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Item THE IMPACT ON JOB DEMAND AND JOB STRESS ON TURNOVER INTENTION OF EXECUTIVE LEVEL EMPLOYEES IN THE APPAREL INDUSTRY(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2025) Jayaruwani B. I.; De Silva G.H.B.A.The apparel industry is the backbone of the Sri Lankan economy, contributing considerably to employment and export earnings. Despite its economic importance, little research has been conducted to date on how job demands, job stress, and turnover intention among executive-level employees are related in this industry. Most of the studies so far have focused on operational-level challenges, which leaves a big gap in the pressures faced by executives. This study aims to investigate the impact of job demands and job stress on turnover intention among executives in Sri Lanka’s apparel industry. Drawing on theoretical frameworks such as the Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) model, this research examines the factors contributing to stress and turnover intention while identifying strategies for retention and stress management. The current study is quantitative and conducted as a cross-sectional field study. A comprehensive theoretical framework was formulated, giving job demand and job stress as an independent variable and turnover intention as the dependent variable. A standard questionnaire was distributed for the target sample as a Google form online. According to the convenience simple random sampling technique, the final sample remains at 169 observations of the executive Employee apparel industry. The sample data set was analyzed through reliability analysis, normality and linearity analysis, and correlation and regression analysis using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Building on the findings of this study, it is concluded that job demand and job stress statistically positively impact the turnover intention. A strong relationship was found between the three variables, and all three hypotheses offered were accepted. The qualitative or mixed methodology can be used to conduct further studies to arrive at more diverse findings regarding factors that impact the turnover intention of the employees who are in job demand and job stress.Item IMPACT OF WELLNESS PROGRAMS ON JOB STRESS AND EMOTIONAL EXHAUSTION: A STUDY OF NURSES IN A LEADING PRIVATE HOSPITAL IN SRI LANKA(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2025) Kandege, K.A.V.K.; Wijewantha, P.This study examines the impact of wellness programs on emotional exhaustion and job stress among nurses, with a specific focus on a leading private hospital. The main target of this study to understand what the impact of wellness programs on emotional exhaustion and job stress among nurses in a leading private hospital in Sri Lanka is. Wellness programs are examined through emotional exhaustion as the dependent variable and job stress as a mediator. Additionally, the study considers how demographic variables such as age, gender, higher level of education, marital status, years of working this organization and years of working in current position contribute to the relationship among wellness programs, emotional exhaustion and job stress. A total of 100 nurses were initially targeted, and 93 responded, but consider the 75 respondents because of appear the outliner. Providing the sample size for this study. Quantitative data were collected using a self-structured questionnaire. Specifically, the study employed a simple regression model and Correlation Matrix in SPSS Analytical software to determine the impact of the independent variables on the dependent variables. Also, mediator effect is analysis by online calculator. The results of the analysis indicate a statistically significant positive relationship. Future research should consider increasing the sample size and expanding the geographic scope to validate and generalize these findings across all the hospitals of Sri Lanka.Item The Effects of Occupational Stress on the Job Performance of Police Officers in Sri Lanka(Srusti Management Review, 2023) Ratnayake, S.B.D.C.; Gunasekara, U.L.T.P.Stress is common and general among the people in the world. It is experienced by every person physically and mentally in their day-to-day life. Hence, Policing is widely considered to be one of the most stressful occupations, wherein organizational and operational stressors put law enforcement officer’s physical and mental health at risk. Occupational stress badly affects performance, and many studies revealed that the level of stress experienced differs with the type of job. Accordingly, this research paper demonstrates how Police Officers experienced occupational stress and its impact on their performance. This study is a mixed method study using quantitative data gathered from a questionnaire and qualitative data from five in-depth interviews. A sample of 110 police officers from other ranks was taken from the central province of Sri Lanka. Findings showed that lack of resources mainly influenced police performance. In contrast with previous empirical work, the findings demonstrate that operational issues and less career growth have an adverse influence on police performance. This study has drawn the linkage between organizational stressors, operational stressors and police performance of other rank officers in the Sri Lanka context. This research was based on the data of central province officers only is a limitation. Also, the findings are limited to the other ranking officers and therefore future research directions could be focused to the inspectorate officers, senior gazetted officers.Item Analysis of Stress on Employees’ Productivity: A Study based on Air Force Officers in Sri Lanka(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2014) de Silva, R.D.; Thilakasiri, K.K.Job stress is became one of the main challenges faced by many organisations. It is usually occurs when employees cannot cope with pressure or tension of assigned task. It can be considered as one of the factors which influence the work behavior of employees. Work behavior of an employee can be affected due to stress either in positive or negative way. Negative impact of employees’ work behavior due to stress might contribute to lower employees’ productivity ultimately affecting organization performance. According to AIS (the American Institute of Stress) report, $ 300 billion spend annually due to accident, absenteeism, turnover, medical, legal, insurance costs and workers’ compensation as a result of job stress. The main aim of this study is to identify most significance stressor and also to analyses its effect on employees’ productivity. Descriptive survey was adopted as the research design of the study. This study has been conducted based on Sri Lanka Air Force with reference to three bases. The primary data were collected through a questionnaire survey from 67 Air Force officers. The results of the study indicate that over workload (.332**), excessive responsibility (.495**), poor relationship (.518**), meet deadline (.494**), and harassment (.558**) are statically significant factors in predicting the level of stress in Air Force officers. Educational level and civil status are most significant demographic factors affecting the level of stress. Finding of the study shows that there is a low positive relationship between stress and productivity.