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    Impact of Corporate Governance on Banking Performances
    (4th International Conference for Accounting Researchers and Educators, Department of Accountancy, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Nishshanka, N.A.S.S.S.; Rathwatta, G.M.H.P.K.
    Corporate governance is considered to have significant implications for the growth prospects of an economy. Good corporate governance practices are regarded as important in reducing risk for investors, attracting investment capital and improving the performance of companies. However, the way in which corporate governance is organized differs between countries, depending on their economic, political and social contexts. The main objectives of this study are to find out the relationship between corporate governance and banking performance and also find out the impact of corporate governance on banking performance. This study focused on four aspects of corporate governance namely; Board Size (BS), Board Diversity (BD), Outside Directors Percentage (OSDP), Board Meeting Frequency (MF) & Audit Committee Meeting Frequency (AM). Banking performance has been measured through Return on Assets (ROA). The study used secondary data of 11 commercial banks covering the period of 2008 to 2017. Data were analysed using regression analysis and E-Views packages. The empirical results of the present study indicate that there is positive relationship between Outside Directors Percentage (OSDP), Board Meeting Frequency (MF), Board Size (BS), and Audit Committee Meeting Frequency (AM) with Return on Assets (ROA). Further Board Diversity (BD) has a negative impact on Return on Assets (ROA). This study will be benefited to all investors other than the bank sector investors.
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    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.
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    Impact of Psychological Contract on Employee Retention in Bank of Ceylon
    (Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Dilrukshi, P.R.K.; Dhammika, K.A.S.
    Today every researchers and Human Resource practitioners has agreed that retention of talented employees is a very important factor for the success of the organization. And also organizations has identified that Employees are an asset of an organization. Retaining talented and committed employees will gain competitive advantage for the organization. There are many factors which are affection to employee retention. Psychological contract of employee has been identified as an important and developing concept which effect on employee retention. There are many factors which affecting to psychological contract. Today many researchers have identified that the importance of psychological contract on employee retention. This study focuses on identifying the impact of psychological contract on employee retention in Bank of Ceylon. To achieve the above mentioned objective and to collect data, the employees of Bank of Ceylon who were randomly selected were used as a sample. To gather information, a questionnaire was used as a primary data collection method. According to the results obtained through the analysis of data, it was revealed that there is a significant impact of psychological contract on employee retention of Bank of Ceylon. Further this study a presents what are the factors of psychological contract which have more impact on employee retention and least impact on employee retention in Bank of Ceylon. Finally it identifies the main objective of the study, it is there is a significant impact of psychological contract on employee retention in Bank of Ceylon.