Working Condition and Quality of Life for Female Workers in Garment Factories in Indonesia
- DOI
- 10.2991/icbmr-17.2017.31How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- working condition, female labor, factory, garment industry
- Abstract
Women are the dominant workers in garment industry in ASEAN region and worldwide. Notwithstanding the creation of jobs for women resulted by garment factories, workplaces employing women are often characterized by harsh working conditions. Their experience at the workplace affects their well-being, not only at work, but at home and as members of their households and communities. This research aimed to analyze how improvements in working conditions affect the lives of workers, especially women and their families. The research methodology used for this study is qualitative research, based on focus group discussion. It is conducted to several garment factories in Indonesia which are divided into factories which have previously joined better work programs in Indonesia (BWI factories) and factories which have not yet joined better work programs in Indonesia (Non-BWI factories). The analysis is classified into two dimensions: working conditions and individual context. The results show that working condition dimensions (compensation, giving birth, safety work, supervisor relationship, company's rules, promotion) and individual dimensions (objective of working, future achievement's and having more time at home) are better in the BWI factories compared to the non-BWI factories.
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- © 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Aryana Satrya AU - Permata Wulandari AU - Muthia Pramesti AU - Sari Wahyuni AU - M. Zuhdi PY - 2017/11 DA - 2017/11 TI - Working Condition and Quality of Life for Female Workers in Garment Factories in Indonesia BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Business and Management Research (ICBMR 2017) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 335 EP - 346 SN - 2352-5428 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icbmr-17.2017.31 DO - 10.2991/icbmr-17.2017.31 ID - Satrya2017/11 ER -