IPRC - 2019
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Item Straddled Boundaries of Health Care in a Sri Lankan Village: A Medico-Anthropological Analysis(International Postgraduate Research Conference 2019, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Perera, J.A.P.S.; Angammana, B.H.Medical Pluralism (MP) is a vital phenomenon, deeply focused and widely studied in Medical Anthropology and Medical Sociology. Sri Lanka is a medically pluralistic country which offers a wide array of health care/treatment options which are available and utilized successively, alternatively, and/or simultaneously. However, the scholarship on MP in the Sri Lankan context mainly carries the biomedical perspective. In this background, we explored how socio-cultural factors and structures shape MP in a Sri Lankan rural village while there is a rapid proliferation of bio-medicine and health care technologies ranging from basic rural dispensaries to e-health facilities at the macro level. Our objectives were to; identify the dynamics of MP in the chosen village, identify how pluralist medical environment influence the health seeking behavior of the villagers and identify the reasons to cross/straddle and continue medically pluralistic situation in the village. This was an ethnographic study conducted in Dorakumbura Village in Matale district in 2018. The method of data collection included observations, interviews (10), and focus group discussions (05) conducted with a wide array of respondents (ranging from peasants, traditional healers, exorcists, astrologers, doctor, nurses, treatment seekers, to village administrative and related stake holders). We adopted the narrative analysis as the method of data analysis. The research revealed that there are three main sectors of medical pluralism; popular sector, folk sector and professional sector and villagers adopt a combination of treatment practices drawing from local, regional and cosmopolitan medical systems. Kinship and family ties still play a major role in transmitting the traditional knowledge on diseases and related treatments among the villagers studied. The peasants revealed very divers health beliefs and they follow diverse health care/treatment practices from various health traditions which are based on a wide range of social, cultural, ecological and structural factors that shape people’s choices and decisions on health. Although there seems to be a co-existence of several treatment traditions among the villagers, bio-medicine still exerts dominance. Further, cultural propensities and religious faith play a significant role in shaping pluralistic medical practices among villagers studiedItem The Potential of Kandy for Cultural Heritage Tourism Development: Enhancing the Sustainability(International Postgraduate Research Conference 2019, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Wijesooriya, M.W.A.T.N.Cultural heritage tourism has a tremendous impact on enhancing the sustainability. The sacred city of Kandy can be identified as one of the UNESCO world heritage sites in Sri Lanka and it has become a popular destination among the domestic and the international tourists. Kandy is the last kingdom of Sri Lanka which has a rich Sinhala Buddhist tradition with tangible and intangible attractions. Most of the tourists travel to Kandy to explore the experience of religious and cultural values. Apart from that, there are many stakeholders supplying their service to tourists at the destination. Also, when promoting Kandy, we want to consider the environmental, economic and socio-cultural sustainability and minimize the risk of arising the issues according to those sectors. Through the research expects to identify the potentials of cultural heritage tourism in Kandy and how should we enhance the sustainability within the sectors of economic, socio -cultural and environmental. As the specific objectives of the research are to organize a proper program in socio economic aspect of the host community. The study reveals the comprehensive analysis of cultural resources in Kandy. The empowerment of community and the other stakeholders of the cultural heritage is the key to address long-term sustainability in any of the cultural heritage destination. Therefore, the researcher is focusing on how to achieve the sustainability in Kandy with the development of cultural heritage tourism. And more consideration goes to minimize the issues thereby promote the Kandy as a sustainable cultural heritage tourism destination. The research is conducted on both qualitative and quantitative methods, where primary and secondary sources are referred in data collecting and the sample of 50 tourists and 50 community members in Kandy randomly selected and SWOT analysis were used to identify the sustainability level in Kandy for the researchItem Influence of Personal Factors on Whistleblowing Among Accountants in Sri Lanka(International Postgraduate Research Conference 2019, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Shifana, Y.F.Whistle blowing plays a crucial role in preventing unethical behavior in organizations. Previous studies on whistleblowing behavior have been conducted in various cultural context and identified the influence of employees’ personal factors on whistle blowing behavior, but results of these studies were inconsistent. This study aims to deepening the understanding of whistle blowing behavior by identifying the influence of employee’s personal factors (age, gender, and experience) on their both internal and external whistle blowing in Sri Lankan cultural context. This study was conducted among 52 accountants in Sri Lanka. T-test and ANOVA were employed to test if there is any significant differences in whistle blowing behavior (internal and external) related to these personal factors. This study found that age, gender and experience have an influence on both internal and external whistle blowing behavior. Younger (M= 2.3), female (M=3.1) and less experienced employees (2.4) engage in low level of internal whistle blowing compare to older (M=2.9), male (M=4.1) and high experienced (M= 4.7) employees. Regarding to external whistle blowing behavior there is no significant differences in whistle blowing behaviors between male (M= 3.8) and females (M= 3.4), but there is a significant difference in whistle blowing regarding age and experience. Younger (M= 3.1) employees and less experienced (M = 4.0) employees are highly engaged in external whistle blowing than older (M = 1.9) and more experienced (2.1) employees. Mean differences were significant at 0.05 significance levels. Further this study found that younger and less experienced employees are highly engaged in external whistle blowing than internal whistle blowing. Findings of this study highlights the individual differences in whistle blowing behavior in Sri Lankan context that help organization to motivate internal whistle blowing and demotivate external whistle blowing of employees. This study contributes to the literature by examining the influence of personal factors in both internal and external whistle blowing among accountants in Sri Lankan cultural context which was unnoticed in the literature.