2nd Student Symposium - 2015

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    Impact of Work Stress on Turnover Intention of Employees: a Case of Edinborough Products (Pvt) Limited
    (Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Safana, M.T.F.; Jayasinghe, J.A.C.B.
    Dealing the occupational stress and turnover intention have become a momentous phenomenon in career management literature. Majority of the manufacturing companies in Sri Lanka are experiencing the high turnover rate of employees and it becomes a critical problem to maintain the competitive advantages. Various factors are affecting to the turnover intention and the work stress is the one of the major determinate which leads to turnover intention among the employees. This study investigates the significant impact of work stress on the turnover intention in the Edinborough Products (Pvt) Limited. This study is based on two objectives as main and sub objectives. The main objective is to identify the impact of the work stress level of the employees with related to the intention to leave from organization and work stress is measured by combining co-workers behavior, supervisor’s behavior, work pressure and work environment.70 employees are surveyed by questionnaires and results were finalized by using both descriptive and inferential statistics through correlation and regression. In agreement with hypothesis it indicates that work stress has positive significant impact with turnover intention and which resulted as 0.533 positive value. Hence, these findings would be important to the human resource managers of the company to develop their stress management practices and retention programs.
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    Impact of Training Effectiveness on Employee Performance of Management Assistant Level Employees in National Housing Development Authority
    (Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Sanjeewa, K.V.I.; Jayasinghe, J.A.C.B.
    Most of the organizations spend a lot of money on Training process of their employees, as training employees has a directly effect on organizational success. Training process help individual employees to perform their current job in a better way and to meet the expectation of a higher and more challenging job in the future. It also helps to improve the performance of the employees and there by boosts the productivity of the organization. This study focuses on identifying the impact of Training Effectiveness on Employee Performances in National Housing Development Authority (NHDA). To achieve the above mentioned task and to collect data, the employees of the NHDA head office, Colombo 02 who were randomly selected were used as a sample. To gather information, a questionnaire was used as a primary data collection method and company reports were used as secondary data collection method. Moreover, the past training records and previous research papers related to Training programs were used to collect data. According to the results obtained through the analysis of data, it was revealed that training effectiveness help to improve employee performances and there is an impact of the training effectiveness on the employee performance. Finally, this study also presents some recommendations that can be adapted to improve the existing system of training process in NHDA.
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    Impact of Work-Life Balance on Employee Engagement of Dual Career Couples in the Banking Sector
    (Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Rankapuge, J.K.K.; Jayasinghe, J.A.C.B.
    The main focus of this study was to identify the impact of work-life balance on employee engagement of dual career couples in the banking sector Sri Lanka. And also research was designed to investigate the relationship between work-life balance and employee engagement of dual career couples in the banking sector. In this study, the concept “work-life balance” was covered from three dimensions; personality, job stress and spousal support. A standard questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. The participants were non-executive staff members of selected domestic licensed commercial banks in Colombo region. The final sample consisted with 84 non-executive staff members covering both state and private banks and it was represented by Fifty Four percent (54%) females and Forty Six percent (46%) males whose spouse is full time employed. The research findings were analyzed by using statistical analysis methods. The findings of the study revealed that there is a significant impact of work-life balance on employee engagement of dual career couples in the banking sector Sri Lanka. And also findings revealed a positive significant relationship between work-life balance and employee engagement of dual career couples in the banking sector. Further it was found that the work-life balance dimensions; personality, job stress and spousal support has a significant impact on employee engagement of dual career couples in the banking sector. These findings provide evidence that work-life balance plays an important role in achieving employee engagement in an organization.