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Item Work-Family Conflict (WFC) and Turnover Intention of Female Nurses: Does Perceived Supervisor Support Matter?(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2024) Lakmali, N. R. M. I.; Wijewantha, P.As the shortage of nurses is a major problem being faced by the world healthcare system, as well as the Sri Lankan government and private hospitals, it is essential to investigate the factors that affect the turnover and turnover intentions of nurses. As such drawing on the Conservation of Resource (CoR) theory, the purpose of this research is to identify the influence of work-family conflict on female nurses’ turnover intention, in a selected private hospital chain in Sri Lanka. WFC is a type of inter-role conflict that occurs when the mutually exclusive demands placed by the family and work domains mount, and this is expected to create an intention within the mind of the employee to leave the job. In light of this situation, authors also hypothesize perceived supervisor support as a moderator of the relationship between WFC and turnover intention with the support of the Social Exchange Theory (SET). The authors conducted this as a quantitative, cross-sectional survey using a sample of 176 female nurses from the female nurses’ in XYZ hospital chain. Data were collected by emailing the link to an online questionnaire developed using well-accepted standard scales. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS), 23.0 was used to analyze data. The direct effect hypotheses were tested using simple linear regression analysis. Results revealed that there is a moderate positive impact of work-family conflict on turnover intention of female nurses in the XYZ hospital chain. However, results did not support the proposed moderation effect of perceived supervisor support (PSS) on the relationship between work family conflict and turnover intention.Item Impact of Organizational Training on Organizational Commitment of FrontLine Executives(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2024) Kumudumali, R. D. I.; Wijewantha, P.The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of organizational training on organizational commitment of front-line executives in ABC Lanka Private Limited. Organizational training was operationalized as a multi-dimensional construct comprising of motivation for training, access to training, benefits from training, and support for training. Accordingly, the hypotheses were developed to be tested, grounding on the resource-based view, social exchange theory, and psychological contract theory. The study was conducted as a quantitative research, based on primary data collected from the field survey. Accordingly, data were received from 115 front line executives working, a leading organization in the IT sector in Sri Lanka, the name of which is withheld upon the request of the management of the company. Data were collected using a standard questionnaire developed using validated standard measures and shared online as a Google form. The questionnaire was distributed to all the frontline executives of the company covering the entire population. The collected data were analyzed using the SPSS software version 23.0. Upon completing the data screening and preliminary analyses, descriptive statistics were calculated. The hypotheses were tested using the simple linear regression analysis and multiple regression analysis. The findings indicated that each operationalized dimension of training had a positive impact on employee commitment. Overall, the results indicated that organizational training has a strong positive impact on organizational commitment of employees. Implications are presented for both the organizations and human resource management practitioners as to how to utilize organizational training to increase employee commitment.Item Relationship between Learning Styles and Academic Performance of Management Undergraduates in University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2024) Kumari, P.M.G.N.M.; Wijewantha, P.Learning styles are defined as personal ways to process information, feelings, and behaviors in learning situations. Since this explanation on learning styles depends on the idea that no two people would learn the same way, individual differences are vital related to the way a learner can learn. As there are different ways a student can learn, there is the understanding that every student learns differently using different learning styles in different occasions. However, the literature has identified that there is one learning style which is predominantly adopted by a learner. As such, the objectives of this study are, 1) to identify the predominant learning style among the majority of management undergraduates in University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, and 2) to explore the relationship between learning styles and academic performance of management undergraduates in University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. The research was mainly guided by the Kolb’s Experiential Leaning theory and the Honey and Mumford’s Learning Styles Theory, and the VARK Model by Fleming. This is a quantitative study based on primary data collected using an online questionnaire. The population of the study was all management undergraduates in University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. In this cross-sectional survey, data were collected to identify the learning style using the VARK Model, whereas academic performance of students was measured using the Grade Point Average (GPA). Primary data collected were analyzed using SPSS software 26.0. Upon completing the data screening and preliminary analyses, descriptive statistics were calculated. Data were analyzed using the Chi-Square test. Through the findings obtained, it was depicted that the predominant learning style of each individual student had no significant association with their academic performance. A large sample is recommended for further research.Item Impact of Perceived Supervisor Support and Self-Efficacy on Work Engagement(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2024) Kumari, M.A.S.H.; Wijewantha, P.With the increased challenges faced by the organizations, world over due to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations in the world as well as in Sri Lanka are focusing on increasing organizational performance through increased employee engagement. Given this situation, this study investigates how employee engagement can be increased in the selected cohort or organizations. Thus, the purpose of this study is to examine the impact of perceived supervisor support and self-efficacy on work engagement of employees in selected glove manufacturing organizations. Thus, perceived supervisor support is the independent variable, whereas employee work engagement is the dependent variable, and self-efficacy is the mediating variable The research was carried out as a quantitative, cross-sectional, survey using a sample of 121 executive and above employees in selected glove manufacturing organizations in Sri Lanka. Primary data were collected using a structured online questionnaire developed using well accepted standard measures from a convenience sample. Data were analyzed using SPSS 23.0. Upon completing the data screening and preliminary analyses, descriptive statistics were calculated. Data were analyzed using simple linear regression analysis to test the direct effects between variables. Results indicated perceived supervisor support has a positive impact on employee work engagement, as well as on self-efficacy of employees. There is a positive (relatively weak) impact of self-efficacy of employees on work engagement. Finally, it was found that self-efficacy mediates the relationship between perceived supervisor support and work engagement. This study's findings provide better guidance for the management of the glove industry on increasing employee work engagement.Item Impact of Workplace Spirituality and Organizational Citizenship Behavior on Employee Commitment: A Study of Executive Level Employees in the Private Sector Manufacturing Organizations of Sri Lanka(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2024) Liyanage, P. H. S. M. P.; Wijewantha, P.This study was undertaken to explain the impact of workplace spirituality on employee commitment. Authors used the quantitative method, deductive reasoning, and survey strategy in undertaking the research. The study tested four hypotheses. The unit of analysis was individual. Researcher used the non-probabilistic conveniencesampling technique, due to the unavailability of a population frame. Data were collected from 181 executive level employees using questionnaires. Questionnaire was developed using well accepted standard measures for each variable. The response rate of the study was 18.1%. Data were analyzed using SPSS (Version 23). Hypotheses were tested using regression analysis and the mediation was tested using the online Sobel test calculator. According to the findings of the study, there was a moderate positive relationship between workplace spirituality and employee commitment. Furthermore, organizational citizenship behavior partially mediated the relationship between workplace spirituality and employee commitment. The findings of the present study would provide the direction to corporate communities and future researchers in the areas of employee commitment and organizational citizenship behavior.Item Impact of Employer Brand Attractiveness on Intention to Apply for a Job: A Survey of Final Year Management Undergraduates(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022) Maheshika, G. A. P.; Wijewantha, P.The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of employer brand attractiveness on undergraduates’ intention to apply for a job in those particular employer organizations. With the increasing competition in the business world, the organizations face severe challenges related to recruiting talented professionals for organizations. In this backdrop of events the organizations need to ensure that their organization is identified as a sought-after employer by enhancing the level and quality of elements that make them an attractive employer. Accordingly, this study investigated particularly about five dimensions of employer brand attractiveness; value of interest, social value, economic value, development value, and value of cooperation of employer brand attractiveness. The study investigated the perspectives of prospective employees by taking all the final year undergraduates of state universities of management faculties located in the Western Province of Sri Lanka, as the population. The study tested one main hypothesis and five sub hypotheses. The data were collected from a convenience sample using a virtually circulated Google Form. The responses were received for the online survey from 210 final year management undergraduates and the data were analysed using the SPSS software. The results indicated that there is a significant positive impact of employer brand attractiveness on undergraduates’ intention to apply for a job in those particular employer organizations. These findings of the study provide a basis for research on the dimensions of employer brand attractiveness and also provides insights to the organizations and their respective HR Managers on enhancing the companies’ ability to attract talented individuals.Item Impact of Quality of Work Life on Employee Intention to Stay with the Mediation Effect of Career Commitment(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022) Madushan, S. C. S.; Wijewantha, P.The purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of quality of work life (QWL), on career commitment and the intention to stay in a leading finance company in Sri Lanka. Although the relationship between quality of work life, career commitment, and intention to stay has been established in Western literature, very few studies have examined these within the Sri Lankan context, especially in the financial service providing industry. This study explored the above relationship using a sample of operational level employees who work in a leading financial service providing company in Sri Lanka. This research is a deductive (theory –testing) research. The study was conducted adopting the survey research strategy and quantitative method. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the sample. Accordingly, primary data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire from the sample. A Google form was created and distributed for data collection. The sample size of the study is 125. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS), Version 23.0 was used for data analysis and correlation and regression analyses were used to test hypotheses by analysing data. The results indicated that quality of work life has a significant direct impact on intention to stay with the mediation effect of career commitment.Item Impact of Student Engagement in E-Learning on Perceived Learning Effectiveness: A Study of Undergraduates of Management Faculties in State Universities in Sri Lanka(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022) Madushan, J. C.; Wijewantha, P.Though there is attraction for the topic of student engagement in e-learning environments, especially in the Western research setting, there are only limited research available in this area related to the Sri Lankan educational contexts. Taking that lacuna in research in the Sri Lankan context into consideration this study was undertaken to identify the impact of student engagement in e-learning on perceived learning effectiveness of management undergraduates in state universities in Sri Lanka. This study was undertaken as a quantitative research and study used primary data. A self-administrated structured questionnaire was used to collect primary data from a sample of 347 management undergraduates of state universities in Sri Lanka. The sample was selected using the convenience sampling technique. To test the hypothesized relationships between the constructs, a simple regression analysis was performed using SPSS 23.0 version. Analyzed results showed a significant positive impact of student engagement in e-learning on perceived learning effectiveness in management undergraduates in state universities in Sri Lanka. Under student engagement in e-learning, this study tested three dimensions: behavioural engagement, emotional engagement, and cognitive engagement. Sub hypotheses for dimensions was also supported by the data when analyzed. This study encourages university students, lecturers, and administrators to find ways to enhance the student engagement in e-learning environments to increase learning effectiveness undergraduates.Item Impact of Perceived Employability on Academic Engagement and Perceived Stress in Life: A Study of Management Undergraduates of State Universities in Sri Lanka(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022) Madusanka, N. M. A. P.; Wijewantha, P.This study investigated the impact of perceived employability on academic engagement and perceived stress in life of management undergraduates in state universities in Sri Lanka. The relationship between perceived employability and academic engagement is well-established in Western literature. However, only a few studies have examined the relationship between perceived employability and academic engagement as well as the impact of perceived employability on perceived stress in life. Accordingly, this study was undertaken to fill that that void in literature present in the Sri Lankan setting. This is a quantitative survey done as a cross-sectional study. The data were collected using an online survey by distributing the survey questionnaire via social media. Accordingly, primary data were collected using the questionnaire developed using well accepted standard measures, from a sample of 352 respondents. The impact of perceived employability on academic engagement and perceived stress in life was tested using two separate simple regression analyses. The results indicated a significant positive impact of perceived employability on academic engagement and a significant negative impact of perceived employability on perceived stress in the life of management undergraduates of state universities in Sri Lanka. This is one of the limited studies done in this area and compared to previous studies done using current employees in the labor market, this study becomes unique as it used undergraduates who are yet to enter the labor market.Item Impact of Workplace Aggression on Employee Turnover Intention and Perceived Meaningfulness of Work of Executive Level Employees in a Selected Apparel Company in Sri Lanka(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022) Madumini, K. N.; Wijewantha, P.The purpose of this research is to identify the impact of workplace aggression on employee turnover intention and perceived meaningfulness of work. Although much research has been conducted targeting the apparel industry of Sri Lanka and have discussed several workplace issues, the number of research available on workplace aggression and employee turnover intension and perceived meaningfulness of the work is less. Therefore, this research addresses this research gap and contributes new knowledge in the areas of workplace aggression, perceived meaningfulness of work and employee turnover intention while drawing important conclusions on the Sri Lankan apparel industry. This research is a deductive (theory –testing) research conducted using the survey research strategy and the quantitative method. Executive level employees of the selected apparel company were chosen as the population, and it included 1487 executive level employees. Morgan table was used to get the sample size required for the study which was 306. The sample was selected using the convenient sampling technique. Data were collected using a sample of 320 respondents through a self-administered online questionnaire. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS), version 23.0 was used for data analysis. Two separate simple regression analyses were performed to test the two hypotheses and the results indicated that there is a significant positive impact of workplace aggression on the employee turnover intention of executive level employees and there is a significant negative impact of workplace aggression on the perceived meaningfulness of work of the executive level employees.