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Item IMPACT OF PERCEIVED HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE OF LOWER-LEVEL EMPLOYEES IN ABC RUBBER PRODUCTS MANUFACTURING COMPANY IN SRI LANKA(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2025) Perera, K.A.N.D.; Gunasekara, V.M.The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of perceived human resource management practices on employee performance of lower-level employees in ABC rubber products and manufacturing company. Specifically, it looked at how performance appraisal, compensation and reward management, employee relation and training & development affect employee performance. Lower-level employees were included in the sample. Sample size was 134 employees in ABC rubber products and manufacturing Company. The current study is a quantitative study. Correlation analysis and regression analysis were conducted to test how well the impact of the perceived human resource management practices could predict employee performance. The results demonstrate that key factors influencing employees to perform their jobs include certain HRM methods, including performance appraisal, compensation and reward management, employee relations, and training and development. It was discovered that the main elements influencing employees' intentions to perform on the job were compensation & reward management, as well as their interactions with coworkers. As a result, it is advised that the businesses keep up and enhance their current employee relations and training initiatives. Further, it is recommended to revise the outdated HRM procedure with in the company as well.Item The Impact of Performance Appraisal Qualities on Employee Motivation: A Study of Managerial Level Employees of Polytex Garments Limited at Ja-Ela in Sri Lanka(5th HRM Student Research Symposium 2018, Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Karunarathne, K. N. T.; Peiris, M. D. P.The relationship between performance appraisal qualities and employee motivation has been well documented. With the insight of the theories such as equity theory, expectancy theory and goal-setting theory the current study aims to investigate the impact of the performance appraisal qualities on employee motivation at Polytex Garments Ltd, Ja-Ela. The study used an explanatory research design in the form of a survey. The population of the study is 171 managerial employees of Polytex Garments Ltd. However, only 120 respondents were selected by using stratified random sampling from the target population and in each stratum. The quantitative data was analyzed by descriptive statistics using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). A simple linear regression model was used to determine the coefficients of the impact of the performance appraisal qualities on employee motivation. The findings show that a moderate positive significant correlation exits between performance appraisal qualities and employee motivation. It can be concluded that performance appraisal qualities have a significant impact on the employee motivation at Polytex Garments Ltd, Ja-Ela. The research is focused only a one single organization in the apparel industry due to time limitations. However, in a similar vein, the study can be extended to cover more organizations in same industry, well as in different industries in order for generalization of the findings. Further, the study can be extended for finding other factors affecting to the employee motivation than the qualities of performance appraisal. As recommends, it can be concluded that effective feedback and communication, giving training opportunities for employees to acquire skills and encouraging employees’ participation in performance appraisal processes are all essential for effective performance appraisal process in an organizationItem Performance Appraisal System and Employee Productivity: A study based on selected State Banks in Gampaha District(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Myral, P.D.A.K.N.; Senarath, S.A.C.L.Performance appraisal is one of the most important human resource practices in organizations which help to assess the employees and enhance their performance. However, there are various problems pertaining to performance appraisal systems in organizations especially with regards to the public sector. Though there are research conducted on performance evaluation and employed productivity there is a lacuna of research with regards to public banking sector. This research intends to fill this gap by identify the relationship between performance appraisal system and the productivity of the employees of two state banks. Further study aims to identify the drawbacks of the existing appraisal systems of state banks and how to improve it to enhance the productivity of the employees. Primary data was collected from 95 respondents from both banks using two types of structured questionnaires. One questionnaire will be distributed among the employees to know their views of the current performance appraisal system of their bank and the other for the managers in order to know their views on internal service quality of their employees based on the performance appraisal carried out in the previous year i.e. 2015. The simple random sampling method was used to select the respondents and data will be analyzed through SPSS version 24 by using multiple regression analyzing tool. It is hoped that this study will primarily be important for state banks and they will be in a position to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the current performance appraisal system and to improve the systems while considering it as a tool to improve the productivity of the employees. Also this study may be of assistance to all other public sector organizations in Sri Lanka in general for the purpose of improving their performance appraisal systems.Item Impact of High Commitment Human Resource Management Practices on Employee Engagement: Evidence from Private and State Commercial Banks of Sri Lanka(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Patrick, A.V.; Gamage, P.N.This study explores the impact of High Commitment Human Resource Management Practices on Employee Engagement in selected state and private commercial banks in Sri Lanka. The main objective of this study is to identify the relationship between High Commitment HR practices such as Performance Appraisal, Compensation, Career Development and Employee Engagement in the selected state and private commercial banks of Sri Lanka. The sample of this study includes two private commercial banks and two state commercial banks in Sri Lanka. A quantitative approach based survey in form of close ended structured Five Point Likert-scale questionnaires were used to obtain the responses from executive bank employees. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS software version 20. In order to test the hypotheses of the study the correlation, regression analysis and multiple regression analysis were used. The statistical results of the study reveal that Performance Appraisal, Compensation and Career Development are significant predictors of Employee Engagement. The outcome of this study may help the policy makers in the banking sector to draft HR policies to improve their service towards better customer satisfaction and to gain competitive advantage which can drive the banks towards profitability and favorable business outcomes.