Investigating the impact of growth mindset on empowerment, life satisfaction and turn over intention: Comparison between Indonesia and Vietnam

This study investigates the influence of growth mind-set toward empowerment, life satisfaction and turn over intention in textile industry. Since Vietnam's performance in the garment sector has surpassed Indonesia's in recent years, this study aims to examine the difference working condition between Indonesia and Vietnam. This research based on the mix of quantitative and qualitative approach by interviewing 2897 garment workers from Indonesia and 2840 from Vietnam. The quantitative data were processed using LISREL 8.51 software with structural equation modelling. The results of this study reveal the fact that turnover intention could be minimised by reducing work-family conflict, increasing life satisfaction, and provide empowerment to their workers. On top of that, companies should pay serious attention to the important of growth mind-set, which apparently could lead to effective empowerment.