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Item The Impact of Individual Level Determinants of Knowledge Sharing on Employee Job Performance(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2024) Madhushani, W. K. U.; Darshani, R. K. N. D.The ability of a company to lead and inspire its workforce decides whether it can succeed or fails. It is commonly acknowledged that an organization’s capacity to maintain its competitiveness in the global marketplace is significantly impacted by knowledge management. Because of the knowledge is an organization’s most valuable strategic resource and can give them a long-term competitive advantage, knowledge management also depends on knowledge sharing. When considering the relationship between knowledge sharing and employee job performance, it is a key area of focus for strategic management in the current landscape of organizational dynamics. Organizations can benefit greatly from individual-level knowledge sharing because it fosters creativity by bringing different viewpoints to problem-solving and improves staff development through ongoing education. Therefore, the objective of the current study was to identify the impact of individual level determinants which are interpersonal trust, intention to share knowledge and motivation to share knowledge on employee job performance. This study intends to contribute to fill the theoretical and empirical gap in the existing literature within Sri Lankan context. Hence this was a quantitative and cross sectional study which was based on an organization in Telecommunication industry employees. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire using a convenient sampling technique. The sample size was 200 employees worked at Telecommunication Company in Colombo District. The number of employees who responded was 195 among 200 employees. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS), version 23.0 was used as a tool for data analysis. According to the result of present study there is a significant and positive relationship in between knowledge sharing and employee job performance. And considering each sub dimensions the greater impact is having an interpersonal trust to share knowledge for employee job performance as an individual determinant of knowledge sharing. And lower impact having intention to share knowledge as an individual determinant of knowledge sharing. Therefore, the current study suggested that to conduct the study by considering all organizations in the business world within Sri Lanka to get an effective output from future researches.Item Impact of Social Media Use on Academic Purposes of Management Undergraduate: University of Kelaniya(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2024) Madhushani, M.I.; Darshani, R. K. N. D.The use of social media networks can be pointed out as a problem faced by many students and undergraduates around the world today. The main determination of this study is to study for what purpose these social media are used. The purpose of this grant is to study how the use of social media networks affects undergraduates in the Department of Management Studies at the University of Kelaniya. Specifically, it looked at online interaction with peers, online interaction with teachers, online engagement, and online collaborative learning for academic purposes. The study was carried out among the undergraduates. The persistence of this grant is the impact of social media usage on academic purposes and research questions were prepared accordingly. Management undergraduates were included in the sample. Also, the convenience sampling method was used to select a sample size of 354 undergraduates from the University of Kelaniya management undergraduates. This is a quantitative research approach and survey study deductive. Correlation analysis and simple regression analysis were conducted to test how well the impassiveness of the selected social media usage could predict academic purposes. The results demonstrate that key factors influencing students’ academic purposes to use social media include the efficacy of online interaction with peers and online interaction with teachers, online engagement, and online collaboration. It was discovered that the main elements influencing social media usage are online interaction with peers, online interaction with teachers, online collaboration, and online engagement. As a result, there are many purposes for using social media networks as a strategy to improve educational productivity. However, according to this study, interaction with peers, interaction with teachers, and online collaborative learning have a strong positive relationship among those variables, and online engagement has a negative relationship. This study has helped me understand how the use of social media networks affects undergraduate research in the Department of Management Studies.Item Impact of Perceived Workplace Safety Climate on Job Performance of Non-Executive Employees(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2024) Pinto, M. S. S.; Darshani, R. K. N. D.Today’s business world is highly competitive and human resource is the most important resource in every organization. Therefor organizations should understand their employees better. This study aims to increase the knowledge about employee retention in organizations. Four variables were analysed (rewards, supervision, organizational culture,Training & career development) to understand whether they impact on retention of employees. In this study, the objective was to examine the impact of organizational factors on employee retention in apparel sector in Biyagama export processing zone. There are certain specific hypothesis, procedures, controls and conclusion to realize the main objective. Also this study based on questionnaires. Therefore the type of investigation of the study was experimental. This study can be identified as a noncontrived study since it examines the impact of organizational factors on production employee retention in selected Apparel Companies in natural working environment of Biyagama Export Processing Zone. In this study, none of the variable were controlled or manipulated. As the study was conducted in natural environment where events normally occur, that is non contrived setting. In here no any artificial or contrived setting was created for the study. Hence this research has conducted with minimal researcher interference. To elaborate convenient sampling method is used to collect data. As a sample of this study 384 apparel sector production employees were selected from Biyagama Export Processing zone, Sri Lanka. According to the analysis, organizational factors positively and significantly impact its employee retention. Organizational culture is the most influential factor and reward is the least influential factor. To examine the individual impact of Rewards, Supervision, Organizational Culture, Training & Career Development on Employee Retention, Simple Regression Analyze was done. According to the results, these individual factors positively and significantly impact its employee retention.Item Impact of Smartphone Addiction on Academic Performance of Management Undergraduates of University of Kelaniya(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2024) Madhumini, B.H.; Darshani, R. K. N. D.With the development of technology, the young community has been directed to use smart phones excessively and this has an impact on their educational results. Due to its numerous applications that offer entertainment and educational resources, smartphones have become incredibly popular among young people. But students' widespread smartphone use has resulted in addiction, which has a negative effect on their social ties, academic performance, daily routines, physical and mental health, and withdrawal symptoms. The purpose of this research is to identify Impact of Smartphone Addiction on Academic Performance of Management Undergraduates of University of Kelaniya. This research is deductive research. This research was conducted using a survey research strategy and quantitative research method. The sample size was 354, data collection was done through a self-administered questionnaire and Convenience sampling technique. A Google form was created and distributed to collect data. The results indicate that withdrawal and cyberfriendship have a significant negative impact on academic performance, suggesting that higher levels of withdrawal and engagement in cyberfriendships are associated with lower academic performance. Daily life disturbance shows a moderate negative impact on academic performance and also positive anticipation and impatience showed least impact on academic performance. This study suggests that students should minimize excessive use of smartphones to make their academic performance and daily activities run smoothly.Item The Impact of Procrastination on Wellbeing of Government School Teachers; Sri Jayewardenepura Zone of Colombo District in Sri Lanka(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2024) Leo, N. A.; Darshani, R. K. N. D.Employee well-being is intricately tied to various aspects of working life, encompassing the physical environment, job attitudes, workplace culture, and structure. The overall health and wellness of the workforce significantly impact an organization’s long-term effectiveness and correlate directly with production levels. From last years to today, procrastination of employees impacted to the employee wellbeing, job satisfaction, and job performance of the employee. So this study investigates the relationship between procrastination and the well-being of government school teachers in the Sri Jayawardhenepura Zone of the Colombo district, Sri Lanka. Utilizing a quantitative approach with 285 teachers, the research explores five key dimensions of procrastination: Fear of Failure, Job Mismatch, Dependence, Difficulty of Making Decisions, and Rebel Instead of Control. The study employs standardized questionnaires, and data analysis reveals significant influences of procrastination on teacher well-being, particularly through Dependence, Difficulty of Making Decisions, and Rebel Instead of Control. The robust regression model explains 74% of the variability in well-being, with fear of failure and job mismatch showing non-significant impacts. ANOVA confirms the overall model fit, and hypothesis testing validates the impact of procrastination dimensions on well-being. The findings offer valuable insights for tailored interventions to enhance teacher wellbeing.Item The Impact of Supervision on Work Satisfaction as a Study on Machine Operator Employees of Samson Apparel Makers (Pvt) Ltd(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2024) Lawton., H.T.; Darshani, R. K. N. D.Presently manufacturing sector organizations faces a greater difficulty and it is noted that little attempt has been taken by the researchers to integrate the supervision with employee work satisfaction among operational workers in Sri Lankan literature. Hence problem of this study is to investigate the existing levels of supervision and employee work satisfaction what sort of relationship among supervision and work satisfaction, how supervision causes an impact of supervision on work satisfaction at Samson Apparel Makers (Pvt) Ltd. To analyze this condition, hypothesis was formulated using quantitative approach as a deductive study. The methodology adapted for this involves reviewing existing literature related to the research theme and primary data. Primary data have been collected through structured and standard questionnaires. The study was conducted by using a simple random sample of Samson Apparel Makers (Pvt) Ltd. Type of investigation was correlation and it was crosssectional on time horizon. The unit of analysis was individual level. Operational employees were taken as respondents in this study. Measures of the study were of good quality after assuring reliability and validity. Data were collected from 135 machine operator employees of Samson Apparel Makers (Pvt) Ltd. In order to test the hypothesis that was concerned with positive impact between supervision and work satisfaction. The results of the study showed a significant and positive impact between supervision and work satisfaction was accepted. Further, this study also supported the view that the managers of Samson Apparel Makers (Pvt) Ltd. should take strategic steps to increase work satisfaction among the employees.Item Workplace Mediation and Family Support on Managing Work Stress of Insurance Sector Employees: Evidence from ABC Insurance Ltd Located in Sabaragamuwa Zone(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022) Palliyaguru, P. G. S. D.; Darshani, R. K. N. D.The purpose of the research Presently Insurance sector organization faces a greater difficulty, and it is noted that little attempt has been taken by the researchers to integrate the workplace mediation and family support with employee work stress among Insurance sector employees in Sri Lankan literature. Hence problem of this study is to investigate impact of workplace mediation and family support on managing work stress in insurance sector employees and investigate the relationship between co-worker support, supervisor support and family support on managing their work stress of insurance sector employees in ABC insurance Ltd (Sabaragamuwa Zone). This research was enriched with a quantitative approach and self-administrative survey questionnaire was applied convenience sample 115 employees who currently worked in ABC Insurance limited in Sabaragamuwa Zone. The sample was selected using convenient sample method. To test hypothesis relationships between the constructs, the multiple regression analysis was performed using SPSS 20.0 version. There are many scholars found that workplace mediation, family support and work stress have a significant relationship. Deeply consider about demographic features of the data set. According to that, females tend to response the questionnaire in higher rate (58%) than males. And also, employees tend to response for the questionnaire who 60% are in the age range of 18 - 29 years than other age groups. Future researchers can be taken into actions to improve further research by overcoming the limitation of this study. Future researchers can expand the present study by drawing sample including another Zone of ABC insurance Ltd. This study only taken the small sample size to collect the data. So, if future researcher can take the large sample size of collect the data it may become an effective one. This would raise the levels of interests among scholars to conduct more employee work stress related studies that may contribute to the new dimensions’ organizational management.Item Impact of Perceived Usefulness and Ease of Use of HRIS on Employee Attitude and Turnover Intention: An Empirical Study in a Tiles Manufacturing Company in Sri Lanka(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022) Opatha, H. H. D. P. J.; Darshani, R. K. N. D.This research investigates the perceived beliefs and attitudes of employees towards human resource information systems (HRIS) in order to better understand the impact of it on individual’s turnover intention. Focusing on determinants of HRIS acceptance, the study identifies key dimensions relating to HRIS specifically perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use of HRIS. The current study investigated a comprehensive case of new HRIS implementation to study unintended consequences based on employee perception levels during HRIS use. Drawing mainly on the theory of technology acceptance model and reasoned action’s theory conceptual framework was developed and tested. Data was collected from a tile manufacturing company in Sri Lanka. Selected company was recently started using HRIS during the times of covid 19 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to examine whether there is a significant impact of employees’ belief and attitude regarding HRIS on employees’ intention to leave the organization. Accordingly, perceived usefulness and perceived ease of use were considered as independent variables while turnover intention is the dependent variable. Attitude towards HRIS was also taken to the study and it was considered as a mediator between independent variables and the dependent variable. Total of 148 respondents were selected from the respective tile manufacturing company as the sample of this research. Moreover, questionnaires were used to collect the data from employees. The data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25.0. The hypotheses were tested using the Correlation and regression analysis and Sobel test. Through the analysis of the study, the researcher tried to identify whether implementation of HRIS will have an impact on employees’ attitude and then turnover intention of employees in ABC tiles PLC? The findings show that perceived usefulness and ease of use of HRIS have significant impact on employee turnover intention. Furthermore, it was concluded that attitude towards HRIS plays a mediating role between perceived usefulness and turnover intention. The implications inform top management, and system administrators about the current beliefs of HRIS in the company highlighting the perspectives which can enhance or impede individual and organizational performance.Item Impact of Employee Qualification on the Career Development of Employees with Mediating Role of Employee Job Performance at ABC Banking (Pvt) Ltd.(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022) Nivedhari, K.; Darshani, R. K. N. D.The purpose of this research is to identify the impact of Employee qualification on the career development of Employees with mediating role of employee job performance at ABC banking (Pvt) Ltd. Enhancing an employee's career allows organizations to develop employees' career development that is compatible with their interests, needs, and goals. Previous research has devoted little attention to the study on employee career development, which has created a performance gap in the study. In addition, this study intends to fill the knowledge gap by looking into the relationship between employee qualification, career development, and employee qualification. This study was conducted with 200 randomly selected ABC Banking (Pvt) Ltd employees, primarily using a deductive approach. The Morgan table was used to calculate the sample size. An online questionnaire was used to collect primary data by adapting a standard measurement scale. SPSS was used to analyze the data, and reliability and validity statics were used to analyze the scale's internal consistency and reliability. Advanced hypotheses were also tested using correlation and regression analysis, as well as the Sobel test used for the mediating effects. According to the study's findings, employee qualification significantly impacts career development, with employee job performance affecting as a mediator. As a result, it is recommended that ABC Banking (Pvt) Ltd employees seek to improve their qualifications, which leads to improved performance and, as a result, career development has been achieved. Further, employee qualifications having a significant direct effect on employee job performance mean that a higher level of employee qualification will result in a higher level of employee job performance and enhance the career.Item Impact of Emotional Intelligence on Career Success: Study of Managerial Level Employees in ABC Company(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2022) Nisansala, W. A. S.; Darshani, R. K. N. D.The purpose of this research is to identify the impact of Emotional Intelligence on Career Success of Managerial Employees. By appearing information age and the promotion of interpersonal relationships and the manifest of strategic organizational, the emotional hypothesis has had a remarkable growth and became one of the popular organizational majors. Emotional Intelligence is a comprehensive expression including extensive connection of skills and personal specifications which is above certain scope of previous knowledge like technical or professional skills. The influence of Emotional Intelligence on Career Success of ABC company managerial level employee’ s has been assessed in the current paper. Emotional Intelligence’ s in this study is: Self-Awareness, Self-Regulation, Self-Motivation, Social Awareness and Social Skills. The proposed hypothesis by applying person correlation and regression tests have been assessed and the positive and meaningful influence on Emotional intelligence ‘s on career success was approved that self-awareness, self-regulation, self-motivation, social awareness and social Skills are respectively rating the features of demographic variable have been seen among level of education variables and work experience with manager’s career success have direct relationship.