Commerce and Financial Management
Permanent URI for this collectionhttp://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/215
Browse
3 results
Search Results
Item Analysis of Social Distancing Behaviour during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Sri Lanka(10th ICME at University of Ruhuna,, 2021) Herath, H.M.T.S.; Shamil, Mohamed M.; Ariff, S.S.Drawing on the Protection-Motivation Theory (PMT), this study aims to analyze the influence of perceived health risk on social distancing behaviour and the mediating role of attitude towards social distancing among the residents of Colombo and Gampaha districts of the western province of Sri Lanka. A questionnaire was designed and distributed using online means to collect data. A total of 312 complete responses were received and used for analysis. Our findings show that there is a significant and positive relationship between perceived health risk and social distancing behaviour, and attitude towards social distancing mediates the relationship between perceived health risk and social distancing behaviour. Moreover, our findings also reveal that females are more likely to demonstrate social distancing behaviour than males. Also, females are likely to show a strong relationship between perceived health risk and social distancing behaviour compared to males. A shortfall in response rate is a limitation of the study. This study is among the first few studies to emerge from Sri Lanka to examine the predictors of social distancing behaviour amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. The findings of this study have several implications for public health communication in Sri Lanka.Item Impact of Internal Migration on Rural Development in Sri Lanka(10th ICME at University of Ruhuna, 2021) Kannangara, S.D.P.P; Herath, H.M.T.S.Internal migration and rural development are the most debated areas of a development process, which have not been adequately addressed for years in many developing countries, particularly in Sri Lanka. Therefore, the purpose of 1this study is to analyse the relationship between internal migration and rural development. This study used the quantitative approach and secondary data, spanning annually from 1996 to 2019. The Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model was used to test the hypothesized relationship between the constructs using EViews 11 student version. According to the ARDL results, the study reports a significant positive relationship between internal migration and rural development. Further, it revealed that despite the substantial improvement of rural development that happened over 1996 to 2018, internal migration has also increased by 16 per cent. It is expected that the findings of this study help various level policymakers to address the issues relating to rural development and internal migration from a novel and different perspective. This study also gives insights into problems relating to rural development, internal migration, and urbanization. Future studies may investigate urbanization problems in Sri Lanka which were mainly created by the overflow of internal migration. These problems should be considered by the authorities for the continued sustainable development in Sri Lanka as a whole.Item Determinants of Intrapreneurial Behaviour of Employees: A Review of Recent Literature(10th ICME at University of Ruhuna, 2021) Dilroshan, C.; Herath, H.M.T.S.; Madurapperuma, W.Intrapreneurial behaviour (IB) of employees is essential to tackle challenges 1and stimulate growth and well-being of organizations. Research on IB remain isolated and scarce preventing scholars from developing a more detailed understanding of the same. Thus, a better understanding of what drives IB and more recent analysis on the same are needed. A review of recent literature into determinants of IB is a timely requirement. The main purpose of this review is to understand the current state of determinants of employee IB in organizations. Journal articles published in English language from January 2010 to February 2021 in reputed on-line data bases of Ebsco, Emerald and in search engines of Google scholar, and Google research gate were set as conditions for selecting articles for this review. By conducting online searches using two search terms, 42 sample articles published online from 27 international journals were selected and reviewed under descriptive, thematic, methodological, and terminological review and analyzed for mediating and moderating factors. 59 intrapreneurial determinants were identified and categorized under three main factors. The analysis of findings reveals that determinants of IB are an emerging field of study. Large diversity was identified in the terminology used to indicate intrapreneurial behaviour. Perspectives, theories, and phenomenon used in the articles were also analyzed for their in-depth meanings and a synthesized view is presented highlighting the importance of reciprocal relationships. Finally, this review describes theoretical and practical implications and suggests areas for future research.