Junior Research Symposia
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Item A Study on Factors Affecting to Job Seeker’s Intention to Use E-Recruitment: With Special Reference to Final Year Undergraduates of University of Kelaniya, 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) Ekanayaka, E. M. M. S.; Gamage, P. N.In this digital world, jobseekers prefer to use electronic recruitment for job search. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the factors that influence to job seekers’ intention to use e-recruitment in Sri Lanka. A questionnaire was drafted for data gathering and primary data were obtained from fifty-seven job seekers those who were final year undergraduate of university of Kelaniya. The proposed research framework is based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) with the extended construct of perceived trust. Simple regression reveals that perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness significantly influences on job seekers’ intention to use e-recruitment while perceived trust does not have a significant influence on job seekers’ intention to use e-recruitment. The findings of the study would be important to the firms to effectively carry out e-recruitment practices to increase the appropriate pool of applicants and to design a most effective job portalItem Comparative Study on the Popularity of Fixed and Mobile Internet Connections in Sri Lanka: Study Based on Western Province(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Karunaratne, R.N.P.; Pieris, D.Internet has grown from a nascent technology to a tool that transforms people’s lifestyle and business world. In Sri Lanka, as per statistics published by Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, number of Mobile Internet subscribers is higher than Fixed Internet subscribers despite the heavy investments by Fixed Internet Service Providers (ISP). The purpose of this comparative study is to examine the factors leading to adoption or popularity of Mobile Internet over Fixed Internet connections. A survey was distributed to a randomly selected population residing in Western province. Out of the 150 total respondents, 121 valid responses were analysed. The results in this study revealed that Technicality of Mobile Internet over Fixed Internet (TEC) and Perceived Fee of Mobile Internet over Fixed Internet (FEE) are the factors that influence Behavioural Intention to Adopt Mobile Internet over Fixed Internet (BIA). TEC, the highest correlated item with the BIA indicated that the adopters sought for straight forward connectivity and speed in an internet connection. Dynamic pricing, an indicator of FEE was another influencing factor for adoption decision. Adopters give least priority Perceived Usefulness of Mobile Internet over Fixed Internet (USE). The research findings prove that subscribers are content with the level of the technicality in Mobile Internet connections whilst Mobile Internet connections are perceived to be more economical than Fixed Internet connections. Additionally, the results reveal that adoption decision is influenced by cultural and social characteristics of a particular society or a country. The clarity gained from this research can be considered by ISPs in their marketing activities.Item Factors influencing on Usage of Mobile Banking Services: With Special Reference to People’s Bank(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Divakara, J.W.K.P.; Yatiyammana, M.R.K.N.Though People’s Bank is having around 740 branch network island wide with a customer account base of Over 13Mn (Bank Annual Report, 2015) , it has failed to reach 100% of the country population. Bank has introduced technology driven solution to address this situation with mobile banking services. Still the usage of Mobile Banking services are not satisfactory by its customers. The purpose of this study is to identify the factors affecting and level of impact of those factors towards the usage of Mobile Banking Services offers by People’s Bank. The G power software was used to determine the sample size of the study and online questionnaire was sent to randomly selected people’s bank customer email database of 250 in Gampaha District and fist 200 responses will be analyzed. The findings of this study will benefit to the People’s Bank to promote its Mobile Banking facility among its customers and offer them efficient financial solutions through mobile devices which will save their time and money; customers are able to enjoy 24/7 hours banking services at any time anywhere. Finally, the findings could be further used for strategic decision making to increase the usage for MB Facilities.