Browsing by Author "Somawardana, W. S. D"

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Business Performance of Boutique Hotels after Easter Sunday Attacks in Western and Southern Province in Sri Lanka
(researchgate.net, 2022-05) Weerarathna, R. S; Jayasinghe, S. J. A. N. S; Ellepola, K. R. W. M. R. T. K; Balasuriya, N. N. M; Uddeepa, K. W. G. E; Kanumale, S. N. M. U. I; Somawardana, W. S. D
The tourism sector of Sri Lanka had rapid growth and was identified as the largest source of income in Sri Lanka. Easter attack, which took place in April 2019, resulted in a severe hit to the boutique hotels in Sri Lanka. The purpose of conducting this study was to identify how boutique hotels in Sri Lanka are working to regain their business performance after the Easter Sunday attack. The data for this research were assembled employing a strategy of qualitative data. Data were collected through twelve face-to-face semi-structured interviews and analysed based on content analysis by using Word cloud. Many employees in the tourism sector have lost their jobs due to this attack. The majority of the owners stated that now they are focusing more on local customers instead of foreigners. Owners use social media platforms and special discount packages (credit card and visa card discounts) to attract local customers. Banks and financial institutions have offered some loan schemes for hotels to regain their performance. The outcomes will offer assistance for the individuals who are predominantly or indirectly related to the boutique hotels of the tourism industry in Sri Lanka. In addition to that, this research will assist proper understanding about if the hoteliers have to face crises like the Easter Sunday attack again how they manage their business performances by using considerable factors of boutique hotels in Sri Lanka. Since the revenue generated from the tourism industry is more important to the Sri Lankan economy, the respected authorities can focus more on the boutique hotel sector and make arrangements to re-establish the lost revenues in the Sri Lankan economy. The main limitation was that only two provinces were taken, which would not be adequate to give an overall representation of all the population. Therefore, it is recommended for future researchers to increase the sample size and focus on more provinces/areas when doing further research on this topic
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Employee Happiness Heals the Turnover Intention: A Study of the Machine Operators of a Leading Apparel Company in Sri Lanka
(researchgate.net, 2022-03-08) Weerarathna, R. S; Somawardana, W. S. D; Weerasinghe, W. A. P. D
Happiness is a highly valued goal for most inhabitants as identified in most cultures. Feeling fulfilled is essential to social existence, and most people appear to be fairly content most of the time. A high rate of turnover among employees signals a major weakness in achieving organization's goals. This is because employees are the key players in determining organizational performance and survival. In ABC Apparel Company, it was identified that the employees who were machine operators' position have resigned frequently due to several reasons related to work. As a result of preliminary research, researchers identified several factors that make employees unhappy resulting in intention to leave their job. The main objective of the study was to find the impact of employee happiness on turnover intention. The research study was conducted in ninety (90) samples using simple random sampling among five hundred sixty (560) employees in the machine operator position. A selfadministered questionnaire was distributed randomly to a sample of ninety (90) employees who were in the machine operator position used in this study, and data was collected accordingly. Findings proved that employee happiness impact on turnover intention and a relationship exists between employee happiness and turnover intention. The importance of having employees happy within an organization was highlighted from this study
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Impact of Training on Employee Motivation in an Electricity Company
(researchgate.net, 2021) Weerarathna, R. S; Somawardana, W. S. D
The extended study discovers the impact on Training and Employee Motivation in ABC Electricity Company whereas Electricians were used to investigating the impact by employing the simple random sampling. As per the state in the problem statement, Employee Survey indicated that there were 65% of electricians were dissatisfied with their leadership development, and No Customer Complaints were also increased over the years. To backbone with the base of the objective on the literature review, the researcher would identify the Training Cycle and its elements as Independent variables as Training need analysis, Training Delivery Methods, and Training evaluation methods. Moreover, the research results revealed that there is a high impact on Employee Training and Employee motivation in this particular company while the highest impact denoted in Employee Training and least impact signified in Training delivery methods. Subsequently as a sum up, since there is a pandemic is going on over the world, organizations need to focus on employee motivation and Training is key to keep employee motivation. Nevertheless, by prevailing constraints to conduct the physical training programs, this research gives insights for organizations to move with virtual training for their employees as well as vital of identifying perfect Training need analysis.
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A Study on Work Life Balance and Employees’ Job Satisfaction: Case of ABC Tyre Manufacturers
(researchgate.net, 2022) Jayasinghe, S. J. A. N. S; Weerarathna, R. S; Somawardana, W. S. D
The study explores the relationship between work life balance and employees’ job satisfaction with special reference to supervisory category in ABC Tyre Manufacturers. These employees have resigned from the company, due to job dissatisfaction associated with improper work life balance. This study empirically evaluated four dimensions of independent variables (working environment, workload, welfare system and societal impact) and four dimensions of the of the dependent variable (co – workers, independence, company policies and social services). The research study was conducted with eighty samples through simple random sampling among two hundred supervisory category employees. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed randomly among a sample of 80 supervisory category employees and data were collected accordingly. The findings indicated the impact of work life balance on employees’ job satisfaction and derived a strongly positive relationship between work life balance and employees’ job satisfaction. The importance of providing good work life balance arrangements in an organization was highlighted. Improving employees’ satisfaction, enhancing their performance, and collaborations were recommended to increase productivity in an organization.