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    The Impact of work related factors on Labour Management Relationship
    (Research Symposium 2010 - Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2010) Gamage, P.N.; Uduwella, U.K.S.M.
    Labour Management Relationship is an important factor that could contribute to gain the competitive advantage in productivity and value addition in both manufacturing and service producing organizations in theglobal environment of this new millennium. Existing literature reveals a gap in the knowledge in respect of work related factors that affect Labour Management relationship in Sri Lankan context . Effective handling of work related factors has become a vital aspect in maintaining a harmonious and a productive Labour Management Relationship. This study is an attempt to identify the impact of work related factors on Labour Management Relationship in Rubber Manufacturing organizations in Sri Lanka. Further this study empirically evaluated four work related factors that could have an effect on Labour Management Relationship, namely Routinization, Autonomy, Distributive justice and procedural justice while the Labour Management Relationship was analyzed under four dimensions namely Understanding between parties, Participation, Grievance Handling and Dispute settlement. The objective of this study was to identify the impact of work related factors on Labour Management Relationship. Hence the study involved randomly selected ninety employees who are currently working for unionized companies which are engaged in manufacturing rubber products in Sri Lanka. Data were obtained by giving a structured questionnaire. Reliability of the questionnaire was more than 0.7 according to the Cronbaches Alpha test. The regression analysis and Persons correlation Analysis were used to analyze the data. The statistical results of this study revealed that there is a positive and significant association between work related factors; Autonomy , Distributive justice and procedural justice while as a work related factor Routinization has a negative relationship with Labour Management Relationship. This study enhances the degree of understanding of the work related factors and how it can be used to enhance the Labour Management Relationship of Rubber production industry in SriLanka.
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    Reasons for Strikes in Plantation Industry
    (Research Symposium 2010 - Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2010) Gamage, P.N.; Uduwella, U.K.S.M.
    The economy of Sri Lanka still remains on plantation agriculture and also the largest concentration of resident labour in the country was in the plantation sector. Today globalization process has offered unlimited opportunities as well as challenges for the plantation industry. To survive in the global market, management must emphasize on taking corrective actions to minimize the cost of production and enhance the quality of product. Periodically it seems that in the plantation Industry the frequency of strikes is rather high. Thus the problem addressed under this study was why such a poor situation has occurred. Existing literature reveals a gap in the knowledge in respect of Strikes in Plantation industry. The main purpose of this research was to find out the reasons for strikes in plantation industry and also to identify the most prominent reasons among them. All the strikes occurred in plantation sector during the period of 1999-2008 were considered. Additionally the study was based on two specific objectives namely to identify the reasons for strikes in plantation sector and also to identify the relationship between trade union membership density and loss of man power hours in plantations. The study was based on secondary data obtained from the Department of Labour. The data were analyzed by using percentage method and Pearsons correlation coefficient technique. Finally researchers found that there are eleven reasons for occurrence of strikes in plantation industry and the most prominent reason was Poor working Conditions. This study further revealed that there is a negative significant association between trade union membership density and loss of man power hours.