Browsing by Author "Hewagama, G.V."

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The effectiveness of grievance settlement practices of apperal industry in Sri Lanka
(Research Symposium 2009 - Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2009) Gamage, P.N.; Hewagama, G.V.
This paper empirically investigates the effectiveness of systematic use of Grievance Settlement Practices (GSP) and identifies the impact of the size of the firm on effectiveness of systematic use of GSP in apparel industry in Sri Lanka. The study was conducted relating to large and medium size apparel manufacturing firms in Colombo District. The unit of analysis of this study was at firm level. The sample of the study consist of four (04) large garment manufacturing firms and three (03) medium size garment manufacturing firms. A structured 7-point likert scale questionnaire was administered to collect data from a randomly selected sample of 70 executive level employees representing all firms. The effectiveness of the grievance settlement procedure was analyzed using seven characteristics: formal procedure, speedy settlement, acceptance, settlement at lower level, perceived justice, simplicity and training. The effectiveness of GSP was measured using arithmetic mean and effectiveness was at satisfactory level in both large as well as medium firms. Mean for the effectiveness of GSP was 5.3375 of large apparel firms and 5.1318 of medium size apparel firms. Independent Sample t test was performed to compare means to identify impact of the size of the firm on effectiveness of systematic use of GSP. Results indicate that there was no statistical evidence to claim that the effectiveness of systematic use of GSP related with the size of the firm.
The impact of different personalities on career success of top level managers: Emperical study on commercial banks in Sri Lanka
(Research Symposium 2009 - Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2009) Hewagama, G.V.
Career success depends on individual and organizational variables. Personality is one of the determinants of career success and this study examined the impact of personality on career success. Personality can be split into Type A and Type B personalities and introversion and extraversion personalities. The objective of this research was to empirically investigate the impact of Type A and Type B personalities on career success and the impact of introversion and extraversion personalities on career success of top level managers. The unit of analysis of this study was at individual level. The sample of the study consists of 75 top level managers in seven Commercial Banks in Sri Lanka. A structured likert scale questionnaire was administered to collect data. The statistical techniques of Independent Sample t Test and Regression Analysis were used to analyze data. The highest number of individuals in the sample belongs to Type A personality and results of the independent sample t test proved that Type A personalities have greater career success than Type B. At the same time it revealed that higher career success of extravert personalities than introvert personalities. The results of the regression analysis showed that Type A or B personalities accounted for 11.7% variance in career success and introversion or extraversion personalities explained 16.8% variance in career success significantly. Final results indicate that 24.6% of the variance in career success was significantly explained by the different personalities of top level managers.