Browsing by Author "Ranjani R.P.C."

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Can Service Learning enhance Graduate Capital? Evidence from Sri Lankan State Universities
(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya., 2021) Wijayanama C.; Ranjani R.P.C.; Mohan D.U.
Employability of graduates has been a topic of high interest among graduates, academics, employers and economists alike for decades. Researchers argue that the responsibility of preparing graduates for their first job roles, has not been adequately owned by the universities nor the employers. The graduates themselves, give less attention to the issue and usually ill prepared for their first job roles. Service Learning (SL) is a futuristic andragogical strategy that changes the receiver and the giver of the service. In this study, the researcher examines how SL can be adopted as an enhancer of employability potential for graduates. Since the SL is new to the academic world in general and also to the Sri Lankan education system, this inductive study adopted the Grounded Case Study method using theoretical sampling to study the influence of SL as a strategy for enhancing graduate employability potential – Graduate Capital (GC) in state universities of Sri Lanka. The findings of the study include the features of SL practiced in Sri Lanka, GC attributes and the extent of enhancements of GC attributes due to partaking in SL program. The current study concludes that SL provides overall improvement to GC attributes.
Stakeholders’ Value Based Concern on Corporate Social Reporting in Sri Lanka: Value-Belief-Norms (VBN) Theory Perspectives
(Department of Accountancy, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Rajapakse, R.M.R.B.; Ranjani R.P.C.
Growing trend of social and environmental concern in modern society and CSR reporting in worldwide reflect the increased awareness of both stakeholders and corporate community about impact of human activities on the environment. Stakeholders’ environment responsible behavior depends on personal values, norms and awareness of consequences. In Sri Lanka, during the last few years corporate involvement in social responsibility activities and CSR reporting practices has improved along with the stakeholders’ concern on CSR issues. However, a recent study revealed that even major stakeholder categories do not incorporate CSR information for their decisions. This paper aims to explore reasons for why Sri Lankan stakeholders do not consider CSR information when making their economic decisions and whether there is an impact from their value systems. Almost all stakeholder categories were selected as sample of this study. It found that different stakeholders have different value orientations in different levels and they do not used CSR reports as sources of information.