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Item Factors Influencing the Discourse-Practice Gap in Work Life Balance (WLB) of Female Academia in Higher Education (HE) in Sri Lanka(International Postgraduate Research Conference 2019, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Embuldeniya, A; Embuldeniya, P.Work Life Balance (WLB) is the lack of opposition between work and other life roles or in other words concordance between work and other life roles. WLB is also known as the state of equilibrium in which demands of personal life, professional of working life and family life are equal. There are sufficient discourses to ensure WLB of people but when these discourses come into practice, there can be seen some gaps between WLB. Thereby the study focuses on the factors influencing the discourse-practice gaps in WLB of female academia in Higher Education (HE) of Sri Lanka. The study designed to identify, how the practices in HE supports or challenges the WLB discourses in aspects of Socio-economic, Political and Organizational. Therefore the problem of the research is to identify “what are the factors influencing the discourse-practice gap in WLB of female academia in HE of Sri Lanka”. The general objective of the study is to suggest some systematic ways to the administration to reduce the gap between discourse-practice WLB among female academia in HE of Sri Lanka while addressing the importance of WLB to each and every individual. The type of the study can be identified as a casual study rather than a correlational study where the study emphasized on identifying the most influence factors on WLB. The unit of analysis was at individual level, the female academia in HE of Sri Lanka from government universities. This study continues with 50 hand delivered questionnaire or online questionnaire accordingly to collect data. The cluster sampling method which is included to the probability sampling technique used as the method of sampling as all the universities are considered as equal or homogeneous from outside but unequal or heterogeneous from inside the cluster. Descriptive analysis, bivariate analysis, and advance analysis techniques were used to analyze data with the use of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), and Microsoft Excel. Employment, package of remuneration, social dialogue and social security has found as Socio-economic factors while academia’s rights considered as Political factors of WLB. The essential rights that are related with freedom of association, quality of work, practice of decent working hours, absence of unacceptable works and the nonappearance of enforced or abusive form of work are the factors of WLB that can be further categorized as Organizational factors of WLB. WLB is essential in each and every persons’ life. People tend to engage in the eventful day to day schedules and they are unconscious about the life activities other than the work. Thereby the significance of this study is as the study could reveal the most influence factors on WLB or in other words the causes of discourse-practice gaps in WLB of female academia in HE of Sri Lanka which helps to be conscious on those factors in order to ensure the WLB in their livesItem Conceptual Framework for Promoting Food Tourism in Pettah, Sri Lanka(19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Embuldeniya, A.; Embuldeniya, P.Sri Lanka as country is well known for tourism as well as hospitality. There is an increasing trend in tourists’ arrivals on the cause of archaeological and historical places, cultural activities, adventure and etc. On the same time tourists were tend to stay short period of time in the country. As tourists are encouraged to stay few nights in the country, promotion of short term tourism experiences for the tourists will be an effective utilization of available natural and man-made resources. Therefore, the study is motivated to develop a conceptual framework in order to promote food tourism in Pettah, Sri Lanka. As the sample frame of the study cannot be clearly identified the convenience sampling method has been used to collect data from the field and questionnaire method was used to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats associated with Pettah in promoting food tourism. Questionnaire method was the main source of information while unstructured interviews also occasionally carried out. Descriptive statistics, SWOT analysis, and chi-square test were used to analyze data with the assistance of SPSS version 21.0 and Microsoft Excel 2010. The results of the study identified that most of the tourists are aware of Pettah as a place where all the goods are available. But none of the tourists was tend to visit Pettah due to popularity of its foods. Also the study could have identified that the majority of tourists buy some street foods from the street vendors while they are experiencing shopping at Pettah. Thereby the study could have identified that there is a huge opportunity to improve Pettah as a destination for Food Tourism. Pettah could be identified as a destination where a combination of strength and opportunities as well as weaknesses and threats too. The study found that Pettah is with a preferable environment for tourists and local travelers where majority of tourists and travelers comes for shopping purposes at lower cost. There is a collection of food manufacturing companies in the country whom that can be encouraged to be an active part of promoting food tourism in Pettah. Also there can be identified wide variety of foods and diverse product mixes relevant to specific regions, religions, festivals, races, and etc. On the same time the lower level attitude towards the quality of products in Pettah and the lack of cleanliness around the area are the major drawbacks to promote food tourism in Pettah. However, the study could conclude that there is a significant relationship between demographic factors of the tourists and preference to the food tourism in Pettah. Thereby the promotion of food tourism in Pettah should be align with the different requirements of the tourists along with their demographic characteristics as well.Item Social Awareness of Archaeologically Significant Places in Colombo District(Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Embuldeniya, A.; Embuldeniya, P.Colombo district has long term historical background since pre-historic period. The main objective of this study is to identify the awareness of archaeologically significant places in Colombo district which can be further used for safeguarding archaeological significances, and tourism development programs. Adding values to the existing archaeological places in Colombo district is a specific objective of this study. There could be seen archaeological remains related to multi-ethnic community of Sri Lanka such as religious places, architectural constructions, etc. Colombo district is consists with the Divisional Secretariat Divisions of Colombo, Dehiwala, Homagama, Kaduwela, Kesbewa, Kolonnawa, Kotte, Maharagama, Moratuwa, Padukka, Ratmalana, Seethawaka, and Thimbirigasyaya. The population of the study is entire population of people in Colombo district. As the population has spread over a large geographical area, cluster sampling method has used in selecting the sample while identifying the 13 divisional secretariats as clusters. Furthermore, the sampling proceeds as two stages cluster sampling as selected divisional secretariat of Homagama has 81 Grama Niladari Divisions which allow selecting two stages cluster among them. Thereby, Galawilawatte South Grama Niladari Division has been selected as the target population which has 820 families. 200 families have been selected by randomly among the target population and the questionnaires were distributed via postal method and follow-ups have done in order to enhance the response rate. Therefore, this study is based on field research and library survey methods. Descriptive analysis, Chi-square tests and ANOVA were used to analyze data with the assistance of SPSS and Microsoft excel. The results of this study shows that the people lives in Colombo district are unaware about the existing archaeological places in Colombo district and regardless of the demographic characteristics such as gender, age, level of education, occupation, etc. people are unaware of archaeologically significant places in Colombo district. Therefore, there is a gap that can be filled by the relevant parties in both government and private sector to enhance the value and importance of these places while promoting new programs.Item The Significance of Promoting Lesser-Known Intangible Heritage in Cultural Tourism Perspective: with Special Reference to Hewagam Korale(Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Embuldeniya, P.Hewagam Korale has significances from archaeological, historical and anthropological aspects which are directly related to Sri Lankan culture. The research area belongs to Palle Pattu, Meda Pattu and Udugaha Pattu of Hewagam Korale is located at Colombo district in Western Province, Sri Lanka. The main objective of this research is to explicate the lesser-known intangible heritage, and promoting lesser-known intangible heritage of Palle Pattu, Meda Pattu and Udugaha Pattu in cultural tourism perspective. This research is based on cults, rituals and believes on gods and goddess with the collected data from the field research and library survey methods. Communities of the research area are engaged with various cults, rituals and believes on gods and goddess, such as; cult of god Vishnu, god Katharagama, god Gambhara, god Ranwala, god Dedimunda and goddess Pattini. Among these, cult of god Ranwala and goddess Pattini are famous cults which are connected with diverse ritual methods. Various lesser-known ritual methods were taken place in this area with Perahera ceremonies, Gammadu, Devadana (Almsgiving), lightning oil lamps and puhul lamps, and offering harvest, flowers, fruits, cloths and jewelries. Apart from these special worshiping methods which have ranged historical background, there are other unique features and intangible significance can be seen in this research area. At present, Colombo district is not functioned as an intangible cultural tourist attraction. Nevertheless, this area has an opportunity to promote lesser-known intangible heritage in cultural tourism perspective which can be developed both domestic and foreign tourists’ attraction to Colombo district in different and innovative approach by developing a museum on cults, rituals and believes, presenting cultural programs on ritual methods and folk stories, promoting the Perahera pageant season of devala, and safeguarding intangible heritage by documenting the ritual methods as video and audio mode. Hence, aspects of heritage and functions of intangible heritage in the study area, importance of safeguarding intangible heritage, and proposal for promoting lesser-known intangible heritage of Colombo District through Palle Pattu, Meda Pattu and Udugaha Pattu; have been discussed in this research.