Volume 11 - Issue 1 - 2016
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Item Self Determination Theory (SDT): a review on SDT as a Complementary Theory of Motivation(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Gunasekare, U. L. T. P.Self Determination theory is a comprehensive theory of motivation of human behavior supporting that humans are naturally growth oriented and seek out relationships, connections and challenges that aid humanistic growth and develop their authentic self. This paper discusses the Self Determination Theory (SDT) as a theory of motivation to enlighten the understanding of organizational researchers and practioners to complement the application of traditional motivation theories. SDT provides a useful conceptual tool for motivating people from extrinsic motivation to intrinsic automonus motivation. The extensive literature review on motivation from the SDT perspective was carried out in this study and yielded significant new understanding of work motivation, and suggest opportunities to utilise the theory for research on work-related phenomena. Furthermore, the study provides insight in how the fulfilling the needs for autonomy, competence and relatedness results self regulated human motivation with findings of different research studies. Implications of the study and suggestions for further research are presented.Item Corporate governance determinants of firm performance: empirical evidence from banking, finance and insurance companies in Sri Lanka(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Panditharathna, K. M.This study examines the relationships between corporate governance attributes on firm performance of listed financial sector companies in Sri Lanka. Empirical analysis focused on 56 companies registered in the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) covering the industries of banking, finance and insurance for the years 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. The study used Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) method to analyze the data. The study finds that relationship between corporate governance and firm performance are not strong. Board size, proportion of independent directors and the proportion of female directors have not significant relationship with performance measures. But board effectiveness has a significant positive relationship with ROE. This study enables to companies to evaluate and restructuring of their board to enhance the performance of the company while contributing to the economic development of the country. Findings of prior study are more focused to the developed countries. This study fills that research gap and contribute to the present literature on corporate governance in the industries of banking finance and insurance.Item Factors affecting job satisfaction of class III officers of Sri Lanka administrative service(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Jayasena, S. D. N. S.; Weligamage, S. S.The Sri Lanka Administrative Service (SLAS) is the main administrative service of the Sri Lankan Government, with civil servants engaged both in the Central Government as well as in the provincial councils. Purpose of this research was to identify the factors affecting Job Satisfaction of Grade III officers of Sri Lanka Administrative Service (SLAS) and to identify the level of satisfaction. Primary Data were gathered using a structured questionnaire and structured interviews. The data were summarized using descriptive statistics. Through correlation and regression analysis the factors affecting Job Satisfaction of Grade III officers of SLAS were identified. Findings revealed that demographic variables and Pay, Promotion, Supervision, Fringe Benefits and Contingent Rewards are the determinants of Job Satisfaction of the target population. Further it was suggested that increasing the Base Pay, introducing a performance based promotion scheme, fair distribution of training opportunities and granting transport facilities will increase the level of Job Satisfaction.Item Factors influencing employee motivation among non-managerial staff in hotel sector, Sri Lanka(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) De Silva, R. D.; Thilakasiri, K. K.Motivation plays a significant role to attract, maintain and retain an effective workforce which helps to achieve the organization goals. The success of an organization highly depends on the available effective workforce. However, all employees do not have the same expected factors of motivation which is depend on the preferences of employees. So, management needs to choose right strategy and factors in order to motivate their effective staff. This study is focus to explore the significant factors which influence on employees’ motivation among the non-managerial staff in the hotel sector. There is high demand of hotel staff due to increasing number of tourist in Sri Lanka. This study has been conducted among 100 non-managerial employees who are working in 5 star hotels in Sri Lanka. The finding of the study revealed that workload, service charge, bonus, salary, flexible rule & regulation and relationship with colleague are top most significant factors of motivation among the non-managerial staff in the hotel. As per the findings, involvement in decision making and promotion are not statistically significant factors of motivation of non-managerial hotel staff.Item Impact of job satisfaction on job performance of non-executive employees in hotel industry: with reference To Kalutara district(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Perera, M. D. S. H.; Weerakkody, W. A. S.These days all organizations recognized the organizations can gain competitive advantage in market place only if it has employees who possess positive work related attitudes. Job satisfaction is one of the most important attitudinal factor on job performance .This study was made to measure the impact of job satisfaction on job performance of non-executive employees in hotel industry (star hotels) with regard to Kalutara district , Sri Lanka. On the scenario of continuous discussions on challenges faced by hotel industry in Sri Lanka, human involvement is yet to be considered as a significant organizational factor. There are several human resources glitches in hotel industry. It has made a vast impediment to minimize the effort of the achieving organizational objectives in the hotel industry. The data were collected from a stratified randomly selected sample of 250 non -executive employees in the hotel industry (star hotels) by administrating a structured questionnaire, which consisted of 38 questions/statements with 5 points scale. The data analyses consist of correlation and regression. The findings reveal that, job satisfaction was correlated with job performance of non-executive employees. Also there was an impact of job satisfaction on job performance of non-executive employees. Based on the findings valuable suggestions provided to the managements of hotel industry with regard to Kalutara district Sri Lanka to minimize the existing issues.