ICSLS 2005
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Item A Comparative Analysis on Perceived Needs and Future Aspirations of Men and Women Entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka Who Were Affected by Tsunami(University of Kelaniya, 2005) Sriyani, G.T.W.Women entrepreneurs have demonstrated different characteristics than men entrepreneurs. Compared to men, women are rated as low regarding the characteristics such as tolerance, persistent, decision-making, risk taking and growth perspective Such differences in the characteristics affected to mental disposition of women in re –building their ventures that were damaged or destroyed by the tsunami. This study is focused on reviewing the difference in those characteristics and analyzing how those characteristics affected the future expectations and perceived needs of men and women entrepreneurs who were the victims of tsunami in re-building their ventures. The objective of the study is to identify the variables in their future expectations and perceived needs of men and women entrepreneurs in the sample and also to identify how the governmental and non governmental organizations and private sector organizations and individuals support them to achieve sustainability of their enterprises. A critical research method is applied in this study and a sample of 20 men and 20 women who were micro scale entrepreneurs affected by tsunami were selected. The reality is going to be studied through direct observation, discussions and open end questionnaire. The data analysis is mainly based on the qualitative approach and meanwhile the quantitative approach is used where applicable. The present study has also led to reveal that how these men and women entrepreneurs perceived the support received from the government, non-government and private sector organizations for the development of their ventures.Item Employee Morale and Leadership Styles: A Study on the Most Attractive Leadership Style in the Sri Lankan Banking Sector(University of Kelaniya, 2005) Sriyani, G.T.W.Numbers of factors affect the employee morale. Among them leadership style is important. There was a contradictory argument regarding the connection between employee morale and the leadership styles. According to some researchers, morale of the workers under autocratic or task-oriented leaders is significantly less than other styles of leadership. Another group argued that higher level of employee morale could be expected through participative or people-concerned leadership style. This study is an endeavor to examine whether there is a connection between leadership style and the employee morale, and then decide the appropriate style of leadership to improve employee morale in an organization. An empirical study of a sample of the managers and employees of private sector banking organizations in Sri Lanka was conducted to examine the link between the employee morale and leadership styles. Amongst the leaders, there was none who practiced pure autocratic or participative style of leadership. The findings concluded that the leadership style of any manager cannot be identified as a separate independent behaviour within a continuum of autocratic and participative or people- concerned and task-concerned behaviour. Instead of concerning more on a single type of behaviour, a manager can give high concern simultaneously for the both styles and this behaviour seems to have recorded high employee morale. Most probably, a satisfactory level of employee morale can be achieved through balancing the necessity to get the work done by showing a greater concern for achieving tasks while practicing a same level or somewhat high concern on employees.