Volume 14 - Issue 2 - 2019
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Item Work Life Balance and Commitment of Government Hospital Nurses(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Dayananda, K. H. M. K.; Samarakoon, S. M. A. K.The nurses play a crucial role in the government hospital and their commitment and the work life balance seem to have a greater impact to make ensure quality of health sector in the country. The main emphases of the study are to figure out the factors affect to the Work Life Balance (WLB) on government hospital nurses in Sri Lanka and to analysis the Work Life Balance influence on job Commitment among government hospital nurses. The study conducted using primary data gathered focusing government hospitals in Colombo area. Participants are asked to complete structural questionnaires, which were developed to measure demographic factors and research variables. Questionnaires distributed among nurses working in the selected three hospitals in Colombo district. Hundred and five competed questionnaires returned from respondents. Hundred competed questionnaires were used to final data analysis. Descriptive statistics and correlation analysis and regression were utilized to data analysis. The study assessed the effect of four independent variables on the Work Life Balance and it was found the working environment, work stress, financial encouragement and Job Autonomy have greater impact to the work life balance. It was found that the working environment, work stress, financial encouragement and Job Autonomy has greater impact to the Work Life Balance. Public sector still plays a vibrant role in every country. If public sector employees are not satisfied with their motives, employee performance will deteriorate and inefficiency will be increased. It may also be a part of grievances, low productivity, disciplinary problems and other organization difficulties. Moreover, it is noted that Work life balance and working commitment have strong positive relationship. In this context, it can be concluded that the proper WLB will lead to high working commitment in nursing professionals. Further higher WLB leads to enhance the quality of health service in the country.Item Impact of Emotional Contagion on Work Performance of Employees(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Ekanayake, E. M. H. L; Weerasinghe, T. D.People possess variety of emotions. In spite of the effectiveness and the productiveness, they capture others’ emotions and moods habitually. It spreads as if a virus among them. Employees serve as the life-blood of any organization that ensures the health at the workplace. Thus, every organization strives to enhance and nurture their work performance effectively and efficiently by carefully managing the factors that affect their performance. The previously mentioned habitual nature of catching others’ emotions at work can have an impact on employees’ performance. Hence, the purpose of this study was to assess the impact emotional contagion on individual work performance. The study is an explanatory, cross-sectional in nature. A standard questionnaire was administered among the participants of the sample, selected through convenience sampling technique, which encompasses 100 respondents who are in the age category of 18 years or above that who work organizations. The items in the questionnaire have been extracted from the standard measurement scales. Descriptive statistics, correlation and regression have been used to test the hypotheses and draw conclusions. Results revealed that there is a significant relationship between the emotional contagion and individual work performance. Further, a significant impact is found from emotional contagion on work performance; as R-square is 15.7% Thus, building on the findings, it is recommended that the individuals should spend more time with the ones who boost their morale while practicing the effective ways they can use to manage the impact of others’ negative emotions and moods. Findings of the study would be beneficial for all the individuals, employees, managers, and for every organization that deploy humans at work to manage the emotions and moods productively in a way which they support their work performance.Item Impact of Intrinsic Factors and Subjective Norms that Influence Purchase Intention in Sri Lankan Online Retail Apparel Industry(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) De Silva, A. C.; Herath, H. M. A.Throughout the past decade, the development of the internet as a marketing tool has become a worldwide trend. In the apparel industry, the online platform has become a fertile ground for direct marketing resulting in the disintermediation of number of intermediaries in the traditional marketing channel. Compared to other developed countries, the habit of purchasing through digital market by Sri Lankan customers is obviously at a lower level. Moreover, even at the global level, there are few studies over purchasing of apparel online while scholars have emphasized the necessity of more studies in different contexts. In the Sri Lankan context, there is a lacuna of the empirical evidence in the area. The focus of this study is to identify and investigate the major factors that influence online purchasing intention among Sri Lankan online buyers. Therein, based on a comprehensive literature review, four factors were identified under the categories of subjective norms and intrinsic factors. A field survey was conducted to investigate the effect of perceived value, perceived risk, and perceived quality and peer pressure on online purchasing intention. The primary data was collected by means of a structured questionnaire and interviews from a sample of 384 customers selected on the simple random basis. The model was tested by using the simple regression analysis and the results revealed that perceived value, perceived quality and peer pressure show a positive effect on the online retail apparel purchasing intention among customers. The study also found that there are many research avenues for invigorating the scientific body of knowledge in this area.Item Effect of Person-organization Fit on Organizational Commitment: A Study with Special Reference to Sri Lankan Banking and Insurance Industries(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Wickramasinghe, D. V. A.; Nishanthi, H. M.The main objective of this study was to identify whether there is a significant impact of person organization fit on organizational commitment in Sri Lankan banking and insurance industries. The study was based on a collected sample of 100 executive level employees who currently work in banking and insurance companies. Six licensed commercial banks and four insurance companies representing private and public sectors, located in Colombo district were selected randomly to collect primary data. As this is a cross sectional explanatory research in nature, standard questionnaire was used to collect primary data incorporating survey technique. Descriptive statistics, spearmen correlation coefficient and liner regression were used to analyze data and make conclusions. Findings revealed that there is a significant impact of person organization fit on organizational commitment in Sri Lankan banking and insurance industries. Secondly, there is a moderate positive relationship between the person organization fit and organizational commitment. Further, it was found that employees who are working in the insurance industry are slightly more committed and fit for the Organization than their counterparts.