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Introduction

Perception is the conception of ideas and deals with the various aspects regarding the employees work relationship in the organization as well as outside. The corporate head office and manufacturing facilities of the Needle Industries India Pvt Ltd are located in the Nilgiri mountains 2,200 metres above sea level in southern

India. the company was incorporated in 1949 as a subsidiary of a major British manufacturer of hand sewing needles, knitting pins and hard haberdashery products manufacture commenced with the very simple gramophone needle. Over the years the tiny company managed not only to survive, but to grow through its own

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A B S T R A C T

Perception is the conception of ideas and deals with the various aspects regarding the employees work relationship in the organization as well as outside. The corporate head office and manufacturing facilities of the Needle Industries India Pvt Ltd are located in the Nilgiri mountains 2,200 metres above sea level in southern India. the company was incorporated in 1949 as a subsidiary of a major British manufacturer of hand sewing needles , knitting pins and hard haberdashery products manufacture commenced with the very simple gramophone needle. Over the years the tiny company managed not only to survive , but to grow through its own resources into what it is today

the prime global source of hand sewing needles , knitting pins and allied products . The sixties saw a shareholding shift to Indian hands and with this came the introduction of the company s brand name Pony, now a household name in most parts of the world. Hence a study is undertaken to analyse the perception of employees in the needle industries India Pvt ltd , The Nilgiris with 180 respondents.

KEYWORDS

Perception; Needle Industries; Nilgiri mountains; hand sewing needles; knitting pins.

A study on perception of employees in the needle industries India Pvt Ltd, Nilgiris

J.Aarti1 and S.Vasanthi2*

1Department of Commerce, Providence College, Coonoor, The Nilgiris, Tamilnadu, India 2Department of Commerce, Holy Cross College, Trichy, Tamilnadu, India

*Corresponding author

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resources into what it is today

the prime

global source of hand sewing needles, knitting pins and allied products. The sixties saw a shareholding shift to Indian hands and with this came the introduction of the company s brand name Pony , now a household name in most parts of the world.

A problem free worker of the company encompasses many things like sound wage structure, security promotion policy which will reduce the problems of the workers to some extent. This study is based on human perception of a problem free life and it also focuses on personnel management.

Scope of the study

The study reflects on the factors considered by human beings to follow administrative measures so that it gives them a problem free work environment. Their level of awareness about various aspects concerning sound wage structure, employee counseling, security, promotion has been dealt with. Further the above mentioned factors have been compared with the democratic factors to expose the relationship between them. The area of study is caged in the needle industries (India) Pvt ltd.

Statement of the problem

The increasing low wage structure, no employee counseling and no proper grievance procedure are forcing the workers to have an indifferent work environment which in turn will lead to no co-ordination and low productivity. The present study is done to explore the perception among workers about proper morale building in accordance with their level of comfort and job satisfaction.

Objectives of the study

The following are the main objectives of the study: 1) To study the behavioural pattern of the worker towards each job 2) To find out the workers preference towards the job 3) To analyze the factors influencing the workers towards problem free work environment 4) To identify the level of satisfaction for each job 5) To offer suggestions based on findings of the study

Methodology of the study

The present study is conducted with the help of an interview with the respondents . The study is confined to Needle Industries (India) Pvt Ltd , Ooty and the primary data were collected from 100 male and 80 female respondents.

Limitations of the study

The study has the following limitations:

The sample consists of 180 respondents, the female respondents are 80 only and not equal to the sample size of male respondents

The study is restricted only to the Needle Industries (India) Pvt Ltd , Ooty , only 3) Some of the respondents were not job

oriented.

Analysis and interpretation

In tune with the objectives of the study, hypotheses were formulated that there is no significant association between the job satisfaction derived by the respondents and the various independent variables relating

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Table.1 Problems faced by the respondents

S.No Factors No. of respondents Percentage 1 Low Wages 30 17 2 Promotions 26 14 3 Employee Counseling 18 10 4 Grievance Procedure 38 21 5 Delegation of Authority 30 17 6 Security 38 21

Total 180 100

Table.2 Relationship between Age and Problems faced by the respondents

Age Low Wages

Promotions

Employee Counseling

Grievance Procedure

Delegation of Authority

security

Total

Below 25

7 9 8 10 3 3 40

25-30 6 4 5 4 9 10 38 31-40 8 5 4 13 4 15 49 Above 40

9 8 1 11 14 10 53

Total 30 26 18 38 30 38 180 Null Hypotheses: There is no significant relationship between the Age group of the respondents and the problems faced by them

Table.3 Relationship between the Income and the Problems faced by the respondents

Monthly Income

Low Wages

Promotions

Employee Counseling

Grievance Procedure

Security

Total

Below 5,000

8 5 4 13 14 15

Between 5,001-10,000

7 8 1 4 4 10

Between 10,0001-15,000

6 9 5 10 9 10

Above 15,000

9 4 8 4 3 3

Total 30 26 18 38 30 38 Null Hypotheses : There is no significant relationship between the Income and the Problems faced by the respondents

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to them such as their age, group, education, occupation and income.

From Table 1 I it is clear that 21% of the respondents do not have a proper job security and no proper installation of grievance procedure, 17% of the respondents have low wages and no delegation of authority, 14% of the respondents are dissatisfied due to no promotions and the rest 10% of the respondents do not have proper employee counseling.

Hence it can be concluded that the majority of the workers are suffering from job insecurity and no proper grievance procedure.

Findings

The findings of the present study are summarized below:

1) The survey reveals the most of the sample respondents do not have job security

2) The survey also reveals that most of the sample respondents have problems such as low wages, employee counseling , less promotion etc

3) Most of them do not have job satisfaction

4) From Table

II it can be concluded that the association between the age group of respondents and the problems faced by them are not significant

5) From Table III it can be concluded that the relationship between the Income and the problems faced by the respondents is significant

Suggestions

1) The researcher has analyzed that there should be proper job security.

2) The job is on contract basis/adhoc basis, but steps should be taken to make it a permanent one

3) The researcher has observed that there should be a good wage payment system

4) The researcher also suggests that there should be good employee counseling and more of promotions to boost up the career opportunities of the respondents

5) More Training & Development of employees can support the employees to gain employee loyalty

6) Good work climate, rapport with subordinates, good work culture, effective communication, reward & recognition, understanding the superiors/subordinates etc will make the employees highly motivated

7) Employees as Human resources are the major assets of any industry/company. They should be highly understood, recognized and rewarded

Conclusion

In this study the researcher has analyzed the behavioral pattern of the respondents towards each job, their job satisfaction and the problems faced by them on each job. The researcher has studied the preference of the respondent towards each job on the basis of various attributes of administrative measures for raising morale. As an outcome of the study most of the respondents need a proper job security and not a job on contract basis in association with a proper grievance procedure and a good wage payment system

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