Volume 13 - Issue 1 - 2018

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Job Satisfaction and Intention to Leave: A Study of Financial and Internal Audit Executive Staff of Public Universities in Sri Lanka
(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Kothalawala, C. G.; Samarakoon, S. M. A. K.
This study aims to measure the relationship between job satisfaction and intention to leave among the Financial and Internal Auditing Executive officers in the Public-Sector Universities in Sri Lanka. The objectives of the study are; to measure the level of job satisfaction of financial and Internal Executive Officers in the Public Sector Universities in Sri Lanka, identify the factors affecting the level of job satisfaction of financial and Internal Executive Officers in the Public Sector Universities in Sri Lanka and examine the influence of the level of job satisfaction of Financial and Internal Executive Officers in the Public Sector Universities in Sri Lanka on their intention to leave. Two models were used to measure the influence of variables; Model A assessed the relationship between the selected job-related factors and the level of job satisfaction. Model B measured the relationship between job satisfaction and intention to leave. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential (correlation, multiple regression analysis) statistics. One hundred and thirty executive staff members were selected through Proportionate Stratified Random sampling method from the public-sector universities in Sri Lanka. Questionnaires were administered to gather data and 128 questionnaires were received. Five job related factors; salary, promotion, training and development, relationships with co-workers and working conditions were selected for the study. The study’s findings show that there is a negative relationship between job satisfaction and intention to leave among the Financial and Internal Auditing Executive officers. Three factors; salary, relationship with co-workers and working conditions have shown a significant positive effect on the job satisfaction. Eexistence of negative relationship between job satisfaction and intention to leave from the organization will give signal for the authorities of higher education to consider that if the satisfaction is lower then there is a possibility of leaving from the organization.
Measurement of Organizational Citizenship Behaviour; Reliability and Validity in Sri Lankan Context
(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Janadari, M. P. N.; Sri Ramalu, S.; Wei, C. C.
This paper investigates the goodness of the measure of organizational citizenship behaviour in terms of reliability and validity. Organizational Citizenship Behaviour considers as the extra role or voluntary behaviour not directly or explicitly recognized by the formal reward system, and that in the aggregate it promotes the effective functioning of the organization. However, more research studies on OCB focus on western context while similar effort in Sri Lankan context rather scant. Data were gathered through the survey by distributing structured questionnaire from public sector organizations. As per the discussion basically, two main criteria called reliability and validity have to be achieved to confirm the goodness of the measure. Internal reliability and composite reliability scales were commonly employed to asses construct reliability of the intended constructs. However, convergent validity achieved through Average Variance Extracted (AVE) and factor loadings. Discriminant validity can be evaluated by assessing the cross loadings among constructs, Fornel-Larcker criterion, and Heterotrait- Monotrait Ratio of correlation (HTMT). According to the derived outcomes implications regarding the goodness of measure were discussed and revisions of measurement in Sri Lankan context were presented.
The Connection of Employer Branding to Recruitment: A Critique
(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Weerawardane, S.; Weerasinghe, T.
The present paper reviews and summarizes the key findings of research on the connection of employer branding to employee recruitment with the prime focus of bridging the lacuna in extant literature, due to the inconsistency of aforesaid association across different contexts. Hence, building on social identity theory and job signaling theory, a content analysis of relevant research articles up to date was conducted. It is found that, more the organization/employer looks prestigious the more potentials will get attracted to the organization as being a member of it will improve the self-image too. Also found that, more the organizational attributes do match the personality / personalities of job seeks and communicate it properly, more the potentials will get attracted. The findings of the current review support the general notion that the congruence between individual identity and organizational identity plays a critical role in employer branding which in turn positive outcomes in the domain of recruitment.
The Impact of Human Capital and Social Capital on Employee Performance: A Study of Employees in Small Scale Industry Enterprises in Western Province of Sri Lanka
(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Perera, K. A. C. N.; Weerakkody, W. A. S.
The human capital and Social Capital are most focus areas for the further research study. Previous literature was identified the importance of these human capital and social capital, even though there is less sufficient evidence regarding these areas. It is hard to find research which is done in Sri Lankan context that investigate on the relationship between human capital and social capital on employee performance in small scale industrial enterprises in Sri Lanka. Therefore the main objective of the study was to identify the whether there are significant effect from human capital and social capital to employee performance. The research framework contains of two Independent variable (Human Capital, Social Capital) dependent variable (employee performance).Therefore the purpose of the study was hypotheses testing. The study was cross sectional. It means collected only at a single point in time due to time horizon. Measures of this study retained adequate validity and reliability. Sample for this study was employees in small scale industrial enterprises in western province, Sri Lanka. The structured questionnaire, which consists of 65 statement with five point Likert scale used to gather data and sample consists of 316 employees in small scale enterprises in western province. Therefore unit of analysis was individual level. The data analysis contained within univariate and multivariate analysis. The research discovered that there were positive strong impact of human capital on employee performance. And also there were positive moderate impact of social capital on employee performance in small scale industrial enterprises in Sri Lanka.
The Impact of Job Tension on Job Satisfaction: A Study on Executive Level Employees of the Apparel Industry in Anuradhapura District of Sri Lanka
(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Yasarathne, K. H. V. P.; Nishanthi, H. M.; Mendis, M. V. S.
Apparel industry in Sri Lanka has become major contributor to Sri Lanka’s economic development. Due to supply of low cost creative labour and organizational friendly government policies, many international apparel brands and apparel firms are outsourcing their manufacturing functions to Asian countries. Of those, Sri Lanka is a leading country where most apparel sector giants are interested to invest in. Further, in Sri Lankan context apparel sector is highly competitive as quite a number of big giants such as MAS Holdings, Brandix Apparel Lanka Ltd, Hela Clothing (Pvt) Ltd are operating in the market. Due to this high competitiveness in the industry, greater struggle is visible to attract and retain key talent. However, retaining talent has become difficult due to the job tension associated with high competitiveness. In the current study, the researchers attempt to investigate in depth the impact of job tension on job satisfaction of the executive level employees of the Apparel Industry, with special reference to Anuradhapura District. The executive level employees in three leading garment manufacturing organizations in Sri Lanka were investigated through a sample of 100 employees. Simple random sampling method was used to select the representative sample. A self-administrated structured questionnaire was used to collect data. The correlation analysis and regression analysis were used to test the research hypotheses. The study confirmed that job tension is significantly correlated with employee job satisfaction. The findings of the study also indicated that there is a strong negative relationship between job tension and job satisfaction of executive level employees. This study directly provides a major theoretical contribution filling the gaps of former studies which were done on apparel sector. The findings and the recommendations of the current research directly addresses lot of practical issues related to job tension and job satisfaction faced by the apparel firms.