Determinants of Human Resource Development in Industrial Sector in Rajshahi City: A Micro-Survey Study

Abstract

Bangladesh has witnessed a parallel process of economic growth driven by, and associated dispossession of labour. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been lifted to a decadal average of six percent in recent time. The country has also moved forward in the realm of social indicators, despite a third person living below the socalled poverty line. Despite the development of human resource remaining in the heart of such development, still such development of human resource remain slow. Against this backdrop, this research finds the key question: can this type of development of human resource in industrial sectors enable the economy to a sustainable path required to accelerate the overall development of the country? This study is based on survey data. The study indicates that, ever increasing pressures to sustain, in the context of growing need have pushed people to engage in income generating activities. The option for people to make choices and to claim rights to decent employment has remained elusive in the context of survival and hence has been subjected to injustices and dispossession. The research work also finds that there is a huge lack of skill development programmes among all the industries. The study also reveals the association of different variables of the respondents with their income satisfaction along with industrial production. The logistic regression analysis demonstrates the significant effects of different respondent’s characteristics on their income satisfaction, their participation in the decision making process of the industry, their work place environment and their promotion status. These analytical results may helpful to the policy makers, planners and researchers in developing suitable programmes addressing the case of human resource development in industrial sectors through out the country.