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Item Effect of The Leader – Member Relationship on the Organizational Commitment towards Sales Force Turnover Intention of Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Sector of Sri Lanka: A Conceptual Review(Department of Marketing Management, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2018) Wimalana, N.; Dhammika, K.A.S.; Fernando, W.R.P.K.Leader –Member relationship (LMX) has been identified by many scholars as an antecedent towards the Organizational Commitment (OC) of the employees. Many academics have concluded that OC is the strongest predictor towards employee turnover. This theory has been tested in the Western world but unfortunately very little literature is found in the Asian Context. When you look at more specifically in the Sri Lankan context with a focus on the sales force in the FMCG industry, the theoretical support on the relationships amongst these variables is almost zero. Few research conducted in this arena has identified that the sales force turnover is a critical issue faced by the FMCG industry during the post- war era in Sri Lanka. Therefore, this study intended to enlighten the knowledge on the antecedents towards the sales force turnover in the FMCG industry in Sri Lanka with a clear focus on the organizational commitment of the members in the sales force influenced by the leader member relationship. The discussion of empirical thoughts supports the managers in the industry to consider sale force motivation strategies holistically rather limiting to financial perspectives. Paper concluded the future research directions addressing to the key empirical contents discussed.Item Impact of Work Pressure and Time Pressure on Tuition Professionals in Sri Lanka(Department of of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020) Hansamali, D.G.C.; Dhammika, K.A.S.Work-Life Balance (WLB) has gained immense attention in the corporate industry nowadays while playing a critical role in everybody's lives. Work-life balance is more important to a developing country like Sri Lanka, where poverty and unemployment are a severe problem. Due to the work-life imbalance, most people suffer from depression, physical health problems, job dissatisfaction, family problems, and sometimes it causes suicidal intention as well. Considering those situations in extent literature, the study was initiated to identify the impact of work pressure and time pressure on the work-life balance of tuition professionals in Sri Lanka. This study was carried out as a cross-sectional field study among a sample of 142 tuition professionals around the country. The convenience sampling method was applied to select the sample items. Data were collected through a self-administrated, pretested questionnaire using google forms, which met accepted validity and reliability standards. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, regression analysis was performed to analyze data using Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS). It is found that tuition professionals who have obtained a high level of work pressure and time pressure are at the risk of Work-Life imbalance while proving the negative relationship between work pressure, work-life balance and time pressure, work-life balance. The current study's findings serve as a guideline for tuition professionals, policymakers, government, and educational institutions in Sri Lanka.Item Impact of Study-Work-Life Balance on Undergraduates' Academic Performance: A Study on Undergraduates in the University of Kelaniya(Department of of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020) Habaragamuwa, T.P.; Dhammika, K.A.S.Academic performance is the ultimate educational goal of every student. Further academic performance is among the several components of academic success. Also, students are engaging with employment among their studies become a trend now. Similarly, students have to balance their study life, work-life and personal life and act in multiple roles simultaneously. However, relatively little attention has been paid by researchers for the identification of the impact of study-work-life balance on undergraduates' academic performance in the Sri Lanka context. This study aimed to assess the impact of study-work-life balance on undergraduates' academic performance at the University of Kelaniya - Sri Lanka. This study was carried out as quantitative explanatory research work. Further, the sample was selected from the third year and final year undergraduates, and the convenience sampling technique was used. This is cross-sectional descriptive research, and a standard questionnaire was used to collect primary data through a survey. Questionnaires were distributed to a sample of 413 undergraduates who are currently studying at the University of Kelaniya. To analyze the primary data, Statistical Package for Social Science was used. To interpret the data analyzed and obtain the result descriptive statistical techniques such as mean, mode, standard deviation, and correlation, simple regression analysis were used. To test the relationship between variables, Pearson correlation technique analysis was used. Simple regression analysis was used to identify the degree of the impact of the independent variable on the dependent variable. Accordingly, it was found that there is a significant moderate positive relationship between study-work-life balance and undergraduates' academic performance. The present study would provide direction to students, employers, lecturers, and future researchers.Item Impact of Employee Commitment to Change on Success of the Change: A Study of Staff and above Level Employees in ABC Company(Department of of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020) Gunawardhana, D.H.A.; Dhammika, K.A.S.The global business environment is changing rapidly, and companies must change their strategies, structures, plans in line with the change. Otherwise, organizations cannot survive in the rapidly changing commercial environment. As a result, organizations are attempting to make changes to the organization. However, the success of implementing change continues to be challenging. The extant literature shows that most change implementations were unsuccessful while the small number of change implementations was successful. Employee commitment to change is one of the leading factors that lead to successful change. Even though there has been considerable research to examine the impact of employee engagement with change on the success of change in the Western context, there is a limited understanding of research on this issue in the Sri Lankan context. Thus, this study aims to identify the impact of employee commitment to change on the success of change in one of the leading manufacturing firms in Sri Lanka. In this study, the researcher conducted quantitative research, and a cross-sectional survey comprises 113 staff and above level employees in ABC Company using a convenience sampling technique. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation, and regression statistics with the aid of SPSS. It was noted that employee commitment to change is significantly related to successful change and that there is an impact on employee commitment to change on successful change. It was concluded that in determining the success of an implemented change, commitment to change plays an important role. The study provides a significant theoretical contribution in addressing the Herscovitch and Meyer three-component theory of commitment to change. It is suggested that when implementing a change, managers and practitioners should be concerned with employee perspectives as well. However, cross-validation of this study is recommended in different industries and cultures compared with a larger sample in subsequent studies.Item Impact of Leadership Styles on Employee Performance: A Study of Staff Level Employees in ABC Private Limited(Department of of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020) Gajaweera, I.S.; Dhammika, K.A.S.Although the direct effect of leadership styles on employee performance is well documented, the relationship's historical, theoretical explanations and empirical findings were not consistent. Thus, drawing upon the theory of authentic leadership, servant leadership, and theory of ethical leadership, the current study examined the impact of leadership styles such as authentic, servant, and ethical leadership on employee performance. The study was quantitative, and a cross-sectional survey design was followed. The data were collected through a structured questionnaire. The convenience sampling technique was applied to select the sample, and the final sample consisted of 152 staff-level employees in ABC Private Limited. The data were analyzed using Descriptive, Multicollinearity, Correlation, and Regression analysis with the aid of SPSS. It is found that leadership styles such as authentic, servant, and ethical leadership significantly impact employee performance. In addition, there is a moderate positive correlation between employee performance and such leadership styles. Finally, it is concluded that through authentic, servant, and ethical leadership, employees would be able to achieve high performance. Not only was that it suggested that managers and supervisors could adopt a positive leadership style to improve employee performance. It is recommended that the results of this study be cross-validated in different industries and leadership styles compared with a larger sample in subsequent studies.Item Relationship between Training & Development and Performance: A Study of the Academics of University of Kelaniya and University of Ruhuna(International Conference on Business and Information (ICBI – 2019), [Human Resource Management], Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya Sri Lanka, 2019) Samarawickrama, P.P.; Dhammika, K.A.S.The quality of higher education in any country seriously depends on the academics’ performance. Recently issues arose with regard to the academics’ performance in Sri Lanka especially in the two state universities under study namely, University of Kelaniya and University of Ruhuna were observed. Among a large number of determinants related to the performance of academics, training and development was selected due to the issues identified related to it in the context. Accordingly, the researchers’ objective was to assess the relationship between training & development and the performance of the academics. The sample of the study consisted of 327 academics attached to the two state universities under study, and it was selected using stratified random sampling technique. Primary data were collected by distributing a pre-tested questionnaire, and secondary data were collected by the means of related books, journals and conference proceedings. Data analysis was performed using the SPSS software via frequencies, descriptive statistics and correlation analysis. The hypothesis was tested based on the result of the correlation analysis and it was accepted that there is a significant relationship between training & development and performance of the academics. Since the low mean value indicated dissatisfaction of the academics with training & development, it was recommended to plan and implement effective training & development programs and establishing a more effective process for recognizing the performance of the academics to enhance the academics’ performance by effectively addressing their performance related problems.Item Measuring Employees’ Performance in the Public Sector in Sri Lanka: Testing of Two Models(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2013) Dhammika, K.A.S.Performance of employees of an organization is a key concern of managers irrespective of their level and position. This is highly relevant when an organization is experiencing a down word trend or a standstill in their employees’ performance. Assessment of employees’ performance is required for effective performance management in organizations. However, a relatively little attention has been paid by researchers for the identification of an appropriate model of performance for employees in Sri Lankan context particularly for the public sector. The purpose of this reported study was to test the two alternative models of performance on their goodness for assessing the performance the employees of the selected public sector organizations in Sri Lanka. A sample of 200 employees was selected representing 11 public sector organizations for the study. Standard questionnaire was used for the data collection which assesses the performance on dimensions of the two models and both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were applied for the analysis of data. It was found that the role based model of performance recorded better model fit statistics over two factor model. The study revealed that the behavioral factors such as the job, career, team, innovator and organization are important aspects to be concerned in assessment of performance of employees. Both theoretical and practiocal implications of the finding emphazising on performance management were discussed.Item Moderating effect of union politicization on leadership and employee outcomes relation: An empirical study on public sector organizations in Sri Lanka(2013) Dhammika, K.A.S.; Ahmad, F.B.; Sam, T.L.Item Mediating effect of union commitment on the relationship between transactional and transformational leadership and organizational commitment: an empirical investigation(2012) Dhammika, K.A.S.; Ahmad, F.B.; Sam, T.L.Item Transactional, transformational leadership and employee performance: the mediating effect of union commitment(2012) Dhammika, K.A.S.; Ahmad, F.B.; Sam, T.L.