Human Resource Management
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Item Youth Challenge; the Awareness of Healthcare Education in Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy(International Journal of Scientific Research and Management (IJSRM), 2025) Darshani, R. K. N. D.; Rodrigo, B. K. M. P.; Dissanayake, K. G. C.Adolescents face various physical and psychological changes due to their rapid growth and development. Therefore, adolescent pregnancy causes to many physical, psychological and social problems. To determine the impacts of peer influence, socio economic status, knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and knowledge of safety measures of pregnancy towards awareness of healthcare education related to adolescent pregnancy were objectives of this study. Advanced level girls of Sri Lankan schools are aimed population and sample of 373 was collected by validated questionnaire as per stratified sampling method. According to the results, students live in moderate to low socio-economy; moderate to high peer influence; moderate to low knowledge of safety measures of pregnancy; moderate to high knowledge of STI; moderate to high awareness of healthcare education related to adolescent pregnancy. The study finding revealed a positive outcome towards awareness of healthcare education related to adolescent pregnancy from knowledge of STI, knowledge of safety measures of pregnancy and peer influence. But there was no significant impact from socio-economic status to awareness of healthcare education related to adolescent pregnancy. The results were proved by pilot study of adolescent pregnant ladies and can be concluded that awareness of healthcare education can be developed through knowledge of STI, knowledge of safety measures of pregnancy with support of peer influence for prevent adolescent pregnancy. Therefore, conducting comprehensive sex education programs in schools, community intervention programs focusing on teenagers and ensuring general access of contraceptives to enhance awareness of healthcare education will be beneficial to eliminate adolescent pregnancy.Item Assessing the Influence of Perceived Usefulness and Ease of Use of HRIS on Employee Attitude and Turnover Intention: An Empirical Investigation in a Sri Lankan Tiles Manufacturing Enterprise(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka., 2023) Opatha , P. J.; Dooradarshani, N.This research delves into an exploration of employees' perceived beliefs and attitudes towards Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) to gain deeper insights into its influence on employee turnover intention. The study constructs a conceptual framework primarily drawing from the Technology Acceptance Model and Reasoned Action Theory, and subsequently puts it to the test. Data was gathered from a tile manufacturing company situated in Sri Lanka. The primary objective of this study was to assess whether employees' beliefs and attitudes regarding HRIS significantly affect their turnover intention. To achieve this, we considered perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use as independent variables, with turnover intention serving as the dependent variable. Additionally, we examined employees' attitude towards HRIS, considering it as a mediator between the independent variables and the dependent variable. Our sample comprised 148 respondents selected from the aforementioned tile manufacturing company. Our analysis aimed to uncover whether the implementation of HRIS would impact employees' attitudes and subsequently their intention to leave the organization, specifically within ABC Tiles PLC. The results of our study demonstrate that both the perceived usefulness and ease of use of HRIS exert a significant influence on employee turnover intention. Furthermore, we concluded that employees' attitude towards HRIS plays a mediating role between perceived usefulness and turnover intention. These findings provide valuable insights for top management and system administrators, shedding light on the prevailing beliefs concerning HRIS within the company. Such insights can help identify perspectives that either enhance or hinder individual and organizational performance.Item “Adapting to thrive”: SME entrepreneurial leadership for corporate sustainability—A case from Sri Lanka(Journal of the International Council for Small Business, 2025) Darshani, R. K. N. D.; Surangi, H. A. K. N. S.This study explores how entrepreneurial leadership shapes corporate sustainability practices in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within resource-constrained environments in developing economies. Adopting a qualitative single-case study design grounded in social constructivism, the research draws on data collected through six in-depth interviews, supplemented by nonparticipant observations and internal document analysis. Findings show that SME leaders blend transactional and ambidextrous–exploitative leadership styles to balance economic, social, and environmental goals. Rather than relying on resource-intensive innovation, leaders adopt cost-efficient, compliance-aligned strategies grounded in moral and relational obligations. This study expands entrepreneurial leadership theory by showing how hybrid leadership serves as a practical response to sustainability challenges in developing economies. It also provides useful guidance for aligning sustainability with both operational needs and institutional expectations.Item Fostering work engagement: The effects of reverse mentoring and knowledge sharing(Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 2024) Harshani, M. D. R.; Jayawardana, A. K. L.; Atapattu, A. W. M. M.Work engagement is crucial for organisational success, yet many organisations struggle with low engagement rates. Previous research hints at a potential link between reverse mentoring and work engagement, prompting a deeper investigation into this relationship. Drawing from the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) framework and Social Exchange Theory (SET), this study examines the impact of reverse mentoring on work engagement, with knowledge sharing as a mediating factor and self-efficacy and perceived organisational support as moderators. Through a survey of 340 middle managers across 10 multinational corporations in Sri Lanka, the study reveals significant effects between reverse mentoring and work engagement, with knowledge sharing playing a crucial mediating role. Additionally, the study demonstrates the moderating influences of self-efficacy and perceived organisational support on work engagement and knowledge sharing, thus contributing novel insights to the existing literature in the shade of JD-R and SET perspectives.Item Telecommuting on Women’s Work-Family Balance through Work-Family Conflicts(2023) Rebecca, E.; Jayawardana, A.K.L.This study draws on the work-family border theory to examine the impact of telecommuting on work-family balance through work-family conflicts and managing psychological borders. Since telecommuters lack physical boundaries and work within psychologically created borders, it is more challenging for women telecommuters to balance work and family responsibilities while working from home as telecommuters. Although available literature has illuminated this concern, there is a dearth of literature on managing psychological borders. Addressing this gap, this study explores the impact of telecommuting on work-family balance (WFB) through the bi-directional nature of the mediating effect of work- family conflict and the moderating impact of mindfulness, which will be empirically tested. The research adopted a cross-sectional survey strategy to conduct quantitative research on women telecommuters in the information technology industry in Sri Lanka. Interestingly, the findings of this study reveal that telecommuting has an impact on WFB, and that the trait of mindfulness was found to impact women telecommuters’ WFB significantly. The study contributes to the existing literature by incorporating mindfulness as a moderator and highlights the importance of developing the trait of mindfulness, since it is not innate in most people.Item Factors affecting the performance of operational level employees in vogue tex (pvt) ltd(Global academic research institute, Colombo Sri Lanka, 2023) Rebecca, E.; Gunasekara, V.M.In contemporary business environment, apparel industry has been identified as a one of the most challenging and competitive industries among the other sort of industries. For endurance, apparel industry needs to have a mean of achieving competitive advantage. Basically this competitive advantage has been achieved by the apparel industry via human resources. Human resource has been identified as the only living resource among the other resources which has the capability to think, innovate and create etc. Consequently, human resource is viewed as a basic factor which pushes an organization towards the goal achievement. Hence, organizations are very sensitive on performance of the employee and on the factors that affect the performance of employees. This study was undertaken to identify the significance of the factors that affect performance of the operational level employees’ in Vogue Tex (Pvt) Ltd. This study was a cross sectional study with the sample of 96 operational level employees of Vogue Tex (Pvt) Ltd. In order to select the sample, convenience sampling method was applied. Data were collected through standard questionnaire and to analyses the data, descriptive statistics, Simple ranking method and Factor analysis were performed using IBM SPSS 20. Based on the empirical findings, researchers have tested eight factors namely, Working Environment, Organizational Culture, Personal Factors and Problems, Compensation & Reward System, Job content, Leadership, Team Cohesiveness and Training. All of these eight factors have been affected significantly in determining performance of the operational level employees. However, based on the findings, researchers have found that Training and Organizational Culture are the major and the most prominent determinants of the performance of the operational level employees. Hence, it has been concluded that Organizational culture and the Training are the most important factors when articulating the performance level of the operational level employees in the Vogue Tex (Pvt) Ltd.Item Determinants of Student Satisfaction in Online Tutorials: A Study of an Online Education Academy(University of Ruhuna Sri Lanka, 2023) Nandasena, N.P.H.; Rebecca, E.Distance learning is gaining popularity as a competitive alternative to traditional classroom instruction. Educational institutions that offer formal classroom education also incorporate distance learning courses due to the benefits it provides, such as low cost, wider access, and shared resources. To investigate student satisfaction in e-learning, this study focused on final-year students of ABC Online Academy in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Data were collected through self-administered questionnaires to assess students’ satisfaction. The study adopted a cross-sectional approach, utilizing a single source of data. A random sampling method was employed, resulting in 145 valid questionnaires from the students of the online education academy. Hypotheses were tested using the Pearson correlation coefficient and regression analysis. The study findings indicated that students' satisfaction is determined by course structure, the flexibility of online tutorials, the quality of online tutorials, and technology quality. The implications of these results for theory and practice were also discussed. Consequently, the study suggests that management should prioritize attention to course structure, the flexibility of online tutorials, the quality of online tutorials, and technology quality, as these factors are linked to increased student satisfaction. So, this research contributes to the existing literature on student satisfaction and e-learning context by examining the determinants of student satisfaction in online tutorials.Item Effect of Social Support on Job Satisfaction in a Reputed Telecommunication Company(Chartered Institute of Personnel Management Sri Lanka, 2023) Nanayakkara, Ann; Rebecca, E.Social support has been recognized as an essential tool that can support workers in keeping their efforts goal-directed and improving their quality of life. Research on social support and job satisfaction has yielded mixed results. This research aims to determine how social support affects job satisfaction at a Sri Lankan telecommunications company. This study also addresses knowledge and empirical gaps by examining the relationship between Social Support and Job Satisfaction. Even though the link between social support and job satisfaction has been proven in western literature by mental health organizations, there is relatively little research that has examined this relationship in the Sri Lankan context, particularly in the telecommunications sector. The current study investigated how those factors related to one another and how they affected workers. This deductive method was applied using an online survey research method and a quantitative research methodology. The population of the study was all levels of employees at a reputed Telecommunication Company, and the sample size was 175 observations, with primary data employed as a data source. SPSS - version 23.0 was used to analyze the data, and correlation and regression were employed. According to the study's findings, since social support is an essential buffering mechanism that helps enhance job satisfaction, employers and employees must be proactive in building a robust social network to help them achieve job satisfaction.Item Organizational Justice and Innovative Work Behavior: Effect of Knowledge Sharing(Chartered Institute of Personnel Management Sri Lanka, 2023) Nathasha, W. S. A. U.; Rebecca, E.The current imperative is to encourage employees to behave innovatively at work. Prior research has documented the influence of organizational justice on innovative work practices. However, the majority of this research comes from the context of information technology. Moreover, the underlying mechanism linking these variables, namely, the role of knowledge sharing, is sparse. This paper aims to examine the mediating role of knowledge sharing in the relationship between organizational justice and innovative work behavior and to address the problem of a lack of innovation among executive employees of the selected Sri Lankan construction company. The study was conducted by using a simple random sample from a construction company, and the time horizon was cross-sectional. Individual-level was the unit of analysis. Employees who were at the executive level were included as respondents in this survey. After reliability and validity were confirmed, the study's measurements were of a high caliber. The executives of a construction company are surveyed using a questionnaire survey method. A total of 118 valid questionnaires are collected. The hypotheses were examined using Pearson's correlation coefficient and linear regression analysis According to the study, organizational justice significantly influences how creatively employees behave at work. Additionally, it has been discovered that knowledge-sharing mediates the relationship. This paper is only intended for the executive employees of a particular Sri Lankan construction firm. Future researchers will be able to acquire data from various sources, mixing experimental settings with real-world circumstances, strengthening the scientific quality of research methodologies and raising the credibility of research findings. This study emphasizes knowledge-sharing as an underlying mechanism to demystify the relationship between organizational justice and innovative work behavior. An improvement is made to the theoretical framework that now describes the results of organizational justice.Item Impact of Work-Family Enrichment and Work-Family Conflict on Turnover Intention: Employees in a State Bank in Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka(Chartered Institute of Personnel Management Sri Lanka, 2023) Nandasena, N. P. H.; Rebecca, E.Many obligations at work and at home result in both negative (work-family conflict) and positive (work-family enrichment) spillover, which influence the effectiveness of people in both their lives at work and home. This has led to expanding research into the relationship between work and family. The outcomes of the two components of work-family relationships, work-family enrichment and work-family conflict, vary. This study examined the combined impact of work-family conflict and enrichment on intention to leave among state bank employees in Sri Lanka's Sabaragamuwa Province. Using self-administered surveys, the enrichment and conflict of work-family relationships were measured. The research used a single data source and a cross-sectional design. The data from 250 valid surveys were collected using a simple random sample technique. The hypotheses were examined using Pearson's correlation coefficient and multiple regression analysis. The findings from the research indicate that a simultaneous experience of less work-family conflict and more enriching experiences at work will provide tremendous benefits and long-term benefits to organizations. The implications of these results for theory and practice are also discussed. As a result, it is proposed that management should pay special attention to enhancing work-family enrichment since this appears to be linked to decreased turnover intention. By examining the connection between work-family enrichment and results that are relevant to the workplace, this study adds to the body of work-family literature.