In last few decades, Bangladesh Readymade Garment (RMG) Industry of Bangladesh has become a leading manufacturing industry in the world with its constant growth. The Industry is of major importance to the national economy of Bangladesh as it contributes more than 80% of the country's export earnings that amounts to about USD nineteen billion. The number of workers currently in this industry is more than 4.2 million and the number of factories is 5000 in different sizes. Despite this impressive growth, the performance of the workers in this industry is poor. Hence, this study aims at identifying the work stress factors and their impact on work performance of the RMG workers in Bangladesh. This used both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Respondent workers were selected by simple random sampling method from ten garment companies that are located in the periphery of Dhaka city. The impact of the stress of the workers was assessed by structured questionnaires. Two hundred ten readymade garment workers were interviewed from ten companies of different sizes for this study. Factor analysis was conducted to identify the factors related to stress of the workers that have impact on the work performance of the workers. Regression analysis was carried out to examine the impact of stress on workers' performance. The results show that the factors concerned with work stress symptoms are frustration and feeling of inefficiency, decrease satisfaction at work, problem of concentration at work and decrease of decision making ability. The performance impact factors are work pressure and frustration, understaffed workplace and work in holidays, job insecurity and pressure to complete the assignments. This study suggests that the policy makers should focus on the stress factors identified in this research that have impact on the performance of the workers in this industry.

Bangladesh garments industries created opportunities by creating employment for millions of workers. The export sector is playing a major role for increasing countries Gross Domestic Growth, GDP. The export sector raises income and employment within the country. The garment workers contribute a lot to the society and they work all day long. The workers need support to get worker's rights and to improve employment situation within the factory. Bangladesh needs to improve garment workers conditions and responsive about the impact of globalization. Bangladeshi garment industries face the challenges of globalization and should compete in the global market. The deprivation of garment worker's right might be the loss in garment industry to show the labor standard position in the near future. This book examine the changes of worker's employment situation within the changing scenario of global competition for the garment sector.