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Publication Open Access The Relationship between Internship Programs and Employability: With Special Reference to BBA Graduates of Non State University of Sri Lanka(Human Resource Management Academic Research Society (HRMARS), 2018-12) Rajapakshe, W; Meththananda, K. A. N. N; Apsara, T. G. U; Yapa, Y. M. U. J; Shanthirathne, K. U. N; Weerarathna, R. SInternship program is a strategic initiative which has been implemented by tertiary education institutes to improve the employability of graduates as the graduates’ unemployment has become a International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences critical issue especially in the Sri Lankan context. This study examines the relationship between internship programs and graduates’ employability with the perspective of Business Management graduates who have recently passed out from the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology. The paper has revealed that internship programs have a strong positive relationship with graduates’ employability. Further the paper reveals that technical skills which they have gained through internship programs have the strongest relationship with their employability, therefore their perception is that technical skills have the most impact towards their employability. Also the paper presents that they agree that their intention for lifelong learning has been improved by internship programs. Ultimately the study has been able to reveal that internship programs have a strong relationship with graduates’ employability which is the ultimate objective of the study.Publication Open Access IMPACT OF OPERATIONAL LEVEL EMPLOYEES’HAPPINESS ON PERFORMANCE OF HOTEL INDUSTRY IN SRI LANKA(Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2019-10-29) Dissanayaka, D. M. K. S; Malluwawadu, D. D; Mendis, W. N. M; Wickramarachchi, W. A. H. M; Rajapakshe, WThe purpose of this study is to identify the impact of operational level employees’ happiness on organizational performance based on the hotel industry in Sri Lanka. Basically, employee behavior is very critical for an organization. While employees are happy about their job it encourages them to get motivated and perform their job well. As a result, organization can gain performance-oriented results towards them. Happiness is measured by five attributes; job inspiration, organizations shared value, relationships, quality of work life and leadership. In addition, this research identified the employee happiness based on gender, age, marital status, education and years of service. Organizational performance is assessed based on the employee attitudes. Survey method used to collect data through a standard questionnaire. One of Sri Lankan largest hotel chain was selected through the convenient sampling and sample of this research was 350 operational level employees which selected through the random sampling. Pearson correlation, multiple regression analysis used to identify the relationship between independent and dependent variables. Statistical software called SPSS used to analyze the data.Publication Open Access Awareness Level of Workers to Labour Laws in Sri Lanka(2019-01-24) Rajapakshe, WThis study focuses on assessing the apparel sector employees’ level of awareness on labour laws who are working in the Free Trade Zones in Sri Lanka. The research was based on seven Labour Acts in Sri Lanka; Employees Provident Fund Act No.15 of 1958, Employees Trust Fund Act No.46 of 1980, Payment of Gratuity Act No. 12 of 1983, Industrial Dispute Act No.27 of 1966, Maternity Benefits Ordinance No.32 of 1939, Factories Ordinance No.45 of 1942, and Wages Board Ordinance No.27 of 1941. Data collection done through a worker questionnaire and out of 200 sample 158 were respondent. The garment factories were selected by the convenient sampling method and respondents were selected through simple random sampling method. Data analysis done through descriptive statistics and one way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The results show that gender and level of experience has not make a significance different among particular group of employees. However, education and age has a significant impact on the awareness of employees on labour laws. Moreover, the Factories Ordinance showed the rate of the most wakefulness while the Maternity Benefits Ordinance showed the least awareness.Publication Open Access Impact of Stressors on Academic Performance among Female Students’ in Saudi Arabia(DP Publications, 2017-04-04) Rajapakshe, WThis study examines the impact of stressors on academic performance among female students’ in Saudi Arabia. The problem was interpreted through the female students who are currently studying in a private colleges. The main objectives of this study were; to develop a causal model to identify the relationship between causes of stressors and its impact on academic performance among Saudi female students; to identify the type of stressors on undergraduate students’ academic performance and to test the develop model empirically to determine whether there is a relationship between stresses among undergraduate students with their academic performance. This study is a survey research, mainly relying on the collection and analysis of primary data through a questionnaire. Descriptive statistics especially mean and standard deviation used to identify level of the stressors and multiple regression model has used to analyze effects of stressors on academic performance. This study has fulfilled all these objectives as specified. The developed model has statistically tested and modified. Two hypotheses among three were accepted and third hypothesis was rejected. However, some variables have been eliminated from the models as a result of the lack of significance with the dependent variable, the students’ performancePublication Open Access Relationship between Core Self-Evaluation and Academic Procrastination among Female Students in Saudi Arabia(International Journal of Human Resource Studies, 2018-06-27) Rajapakshe, WFour personality traits of core self-evaluation are used to describe human character and their behavior. Personality comes from within the person and remains consistent throughout his or her life. Therefore, many research papers and academic studies were carried out to understand personality and its connection to academic related behavior. This study is examined the relationship between personality dimensions and academic procrastination. This is a survey research primarily rely on data collected from undergraduate students. For this research, female undergraduates from Universities in Saudi Arabia were selected. To select the sample, three private universities are selected from the eastern province randomly and then 160 students randomly chosen for the test. The data collection is conducted by using online survey website that is only given to the selected students. The dependent variable in the analysis is the measure of academic procrastination of female Saudi students in private universities and independent variables are four personality traits defined under the core self-evaluation; self-esteem, locus of control, generalized self-efficacy and emotional stability. Collected data is analysed through; mean, standard deviation, correlation, and regression analysis. The results of the study obtained proved that there is a significance negative relationship between self-esteem, generalized self-efficacy and emotional stability and students’ academic procrastination behavior. Also, there was a slightly positive relationship between a locus of control and students’ procrastination behavior. However, according to the regression analysis all four personality traits are significant but show negative impact on students’ procrastination behavior.Publication Open Access Usage of Information Technology on Employee Commitment: Airport & Aviation Industry in Sri Lanka (AASL)(SCIENCEDOMAIN international, 2019) Tissera, P. V. S; Rajapakshe, W; Abeyrathna, A. G. G. SAims: The objective of the study was to examine how Information Technology (IT) affects the commitment of employees in Airport & Aviation Industry in Sri Lanka (AASL). Study Design: This study is primarily a survey research, relying mainly on the collection and analysis of primary data collected through a questionnaire. Methodology: Based on the review of theoretical background and the literature and exploratory interviews with the participants, three determinant on commitment were identify in this study, including usage of IT, IT infrastructure, IT knowledge management. The population of study constituted of 4000 employees in 19 departments in AASL as a population of interest. The study employed purposive sampling method to select six department from 19 in the population and then random sampling method was used to select 250. Structured questionnaires were used in collecting data. The results of Cronbach’s alpha values are greater than 0.7 for all variables. To analysisdata, descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, ANOVA and multiple regression analysis were used. Results: Four hypotheses were tested and all were accepted. Results indicate that employee background on IT, IT infrastructure and IT knowledge management are affecting by 50.4 percent to employee commitment. In addition, results showed that there is a positive and moderate relationship between employee background on IT and IT knowledge management with employee commitment. Moreover, there is a positive and weak relationship between IT infrastructure and employee commitment. The study concluded that Employee background on IT, IT infrastructure and IT knowledge management factors take part in a critical role in influencing the level of employee commitment is a conclusion that was made.Publication Open Access Factors Affecting Human Resources Management Policy Implementation in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Sri Lanka(Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, 2017-12) Rajapakshe, WPolicy implementation in SMEs related to Human Resource Management in Sri Lanka is often ignored because the issues are indirect and hidden. The main objective of this paper to review and understand theories and models related to the policy implementation and develop conceptual framework describing the factors affecting successful policy implementation in SMEs in Sri Lanka. Literature related to policy implementation as well as policy implementation models were analyzed and illustrated a conceptual framework. This framework directs attention to eight major variables that affect implementation of public policy. The three intervening variables showed that without implementing agency capacity, negotiation ability, and sector awareness, policy implementation might be weakened. Further, this conceptual model offers a blueprint for the successful policy implementation to solve the HRM issues in the SMEs in Sri Lanka.Publication Open Access Investigation of Learning Style Preferences of Business Students in Saudi Arabia–using VAK Assessment Model(Global Journals, 2018) Rajapakshe, WThis study focuses on investigation of learning style preferences of business students who enrolled in two different set of course modules; descriptive and mathematical. This study is crosssectional research depends on primary data gathered from a business student who studies in a state university in Saudi Arabia. The purposive sampling methods used to select the sample and VAK modality questionnaire was used to collect data. The Cronbach’s alpha for three styles; visual learner, auditory learner, kinesthetic learners was respectively 0.83, 0.80, and 0.77. Percentages were calculated to determine students’ desirable learning style, and chi-square test and independent sample t-test were conducted to discover the difference between learning style of descriptive courses and mathematical courses. It has revealed that both groups of students prefer multimodal more than unimodal. The highest unimodal preference was the visual style for both groups of students. Independent sample t-test results showed that there was no difference between the two groups of students.Publication Open Access An Analysis of Major Factors Affecting Labor Turnover in the Apparel Industry in Sri Lanka: Policy Alternations for Solving the Problem(Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, 2018-09-29) Rajapakshe, WThe objective of this study is to investigate and analyze factors, which affect the labor turnover in the apparel industry in Sri Lanka and policy alternations for solving the problem. Population of this study is employees who are currently working in the apparel industry in Sri Lanka. Data was collecting through the questionnaire. The Cronbach's α value of the variables are in the range of 0.75 to 0.93. To test the hypotheses the structural equation modeling approach (SEM) was applied. According to the literature review thirteen research hypotheses were formulated and out of these nine hypotheses were accepted. Given the findings, employees’ turnover in the apparel industry is determined by living and social condition, personal characteristics and HRM activities. Among these three variables HRM activities has highest effect on turnover. The impact is moderating with job satisfaction and absenteeism. Hence, apparel industry should heavily focus on the HRM activities. This study suggests that the policy makers of this country should improve the existing laws and regulations regarding basic human rights, Recruitment and selection procedure, career planning and development, motivation, early socialization, labor administration, retirement benefits, and welfare of workers and legislationPublication Open Access Screening patients with tuberculosis for diabetes mellitus in Ampara, Sri Lanka(International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 2015-06-21) Rajapakshe, W; Isaakidis, P; Sagili, K. D; Kumar, A. M. V; Samaraweera, S; Pallewatta, N; Jayakody, W; Nissanka, AGiven the well-known linkage between diabetes mellitus (DM) and tuberculosis (TB), the World Health Organization recommends bidirectional screening. Here we report the first screening effort of its kind from a chest clinic in the Ampara district of Sri Lanka. Of 112 TB patients registered between January 2013 and October 2014, eight had pre-existing DM. Of those remaining, 83 (80%) underwent fasting plasma glucose testing, of whom two (2%) and 17 (20%) were found to have diabetes and impaired fasting glucose, respectively. All of these were enrolled in care. Screening TB patients for DM was found to be feasible at the district level. Further studies at the provincial/country level are required before making any decision to scale up bidirectional screening.