Sri Lanka Journal of Marketing
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Item The Impact of Performance Assessment System on Employee Commitment: A Study among Executive Officers of State-Owned Commercial Banks in Sri Lanka(Department of Marketing Management, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2021) Kumari, D. A. T.; Medis, A.Performance management is a much broader and a complicated function of HR, as it encompasses activities such as joint goal setting, continuous progress review and frequent communication, feedback and coaching for improved performance, implementation of employee development programs and rewarding achievements. Performance management can be regarded as a systematic process by which the overall performance of an organization can be improved by improving the performance of individuals within a team framework. It is a means for promoting superior performance by communicating expectations, defining roles within a required competence framework, and establishing achievable benchmarks. As end results, the performance appraisal positively affects to the employee commitment and it will lead to achieving corporate objectives. However, there is a public opinion about a poor performance management system in public sector organizations. Accordingly, some researchers argue that performance management of public sector commercial banks is poorer than private sector commercial banks in the Sri Lankan context. Hence, this paper focuses on the assessment of the influence of the current performance management system adopted by major state-owned commercial banks on job commitment of their executive employees. The sample for this study was drawn from executive grade employees who are working at Peoples Bank and Bank of Ceylon and data were collected by using self-administrated questionnaire. Altogether 350 questionnaires were distributed by email and 208 completed questionnaires were taken in for final analysis. The PLS based SEM was employed to measure the impact of the exogenous variable on the endogenous variable based on the Smart PLS-3. The results revealed that among the set of determinants, career development, is the most significant determinant of employee commitments among executive officers of state-owned commercial banks in Sri Lanka. Further, it was revealed that, alignment with organizational goals, is the least significant determinant of employee commitments among executive officers of state-owned commercial banks in Sri Lanka.Item The Impact of Online Communities and E Word of mouth on Purchase Intention of Generation Y: The Mediating Role of Brand Trust(Department of Marketing Management, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2021) Kamalasena, B. D. T. M.; Sirisena, A. B.Effective marketing and advertising campaigns contribute to customer development, profitability, and business success in the long term. The evolving economies, globalization, and innovative technologies, which have quickly transformed the economic community, make present markets more attractive. Marketing firms are pushed in a new direction by social media marketing, such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Social media have reached so deeply into millions of people globally and it also has drawn the interest of advertisers. Considering the timeliness and relevance of the phenomenon, this study aims to identify the impact of online communities and e word of mouth on the purchase intention of generation Y. The relevant data were collected through a self-administered questionnaire from 150 individuals aged 25 to 40 years who are residing in the Colombo district based on the convenience sampling method. This study found a positive significant effect of e word of mouth on brand trust and purchase intention and the relationship between e word of mouth and purchase intention is mediate by the brand trust. Further, online communities have a positive significant impact on brand trust and the relationship between online communities and purchase intention is mediated by brand trust. This research fills the gap in the existing literature and provides valuable insights to organizations that use social media marketing as a communication tool.Item Measuring Customer Intrinsic Value, Brand Trust and Consumer-Brand Relationship in the Life Insurance Industry: Scale Development and Validation(Department of Marketing Management, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2021) Pushpakumara, B. M. A.; Shamil, M. M.; Yatigammana, M. R. K. N.This is the first study to comprehensively explore, develop and validate a scale for customer intrinsic value, brand trust and consumer-brand relationship behavior for the life insurance industry in Sri Lanka. This task was realized through an extensive literature review and discussions with academic experts and practitioners in the insurance field. A factor analysis was performed using the principal component analysis with Varimax rotation. The refined scales exhibit reliability, convergent validity, discriminant validity and will be useful for future researchers and managers.Item Impact of Multichannel Brand Trust on Behavioural Intention(Department of Marketing Management, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2019) Bandara, B. S. S. U.; Jayarathne , A.This study examines the relationship between brand trust and behavioral intention in a multiple channel (online/Offline) situation and how it helps in developing relationships with the brand. The study is supported by commitment–trust theory introduced by Morgan and Hunt (1994). A structured questionnaire was distributed among 545 customers who transacts in both offline and online channels the in banking sector. Findings indicate that offline brand trust has a higher impact than online brand trust and the combine effect (multichannel effect - MCBT) has less impact than even both offline and online brand trust on behavioral intention (BI). Furthermore, the relationship commitment partially mediates the relationship between the MCBT and BI. While discussing the impact of MCBT on BI the study proposes that brand managers to carefully reinvestigate brand related strategies to ensure a better service to their customers.Item Impact of Brand Trust on Brand Evangelism Behaviour: A Study on Cable Brands in Sri Lanka(Department of Marketing Management, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2018) Munasinghe, A.; Dissanayake, D. M. R.Industrial sector organizations require some specific focus when developing brands to their institutional and domestic customer segments. Brand trust plays a significant role when it comes to establishing strong brand relationships with consumers. This paper mainly focuses to empirical gaps and practice issues found within the cable brands in Sri Lanka to identify the major research questions and the purposes. Alongside, impact of brand trust on brand evangelism was examined addressing to the empirical justifications and practice gaps found in Sri Lankan cable market. Stratified cluster sampling method was employed and 225 questionnaires were distributed amongst end-users of B2C market. Accordingly, quantitative method was occupied with a questionnaire to execute the survey investigating how brand trust influences three sub divisions of brand evangelism. Three hypotheses were formulated and tested via Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) supported by a Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) produced with AMOS-23 software version. Results proved brand trust results purchase intention and positive referrals on cable brands whilst the impact of brand trust on spreading negative referrals on competitive brands was not proved. Paper highlights the managerial implications based on the key findings and future research directions were proposed accordingly.