• The Influence of Salary and Other Benefits on Job Satisfaction Among University Library Assistants in Sri Lanka 

  Punyawardena, W. (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2017)

  Job satisfaction is one of the prime concerns of modern day employee welfare. Job satisfaction can be influenced by a variety of factors such as appreciation, communication, coworkers, fringe benefits, job conditions, ...
• Effectiveness of Service Delivery Systems of Local Government Authorities to Enhance the Business Growth Potentials of Regional Businesses 

  Dissanayake, D.M.R.; Norsanina, A.H. (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2017)

  The local government administrative mechanism of Sri Lanka has been set to decentralize the power to respond for the regional service demands of stakeholders including business entities. The growth potential of Sri Lanka ...
• Duty Towards Environmental Protection: Companies’ Role Under the Companies Act No 07 Of 2007 

  Wijerathna, Y.P.; Edirisinghe, A.A. (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2017)

  The Brundtland Commission's report defined sustainable development as “development which meets the needs of current generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. In this ...
• Environmental Conservation Through Yoga Practice and Its Relevance to Contemporary Society– A Study 

  Sachithanantha, P.; Thavapraba, S. (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2017)

  In the 21st century, environmental conservation is being discussed in various platform considering the endanger of environmental pollution and hazards to the human community and other beings. Environmental impact is ...
• Community Symbols in State Institutions: Presence and Implications 

  Ashraf, M.A. (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2017)

  This paper investigates the presence of community symbols in the state institutions in India. It introduces the idea of symbolic interaction in these state institutions and the exclusionary practice through those symbols, ...
• Virtual Medical Education; Yet to Achieve the Expertise 

  Bala, M. (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2017)

  This paper explores the different dimensions of newly introduced ‘technology based education in medical field’, known as “Virtual medical education In order to look at the specification of the project ‘National Programme ...
• The Role of Organizational Creativity Towards Innovations: A Conceptual Review on Services Sector Research Directions 

  Dissanayake, D.M.R.; Wastantha, H.L.N.; Jinadasa, M.P.K. (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2017)

  The notions of creativity and implementation are two identical activities of innovation process, and it could find different antecedents or determined indicators for an organization to spark the creativity. Both earlier ...
• Factors Influence on Knowledge of Aids/HIV Among First Year Students of Eastern University, Sri Lanka 

  Karthijekan, K. (Research Centre for Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2017)

  Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) has a great impact on society, both as an illness and as a source of discrimination. Numerous social and behavioral factors are involved in the spread of HIV/AIDS such as ...
• Dimensions of Rural Poverty in Sri Lanka: An attempt to identify the crucial aspects of well-being of rural poor 

  Semasinghe, W.M. (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015)

  Though, identification of the dimensions of poverty of a specific setting is crucial for poverty analysis and designing targeted poverty reducing programs, there is no consensus among researchers, policymakers etc. on the ...
• Textile Industry of Ancient Sri Lanka 

  Dilhani, Anuruddhika (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015)

  Textile Industry could be identified as one of highly valued industries in ancient Sri Lanka. The origin of the Textile Industry is indefinite. But there is adequate proof that this industry was been in existence during ...
• Seasonal Feeding Ecology of the Elephants in the Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka: (A Geographical Survey) 

  Isthikar, M.A.M. (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015)

  Elephants (elphahas maximus maximus) play a vital role as the Flag ship Species in Sri Lanka. As the study area, Udawalawe National Park (UNP) is one of the ideal national parks for elephants in the country where they are ...
• The Making of Womanhood in Early India: Pativrata in the Mahabharata and Ramayana 

  Kang, Myungnam (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015)

  As the symbol of a patriarchal society, the Pativratas have been recognized as the ideal women in the brahmanical tradition. Traditionally Sita, Savitri, Arundhati, Anasuya and Damayanti have long been celebrated as the ...
• Women work issues in rural development: a case of m.g.nrega implementation in west Bengal, India 

  Sarmistha saha (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015)

  Based on gender and development (GAD) approach, this paper explores how M.G.NREGA is opening a new window for the ease of livelihood for rural women in India. M.G.NREGA is the first right based and demand driven employment ...
• Socio-economic Schemata Conveyed through Physical Appearance of a Criminal in an Eyewitness Context 

  Nirmani, W.A.S.; Karunanayake, D.D.K.S. (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015)

  The prime factor of wrongful convictions in global criminal justice systems is mostly due to evidence provided by eyewitness misidentifications. Among a wide array of causes for this fallibility in memory, schema-driven ...
• Financial Liberalization Index for Sri Lanka 

  Adikari, A.M.P. (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015)

  Financial liberalization is a process of liberalizing the financial system of an economy by reducing controls in interest rates, financial intermediaries, and markets. Since the mid-1980s, the World Bank and the International ...
• Rethinking the Disability Digital Divide in Relations to Visual Disability in Sri Lanka 

  Wedasinghe, N.; Wicramarachchi, R. (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015)

  People who are blind or visually impaired do not have equal opportunities to access information technology and internet access compared to the non disabled population in Sri Lanka. The level of usage of ICT by the disabled ...
• Medicinal values of plants that are habitat to coastal areas of Sri Lanka: A literary study 

  Gunaratna, T.A.N.R.; Samarathunga, D.K.; Liyanage, J.A. (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015)

  Herbs cover the complete range of growth habits and sizes of plants. As a tropical country there are several plants available in Sri Lanka’s coastal areas that are habitat in large scale. Borassus flabellifer, Cocos nucifera, ...
• Personal Level Challenges Associated with Inability of Youth in Urban Undeserved Settlements to gain Productive Employment 

  Edirisinghe, I.K. (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015)

  Many empirical research studies have highlighted that the majority living in urban underserved settlements are engaged in insecure, low income livelihood sources mainly in the informal sector. In that context, the present ...
• A Critical Reading of Environmental Kuznets Curve: CO2 Emissions in a Developing Country 

  Tutulmaz, Onur (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015)

  Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) proposes a non-monotonic relationship between the environment and economic level. It also tries to define another important reduced relationship along with economic development. Therefore ...
• Your morning cuppa and the language of disability: a study of usage of metaphors and attitudes in telugu news reporting 

  Bendukurthi, Nookaraju (Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2015)

  Language is an important arbiter of meaning: it builds our understanding of the world and shapes our beliefs. What we know and what we believe about a particular phenomenon has a lot to do with the specific words used to ...

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