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Item Improving community vitality: spiritually informed entrepreneurial actions(Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, 2024) Dissanayake, S.; Pavlovich, K.; Kovács, G.Abstract Purpose The purpose of this paper is to depict how entrepreneurs improve community vitality in the economic, social and environmental dimensions. The paper joins the conversation of business spirituality as the study participants were Sri Lankan Buddhist entrepreneurs from the emerging venture context (i.e. from enterprises which are less than 1–10 years old). The aim of the paper is to introduce spiritually informed entrepreneurial actions, thus contributing to a better understanding of entrepreneurial impact on communities. Design/methodology/approach The paper involves a qualitative, interpretivist research design. Data was collected by conducting 28 semi-structured interviews with 18 Sri Lankan Buddhist entrepreneurs. Research participants were selected from diverse business sectors. The research applied inductive thematic analysis for structuring and interpreting data. Findings For Sri Lankan Buddhist entrepreneurs, improving community vitality is an essential altruistic goal of their business agenda. During the operations of their ventures, this altruistic goal is translated into altruistic actions that improve the economic, social and environmental vitalities of communities. Research findings highlight that in the case of Sri Lankan Buddhist entrepreneurs, altruistic actions are informed by compassion, which is a fundamental value in the Buddhist religion. Drawing on the findings, an integrated model of community vitality, which describes the role of compassion and the mechanisms of entrepreneurial actions in a Buddhist setting was developed inductively. Originality/value Studying entrepreneurial actions to focus on the motivations behind improving community vitality is a new research topic. The paper provides valuable knowledge on business spirituality regarding the compassionate motivations of Buddhist entrepreneurs. The integrated model of community vitality, which describes the mechanisms of entrepreneurial actions to improve community vitality in a Buddhist setting could be an essential compass not only to entrepreneurs but also research scholars in the field of business spirituality.Item An investigation of visually impaired learners marginalized in an online classroom environment(IEEE, 2021) De Silva, G. H. B. A.; Sandanayaka, T. C.; Firdhous, M. F. M.Despite their abilities or skills, all students had to attend online classes in universities last two years. Visually Impaired Learners (VIL) had unexplored problems associated with existing learning technologies, pedagogy, students per se, and facilitators in online classrooms. The objective of this study is to identify these problems and causes and to propose a theoretical model as a solution. The study identified 10 main problems causing dissatisfaction with VIL in online classrooms: the accessible devices and connectivity problems, the teaching-learning platform problems, lack of adequate training for teaching staff, pedagogical approach problems, lack of individual attention, inadequate time (extra) for learning and assessment, limitations of individual (reserved) space, limitations of assessment methods and platform, unavailability of the peer support, and unavailability of bilingual communication. The proposed theoretical model suggests consolidating learning technology with pedagogy, students, facilitators, and an extended learning environment to enhance the online class experience for VIL.Item Exploring Unorthodox Predictors of Smartphone Addiction during the COVID-19 Outbreak(IEEE, 2021) De Silva, G. H. B. A.; Sandanayaka, T. C.; Firdhous, M. F. M.Smartphones became an integral part of household & corporate management across all industries which resulted in high screen time, & smartphone addiction during the pandemic. This study attempts to examine the association between sociodemographic factors, & perceived smartphone addiction towards real smartphone addiction. Kwon's (2013) validated Smartphone Addiction Survey was used to collect data from the identified subjects (n = 192), and descriptive analyzes and statistical crosstabs were used to infer the associations. The results portray that Sex and Age are strong predictors of smartphone addiction: females over males tend to get addicted to smartphones, while age below 25 is highly addicted to smartphones, and age over 41 is less smartphone addict. The level of education is a moderately fair predictor of smartphone addiction. The higher the level of education, the higher the tendency to become addicted to smartphones. Marital status is not a good predictor of smartphone addiction in context, and there is no difference between being married or not of smartphone addiction. Perceived smartphone addiction is a good predictor of smartphone addiction, who believe they are addicted are more likely to become addicted to smartphones, and vice versa.Item The impact of occupational stress on organisational citizenship behavior; the mediating role of job satisfaction(International Conference on Contemporary Management, 2021, 2021) De Alwis, C; Punchihewa, U.; De Alwis, A.H.M; Andrlic, Berislav; Ramanadhan, Hareesh N.The study explored the impact of Occupational Stress (OS) on Organisational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB) and the mediating role played by Job Satisfaction (JS) when the executive grade employees of the Sri Lankan apparel ...Item Knowledge Management Orientation: A Synthesized Window for Future Research(South Asian Journal of Business Insights, 2021, 2021) Jayampathi, E.K.; De Alwis, C.; Razi, M.J.M.The knowledge management behavior of an organization is discussed under the concept of knowledge Management Orientation (KMO). As one of the most important strategic resources of an organization, there is a growing ...Item Three Perspectives on Changing Gender Stereotypes(FIIB Business Review (FBR), 2021, 2021) Priyashantha, K.G.; De Alwis, A.C.; Welmilla, I.Changing gender stereotypes is an essential topic among researchers since the 1970s. The debate on this subject continues in the twenty-first century. Some researchers argue that gender stereotypes have not changed, since ...Item The moderating effects on the relationship between workplace bulling and intention to leave(Kelaniya Journal of Human Resource Management, 2021, 2021) Kaushalya, S. A. H.; De Alwis, C.Workplace Bulling (WB) is a major concern in any kind of organization because it leads to increase rate of turnover within the organization. However, there are certain factors, which affects to the employee retention in a ...Item Identification of Challenges to Attract Public Private Partnerships for Power Generation Infrastructures: A Review(Kelaniya Journal of Management, 2020, 2020) Fernando, S.N; Nanayakkara, K.G.M.Although the required capital investments for electricity generation infrastructure from 2018 to 2037 have been projected around USD 14,568 in Sri Lanka, Ceylon Electricity Board is not in a position to meet this requirement ...Item Exploration of Key Drivers and Barriers for Sustainable Operational Performance of Lean Fulfillment Stream in Manufacturing Industry(Department of Marketing Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2021) Silva, Pasquwal Handi Saseendra Chanaka De; Herath, Renuka; Shamil, MohamedThis study is to explore of key drivers and evaluating barriers to sustainable operational performance in the context of manufacturing industry. Based on recent studies, a set of challenges posed to manufacturing enterprise of the future are summarized, and thematic areas are analyzed in relation to meeting those challenges. The paper aims to discuss these issues. This study provides interesting insights for policymakers and it is equally beneficial for Industrial engineering and lean practitioners and researchers as it displays a better understanding of sustainable operational performance through building a Lean fulfillment stream in Lean implemented manufacturing industry. Many organizations trying to implement Lean Management (LM) systems to get the competitive advantage. LM system itself comprise of different management systems and methodologies. Policy Management (PM) and Daily Management (DM) key management systems which lead the LM towards operational excellence. DM is designed to ensure the smooth operation of the day-to-day activities, while the PM is designed to define the vision, mission, and organizational goals & objectives. These two PM and DM functioning in isolation cannot deliver the expected benefits to the organization and it will not help to gain competitive advantage in today's context. Consequently, most of the lean implemented organizations are struggling to sustain implemented systems, tools and concepts including the human behavioral change. However, this study can provide managers with a better understanding of the key enables and barriers to implement sustainable operational management practices and motivate the research to further extend the investigation on the insights for developing strategic plans for implementing sustainable operational management practices in the manufacturing industry of Sri Lanka.Item Impact of Sustainable Logistics Practices on Organizational Performance of Large-Scale Companies in Sri Lanka(Department of Marketing Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2021) Paranavithana, B.N.; Senadheera, T.H.; Nandana, T.A.S. Madawa; Liyanaarachchi, L.A.D.P.K.; Herath, H.M.R.P.; Wijenayake, S.I.Present day business environment evolves globally and competitively than the past eras with shorter or small life cycles and less time to market. Further, modern consumers are well experienced and well informed of the market they are dealing with. Consumers orientation towards environmental impact and sustainability has also increased. Therefore, the organizations are giving more attention and value to the environmentally friendly products and activities that are initiated by their companies. Introduction of Sustainable Logistics Practices (SLP) is another strategy organization use to achieve their sustainability and stability goals (Gunarathne & Priyashani, 2018). Yet, there is a lack of evidence in the Sri Lankan context on the impact of sustainable logistics practices with organizational performance (Zhu & Sarkis, 2004). Thus, this study is aiming at investigating the impact of sustainable logistics practices on organizational performance of large-scale companies in Sri Lanka. Apart from the subject and the industry, many researchers have used a specific geographical area as a criterion to decide the scope. However, here authors have mainly focused on the industry because it would give a clear and unbiased result because the authors have also specifically taken the companies, which, ISO 14000 certified, where they are mostly large-scale organizations located all around Sri Lanka. This research uses a quantitative testing approach, with the deductive reasoning approach. A cross sectional study was carried out with a sample of 127 large scale companies selected out of a total population of 193. Sample size was determined by using Krejcie and Morgan sampling calculation. The data collection tool was a questionnaire. To test the six hypotheses developed with six independent variables (Green Warehouse Management, Green Transportation, Green Procurement, Green Office Management, Green Packaging Management, and Reverse Logistics), PLS-SEM was used with SmartPls and SPSS tools. Data supports all the hypotheses except one hypothesis was supported by. Therefore, according to the research findings, green transportation has no impact on organizational performance but other independent variables have influenced organizational performance. Thus, the findings of this study provides significant and insightful implications to the supply chain and logistics professionals and practitioners to improve their performances.