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Item Organization Citizenship Behaviors’ Impact to Sport Participation of Employees(19th Conference on Postgraduate Research, International Postgraduate Research Conference 2018, Faculty of Graduate Studies,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Wehigaldeniya, W.G.D.S.; Weerasingha, G.S.M.; Jayawardhana, A.; Ramanayaka, A.R.N.D.The industrial revolution life style of the people has changed, due to that busy life style people needs have been changed according their living stranded and earn money. Turnover is a one of major challenges which is facing the organizations as a result of the booming of industries in the world (Ahmed, Sabir, Khosa, Ahmad, & Bilal, 2016). Apparel industry developed as main contributor of export revenue in Sri Lanka. The garment industry is the prime employer of the manufacturing sector of the Country and it is providing nearly 75 percent occupations straight and circuitously, (Kelegama 2005). In the periods of 2000 to 2016, the average monthly labor turnover rate is 6.6 percent on medium scale apparel industry in Sri Lanka. OCB is linked to lower rates of employee turnover and absenteeism and the organizational level increased productivity (Zhang, 2005) Not only that the leisure experience in the workplace is positively correlated with positive emotions. The aim of the present study was to identify the impact of Organization Citizenship Behaviors (OCB) on Sport Participation of Employees. 200 operators were selected from Brandex (Pvt) Ltd, Wathupitiwala as the sample, Employees within the factory was selected using simple random sampling method. Questionnaire was used as the quantitative data collection tool SPSS (version 21) was used as the statistical tool. The Data were analyzed using liner regression analyses. Results showed that there was an effect in sport participation on OCB (p<0.023). There was also a significant and positive impact of sport participation on OCB. According to the findings of the study, it can be said that employee’s involvement in Sports affect the OCB in an organization. Furthermore, limited this research to only employee of apparel industry in Sri LankaItem The Implementation of Management Information System and its Impact on Performance Management of Employees: With Special Reference to Apparel Industry of Sri Lanka(In: Proceedings of the International Postgraduate Research Conference 2017 (IPRC – 2017), Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017) Pitigala, P.K.G.C.Performance Management (PM) is an assessment of efficiency of a worker by the respective persons in the organization or providing an accurate and relevant rating of an employee performance as compared to pre-established criteria.All most all organizations included to the Apparel Industry tend to measure the level of performance of an employee as it is a major criteria for salary increments or any other perquisites. However the managers facing a critical situation as majority of employee grievances are regarding injustice of PM. Thereby the general objective of this study is to suggest some ways to the management to enhance the quality and the transparency of PM through effective implementation of Management Information System (MIS) that enable sound awareness of information to all levels of employees as well as for the managers. Criterions of effectiveness of PM is with whether the system generate accurate outcomes, generating quick reports, employees can see overall performance, evaluation status and performance evaluation discussions. The unit of analysis was at individual employees. The target population of the study was consist of employees both managerial and non-managerial who have worked with the similar organization since the organization not experiencing the MIS in PM. The study selected 150 employees by stratified random sampling technique from a particular organization included to the apparel industry of Sri Lanka. This study has proceeded with the questionnaire to collect data as primary data. Descriptive analysis, and chi-square analysis were used to analyze data with the limitation of considering the effect of implementation of MIS only on one management practice. As the results indicated according to the comparison made before and after implementing the MIS to the particular organization there is a significant reduction in grievances from employees regarding PM procedure. Similarly the employees are satisfied towards PM as the dissemination of information relevant to PM of each employee is transparent. Thereby the PM practices that measured with the effectiveness of timeliness, appropriate content, system quality, format and other benefits of using MIS as an administrative tool have been accomplished by the organization after the execution of MIS for PM.Item A study on the factors influencing supply chain quality management practices and their impact over a firm’s supply chain performance(Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Wijayanayake, A.; Dharmawardana, M.With the accelerated evolution of today‘s business environment, the competition is no longer between businesses, but between supply chains of rival companies. Therefore, the supply chain managers have a huge responsibility to gain competitive advantage over rival supply chains in order to achieve and retain stakeholder attraction. The competitive environment of the twenty-first century requires achieving efficiency, high service levels, rapid response, and high quality and agility in products and processes. All these competitiveness could be achieved through improvement in quality performance in collaborative supply chain (SC) environment. In order to face challenges in quality management and to enhance performance, a sound knowledge about supporting factors for effective quality management practices are important. This research involves in studying the factors influencing supply chain quality management practices (SCQMP) and their impact over a firm‘s supply chain performance (SCP) in Sri Lankan apparel industry. Apparel industry is one of the most evolving industries in Sri Lanka, hence it is chosen as the domain for the research. Through an extensive literature survey and the expert opinion from the industry, this research investigates the impact of the seven selected SCQMP over SCP. Both qualitative and quantitative data has been gathered through a structured questionnaire survey, through interviews from executive level to top management members working in supply chain and quality departments and from secondary data. Four plants of leading apparel export firms have been studied to obtain information under convenient sampling concept. Multiple regression analysis and Spearman‘s Correlation has been used to analyse data. The results indicate that customer focus, supplier quality management, operations focus and information analysis as the most significant SCQM factors influencing supply chain performance.