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Item The Impact of Person-Job Fit on Employees Job Performance: A Study of Employees of Public Banks in Sri Lanka(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2019) Batuwangala, K.V.,; Padmasiri, M.K.D.The main purpose of this study was to identify the impact of person-job fit on employee job performance. Further, this study expected to identify the relationship between person-job fit and job performance, to measure the level of the job performance of the Sri Lankan public banking sector employees, to measure the level of person-job fit of the Sri Lankan public banking sector employees, and to measure the levels of job performance according to gender. This study adopted a cross sectional survey design. Data were collected using a standard questionnaire from employees who are working in People’s Bank and Regional Development Bank. Convenience sampling technique was used to select the sample of 203 assistant and managerial level employees. Collected data was analyzed using- Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). It was found that there is an impact of person-job fit on employee performance and also there is a strong positive relationship between person-job fit and job performance. Based on the findings researcher recommended that when employees are recruiting to the banking industry it is important to ensure the person-job in terms of Need-Supply Fit, Demand-Ability Fit to get maximum performance from them.Item The Impact of Health Behavior on Academic Performance: A Study of Management Undergraduates of State Universities in Sri Lanka(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2019) Nirmal, G.G.R.,; Padmasiri, M.K.D.Even though many determinants of academic performance could be found in the extant literature, health behavior is little investigated and the effects on undergraduates’ academic performance in Sri Lankan context has not been examined yet. Bridging the gap in the context, the current study assessed the impact of health behavior on the academic performance of management undergraduates of state universities in Sri Lanka. The current study was conducted as a cross-sectional field study among a sample of 304 undergraduates selected via the convenience sampling technique from two leading state universities in Sri Lanka. The collected data was analyzed with the aid of SPSS by using correlation, regression, and descriptive statistics. It is found that there is a significant impact of health behavior on academic performance, and further there is a strong positive relationship between health behavior and academic performance. Building on the findings, it is recommended for universities and high education institutions to promote healthy practices, link healthy practices to academic disciplines of all the faculties, and enhance sports & other extracurricular activities of undergraduates, which in turn will strengthen the healthy behavior leading towards the higher academic performance of undergraduates.Item The Impact of Motivation Factors and Hygiene Factors on Employee Retention Intention: A Study of Operational Level Employees in ABC Company (Pvt) Limited(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2019) Siriwardana, M.A.M.T.G.,; Padmasiri, M.K.D.Employee retention has become a serious and perplexing problem in the Sri Lankan apparel industry. Since employees are the key contributors who bring an organization to the upper level, high employee turnover ratio, or flyaway of talented employees is a great loss to apparel organization. The purpose of the study is to identify the impact of motivation factors and hygiene factors on employee retention in ABC Company (Pvt) Ltd. Further objectives to be achieved are, to find the relationship between motivation factors on employee retention and to find the relationship between hygiene factors on employee retention. The questionnaire was distributed among the sample of 93 individuals, and the sample was selected using the convenience sampling technique. The collected data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). According to multiple regression analyses, there is a significant impact of motivation factors on employee retention and hygiene factors are not shown a significant impact on employee retention. Based on the findings, the researcher suggests to motivate employees by providing facilities and conditions to ensure the feeling of achievement, advancement, work itself, recognition and growth which represent motivation factors and the Company needs to focus on motivation factors than hygiene factors to retain their employees.Item The Impact of Employee Involvement on Employee Performance: A Study with Special Reference to Managerial Employees of Workwear Lanka (Pvt) Limited(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2019) Ekanayake, E.M.Y.M.,; Padmasiri, M.K.D.The highly competitive environment needs a different approach to manage employees and various studies have shown that employee involvement is a critical component of human resources management. However, there have fewer studies that attempt to see the impact of the employee involvement endeavors on the performance of employees in Sri Lanka. Thus, the purpose of this study is to examine the impact of employee involvement on employee performance of a selected company by examining the performance level of the managerial level employees and the involvement practices used by the company in Sri Lanka. This research used the Classic Motivation Theory to explain the theoretical understanding of the effect of employee involvement practices towards employee performance. This study adopted a cross-sectional survey where data was collected using a standard questionnaire. The sample consisted of one hundred and four respondents of the selected company and sample was selected through the stratified sampling method. Collected data were analyzed using the Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) and Excel. It was found that there is a significant impact of employee involvement on employee performance and a positive relationship between employee involvement and employee performance. Further, management by objectives identified as the most influential dimension within the employee involvement on employee performance. The study recommends implementing practices related to management by objectives and representative participation to ensure employee involvement and through that enhance employee performance.Item Rewards Management ‘Then and Now’: With Special Reference to the Epigraph of King Mahinda IV (1026-1042 AC)(9th International Conference on Business and Information (ICBI-2018), Department of Management Studies and Toc H Institute of Science and Technology, India, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Padmasiri, M.K.D.; Rev. Sirisumangala Thero; Harshani, M.D.R.An enormous number of studies have explored the reward management function in human resource management research. Being inimitable in exploring the reward management function, the present study focuses to find what reward management practices are applied in managing human resources of monasteries during 1026 –1042 AC reference to the epigraph of King Mahinda IV. The research objectives are to find the meaning of reward management during 1026–1042 AC and to find ancient reward management practices and to compare reward management practices then and now in line with the reward management model introduced by Armstrong. Findings revealed that there were reward management practices during the period of 1026–1042 AC and comparison highlighted the differences and similarities in rewardingItem Relationship Between the Personality Type and Work Life Balance Among Academic Staff of University of Kelaniya(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2013) Padmasiri, M.K.D.; Mahalaekamge, W.G.S.The focus of this research is to find out the impact of different types of personality and Work Life Balance (WLB) of academic staff of University of Kelaniya. Researchers used standardized personality assessment named as Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to assess the type of personality. Objectives are, to examine the impact of personality type of academic staff in University of Kelaniya on their WLB, to identify the level and type of personality of academic staff, to identify the level of WLB of academic staff and to recommend suitable personality type for WLB. Research sample consisted with 180 lecturers out of 560 University of Kelaniya. Standardized questionnaire used to collect data. Collected data analyzed and evaluated manually as well as using the SPSS and Excel. By considering the nature of the study conducted an Anova test. According to MBTI there are 16 personality types where one personality consists with 4 indicators. Indicators are as follow, IIntroversion, E-Extraversion, S- Sensing, I- Intuition, T- Thinking, FFeeling, J- Judging, P- Perception. In sample ISFJ, ISTJ, ESFJ and ENFJ each personality type have 4 indicators, ISFP, INTP, ESTJ and ENTJ each personality type has 3 indicators, INFJ has 2 indicators and INTJ, ISTP, ESTP, ENFP and ENTP each personality has only 1 indicator. According to the findings ISTP, ISFP, INTP, ESTP, ESFP, ISTJ, ENFP, ENTP, ESTJ, ESFJ, ENFJ, ENTJ personality have work life balance but people who have ISFJ, INFJ, INTJ, INFP personality have moderately balanced work life. There are no WL imbalance respondents. Sample consisted with 133 females & 47 males. Mean value of females and males are 36.57 and 34.44. Researcher recommended to enhance Extraversion, Intuition and Feeling indicators to execute the responders’ teacher career effectively. And suggested to enhance ENTP which emphasized Visionary career and its well match with the teacher career. Finally recommended to INTJ personality responders to attempt to change N indicator to become S by enhancing sensing abilities to balance WL. Further research areas are find WLB of academic staff with each personality type but respond to gender differentiation, marital status differences.Item A Critique on the Role of Social Media; Facebook(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015) Padmasiri, M.K.D.; Kawshalya, M.D.P.This literature review reviews various roles of Facebook (FB) are playing in today's globalized world. According to literature, Facebook plays roles in various fields such as, marketing, online games, education, teaching, romantic relationship management, managing relationship among friends, and stakeholder engagement. The current study limits its investigation in to selected roles of Facebook such as academic teaching, marketing and romantic relationship management. One finding of the stated that using blogging tools to further develop relationships with undergraduate and graduate students and engage them in meaningful discussions outside of class time. According to another studies Facebook plays a major role in romantic relationship management which creates emotional outcomes as relationship satisfaction and trait jealousy. Further literature argues that network is important in changing the way of business talk with customer and indicates that Facebook plays a role as a communication channel in marketing at business level. Review discussed that FB plays important roles such as, FB in academic teaching, FB in marketing, and FB in romantic relationship. Based on above discussion study can conclude that Facebook plays an important role in various fields.Item A Review of Employee Counselling(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2014) Padmasiri, M.K.D.; Jayathilake, L.V.K.Employee counselling is a Human Resource Management (HRM) practice, which uses to maintain employees’ wellbeing. The objective of the present study is identify counselling techniques which can be applied in employee counselling. The literature shows that in employee counselling counselor can apply different counselling techniques including Cognitive Therapy (CT), Behavioral Therapy (BT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), existentialhumanistic therapy and psychoanalysis. According to the literature, for each therapy there are different therapeutic techniques can be used. So, in Behavioral Therapy, Systematic Desensitization, Exposure Therapies, Aversion Therapy, and Biofeedback can be used. Moreover, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) and Reinforcement techniques can be applied as CBT techniques whilst logo therapy and gestalt therapy are using as existential-humanistic therapy techniques. Finally, in Psychoanalysis Therapy Anamnesis, Analysis / Interpretation of Dreams and Analysis / Interpretation of Symbols can be applied in employee counselling.Item Impact of Leadership Style on Employees’ Job Satisfaction: A Case of Bank of Ceylon - Head Office(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Wickramasinghe, P.N.N.; Padmasiri, M.K.D.Acquiring and preserving talent is the most vital challenge facing the banking industry. In order to gain the competitive advantage through those employees their performance should be efficient and effective. Accordingly, for that purpose they should be well satisfied. Leadership style is a major determinant of employees’ job satisfaction. Therefore the purpose of this study was to examine the relationship and the impact between leadership styles and job satisfaction among junior executive officers in Bank of Ceylon Head Office, Sri Lanka. A sample of 65 junior executive officers working in Bank of Ceylon Head Office was obtained to participate in this study. The studied leadership styles are transactional and transformational leadership while job satisfaction includes extrinsic and intrinsic job satisfaction. The findings of the study shows that there is a positive and moderate relationship of 40.4% between leadership style and job satisfaction, and transformational leadership and job satisfaction also had a 48.5% of positive and moderate relationship, while transactional leadership and job satisfaction had a strong negative relationship. But the overall impact of leadership and job satisfaction had only 16%, a small impact. And transformational leadership had 24% impact on job satisfaction. Therefore from this study Bank of Ceylon can maximize their profits upon choosing the transformational leadership style as the appropriate leadership style.Item Factors Leading to Intention to Participation in Training Programs: With Special Reference to Software Engineers of Virtusa (Pvt) Ltd(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Wijayasena, B.A.P.M.; Padmasiri, M.K.D.Today’s organizations believe human resource is the most valuable asset that they could have in their organizations. To have a valuable & competent workforce, employers are conducting training programs time to time. Especially IT companies are having series of training programs in order to update its’ workforce with the new trends in the technological environment. Even though companies are spending thumping amount of money in Training, Only few are benefited by the training programs. Most of employees do not like to participate on training programs. The study is about finding the reasons behind this scenario, as to why employees are not intended to participate in trainings, with special references to software engineers at Virtusa (Pvt) Ltd. By conducting a deep literature review, researcher found different factors affect to training intention of employees. Hence by conducting a deductive research, accompanied by a survey, researcher found the most influential factors affecting to training intention of software engineers. To conduct the survey researcher got a sample of 80 participants. The most influential factors out of different related factors are learning intention of employees and motivation of employees, including intrinsic and extrinsic motivation of employees. These two factors are personal factors of employees. Although the results shows, organizational factors which highly influence in training intention of employees. Those are time availability to participate on training programs with highest work load and the less linkage between rewards and training. Those four factors were sorted by SPSS statistical software, using factor analysis. The results specifies that, with the increasing of age of employees, the learning intention of goes down. To increase the motivation and learning intention employees can have a transparent communication of objectives of training program with the participants in advance, also the benefits associated with training program has to stress to the audience in advance. Finally both the company and the employee is achieving their expected goals by having a motivated staff.