Browsing by Author "Aluthwala, C."

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Impact of Green Supply Chain Practices on Sustainability in Sri Lankan Tea Export Sector: A Systematic Literature Review
(ICSDB 2024 and SLIIT Business School, 2024-12-10) Medani, K.; Karunathilaka, N.; Thathsarani, H.; Liyanage, P.; Karunarathna, N.; Aluthwala, C.
GSCM is one of the most crucial strategies that incorporate sustainability into operational and production practices. Based on this premise, the given systematic literature review examines how the key GSCM practices influence sustainability in Sri Lanka's tea export sector. This review identifies synthesized findings from various studies that the adoption of GSCM has led to a significant improvement in economic sustainability through a reduction in operational costs of up to 20%-and enhancing the ability of market competitiveness. In this regard, environmental concerns contribute by reducing resource consumption by up to 30% as waste is generated, promoting sustainable production processes. Socially, GSCM advances good labor practices and strengthens community involvement in the pursuit of better working conditions, improving relationships between the producers and local communities. With all these advantages, however, GSCM in the Sri Lankan tea export sector faces fluctuating global market prices, effects of climate change, and persistent labor shortages. These challenges are indicative that strategic interventions of the government to support and collaborate in the industry do become urgent to enhance sustainability. This review also points out one important limitation in relying on secondary sources of data and emphasizes that there is a dire need for empirical research to enhance the evidence base to provide actionable insights for policymakers and stakeholders. In sum, this literature review underlined that GSCM played a vital role in the advancement of sustainability within the tea export sector and in providing a competing position of the industry in a global market for long-term viability in sustainability
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Sustaining Agile Usage: Role of Management Support in Shaping Agile Mindsets in Development Teams
(ICSDB 2024 and SLIIT Business School, 2024-12-10) Wickramarathne, C.; Wijesinghe, U.; Mapitiyage, V.; Wickramage, C.; Wisenthige, K.; Aluthwala, C.
Agile methodologies have acquired prominence in the modern landscape of software development. Regardless of development teams shifting to such methodologies, they experience obstacles in their sustained usage. Research implies these originate from shortcomings in the agile mindset of team members, considering the role of management support in fostering the same. However, they struggle to properly address the impact of management support on sustained agile usage. This study solidifies the impact of management support on the sustained usage of agile methodologies, exploring the mediating role of the agile mindset. A questionnaire was administered to select a group of 100 agile software development team members. A quantitative research approach was employed, with cross-sectional data gathering. Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling was applied to analyse the relationships between variables, finding that the management support provided by an agile software development firm has a significant positive impact on the agile software development team’s sustained agile usage. Furthermore, the management support by the firm cultivates an individual’s agile mindset. An individual’s agile mindset has a positive correlation with sustained agile usage of the team as well, thereby establishing a partial mediation between management support and sustained agile usage. Interestingly, the findings assert the importance of management support while demonstrating their responsibility for the achievement of the ultimate goal of establishing a culture of agility by fostering individuals’ agile mindsets in an SD firm. Furthermore, it furnishes practitioners with the knowledge to develop effective interventions to foster an agile mindset among team members, thereby ensuring the long-term success of agile methodologies.