Factor influencing employee productivity in Malaysia glove companies

Employee productivity plays a significant role in every organization as it is crucial in sustaining the organizational competitiveness. Therefore, it is important to identify the factors that influencing the employee productivity. This study aimed to identify the factors that influencing employee productivity in Malaysia glove industry, with a particular focus on working environment, training and development, and motivation. In this study, employee productivity served as dependent variable, while working environment, training and development, and motivation as independent variables. A total of 386 responses were collected from employees in selected glove manufacturing companies in Malaysia and the data were analysed using SPSS software. The findings revealed that working environment, training and development, and motivation have significant positive relationship with employee productivity with motivation factor have the highest influence. This study contributes practical insights for managements and human resource practitioner to develop strategies to improve well-being, reduce turnover, and increase productivity, thereby supporting the long-term sustainability of the industry.