases, fatigue increases (p<0.05) and professional satisfaction decreases (p<0.01). As the difficulty of the job increases, motivation and work capacity (p<0.01) decrease. Low back pain, foot-leg pain and back pain are the most common health problems among employees, depending on the level of difficulty of the job. Subjective fatigue perception increases, work capacity and motivation decrease in those with health problems. Pain is higher in women and increases with age. As the health problem increases, productivity decreases (p<0.01) and absenteeism increases (p<0.01). The correlation between working conditions and quality of working life is low (p>0.05).

Anahtar Kelimeler

Ready-to-wear industry, Working conditions, Health, Fatigue, Quality of work life

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