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Item A Study on Organizational Readiness to Adopt Green HRM: A Case Study based on University of Kelaniya(International Postgraduate Research Conference 2019, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Hapuhinna, H.K.D.W.M.S.K.The increasing trend of adopting sustainable development practices in the corporate world have resulted in internalization of green principles into different organizational practices. Adoption of Green HRM is one such trend that is gaining increased attention as that pave the way for an organization to reach its goals via green principles and help inculcate a green culture within community as a whole. Green HRM reflects on how driving the human force of an organization is aimed at achieving organizational goals in all the activities of HRM for recruitment up to the termination of an employment. Studies show that awareness of green practices among the stakeholders of an organization is vital in internalization of green concepts to organizational processes. However, there is no empirical evidence to assess whether adoption of green principles into an organization have been successfully inculcated to the mind-set of the organizational community and whether organization is ready to adopt green principles to HRM practices. University of Kelaniya was selected as the study site as it has remained as the first green university in Sri Lanka according to UI greenmetrics ranking for 4 consecutive years as a result of adopting green practices.Hence the study is carried out to meet two objectives. Firstly, to assess the awareness and perceived value among the university community on the adoption of green practices in the university. Secondly, to identify the organizational readiness to adopt Green HRM in the university. Primary and secondary data were gathered regarding the current practices and policies of sustainable development adopted in University of Kelaniya. It is expected to adopt a mixed method using qualitative and quantitative research techniques. It is expected to use qualitative research methods to meet the first objective which require in depth analysis towards awareness and perceptions of university community towards green practices. In order to meet the second objective quantitative research methods are expected to be applied as identification of organizational readiness would require a statistical validation which would help identify where we are. University staff is the target population as practices of HRM are best experienced by staff as compared to other segments of university community and since the staff consists of several categories, stratified random sampling is expected to be used as the sampling method. The research work is ongoing and is currently at the stage of collecting qualitative data to meet the first objective and several interviews have been conducted.Item Entrepreneurship Awareness amongst the University Academics in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka.(In: Proceedings of the International Postgraduate Research Conference 2017 (IPRC – 2017), Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017) Amarathunga, P.A.B.H.; Pathirathna, S.An Entrepreneur is a person who takes the jeopardy of starting his own business or enterprise or investing in other startups for the purport of achieving their goal with the desire and the capability to innovate and diversify. It is verbalized that entrepreneurship is the main reason for the economic development a country. The objective of this study was to quantify the knowledge and awareness about the entrepreneurship amongst the University Academics in Kurunegala District, Sri Lanka, predicated on the concept of engendering vigilance about it. The survey method was used in this research to gather the data from the Academics. The questionnaire comprised of five segments as each section focuses on the proportions of the entrepreneurship awareness. These questions are based on the knowledge and the awareness and also the abilities of the entrepreneurship. Sample sizes of 100 academics were investigated. The respondent population consisted of 60 males and 40 females. The results denoted that 90% of the male academics and 85% female academics are well aware of Entrepreneurship. There was no significant relationship between gender Entrepreneurship Awareness and Most of the academics are stated that they came to know about this entrepreneurship from the conferences conducted by educational institutions. Seventy-seven academics revealed that they knew a lot about the benefits of the entrepreneurship. Fifty-two are very interested to start the new business, whereas 36 academics who are well educated about the entrepreneurship are not interested in beginning new firm. Males are well aware of the entrepreneurship benefits and they are ready to take the risks compared to the women in Kurunegala District. This research has given the opportunity to ken about the vigilance and cognizance about the entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurial erudition is must for the academics so that they can inspirit the entrepreneurship among the students and it may enable to edify them or victual them with cognizance about entrepreneurship.Item A Study on the Awareness of the Public on Reporting Fundamental Rights Violations (A Case Study of Mudungoda Grama Niladhari Division in Gampaha Divisional Secretariat)(Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Prasadi, M.D.C.Fundamental Rights are included in the Constitution of Sri Lanka. There are several institutional bodies which act against violations of Fundamental Rights. This study is focused on examining whether the public possesses a substantial awareness about the functions of institutions mandated to act against and resolve violations of Fundamental Rights which the main objective.Sub objective of this study is to make public aware of Fundamental Rights, institutions to which they can report violations, and how to get legal assistance. Primary and secondary data have been used for the study. Primary Data were gathered from questionnaires distributed among randomly selected sample of 75 residents from Mudungoda Grama Niladhari Division in Gampaha Divisional Secretariat and they were interviewed individually in order get an idea as their personal attitude regarding the research problem. The secondary data have been collected from related articles, of printed media, websites, and books. The research is mostly based on quantitative data while qualitative aspects also have been revealed for same extent. According to the study, it was concluded the study revealed that 73% of the sample do not possess a satisfactory awareness about the institutions where they can report or resolve violations of Fundamental Rights.Item A Study on Awareness of Stock Market investors in Sri Lanka(Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Chathuranganie, W.H.I.; Muneera, W.A.F.; Weerasinghe, K.G.G.The investor is centralized character in an economy and stock market plays a major role of economic growth in a country. To minimize risk of investment investor should have good knowledge about capital market trading. This research considers about stock market awareness of the investors. The main objective of this study is to recognize the impact of stock market awareness on their investment. A structured questionnaire was used to reach this objective of the survey. The sample was consisted 150 responders who invest in the Colombo Stock Exchange. In the quantitative analysis, Likert-scale questions which describe the basic knowledge about stock market investment were used to develop an index regarding the awareness of the stock market. This research considers the differences in amount of investment, according to their awareness about stock market using the independent t-test between two groups; having awareness and not having awareness. Further, to recognize the factors which impact for the amount of investment used multiple regression model. Highest percentage of investors was male. 74% of investors were obtained A/L qualifications. Among them, 18% of investors had followed extra courses regarding to share market. 87% of investors used the savings for investment. 13% of investors were used non saving sources such as credits and real assets. Most of the investors had other investment beside of stock market investment. 78% of investors were concentrated on ordinary shares. According to the index; regarding the awareness of the stock market, 12% of investors had higher awareness about stock market and 23% of investors had medium awareness about the stock market. 70% of investor‘s awareness was not in a satisfactory state. Independent t-test result indicates that there hadn‘t any difference on investment amount according to awareness of investors. To maximize investment benefit through minimize their risk; awareness of investment should be improved. Therefore Securities and Exchange Commission ought to be involved to expand the informal educational ways which are familiar to investors.