A study on employee morale in textile industries with reference to Coimbatore city

Employee morale describes the overall outlook, attitude, satisfaction, and confidence that employees feel at work. When employees are positive about their work environment and believe that they can meet their most important needs at work, employee morale is positive or high. If employees are negative and unhappy about their workplace and feel unappreciated and as if they cannot satisfy their goals and needs, employee morale is negative or low. This study focuses on various dimensions like job security, pay, working conditions, relationship with superiors, relationship with co-workers, rewards and recognition, suggestions and opportunities to use ideas, nature of work concept of self, communication and relationship with management, welfare measures, health conditions, training, individual adjustment, safety, social and community life, opportunity for advancement, job clarity, cleanliness, stress relaxation and opportunity to learn a job. The need for study is to ascertain some factors related to job morale of the employees and the various benefits and welfare facilities provided by the company to employees to ascertain the relationship between the employees and management. The research gives a clear impression that the majority of the respondents opined that good working conditions and welfare facilities influence the morale and the workers participation in management.