5th Student Symposium - 2018

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    The Effect of Facebook Usage Intensity and the Personality Type of Individuals on Academic Performance: A Study among Final Year Undergraduates of Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya
    (5th HRM Student Research Symposium 2018, Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Sandamali, K. D.; De Silva, G. H. B. A.
    During last couple of years, it had been quite evident that the academic performance of undergraduates are inconsistent over time and gender bias in the Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies of University of Kelaniya. With the wide usage of internet and related services across the globe, the life style of people started to change. The global internet users have been passed 4 billion and among those 3 billion people around use social media in each month by using the mobile devices. The social media made major effect to the society and effect to the students’ academic performance in all the countries across the world. The purpose of this study is to examine whether Facebook usage intensity and the personality type impact on the university undergraduates’ academic performance. The primary data were collected from a sample of 142 university final year undergraduates via a validated standard survey instrument. The statistical data analysis techniques used for impact testing were chi-square and Nagelkarke R- square of logistic regression. The study brings up results showing that there is a significant impact on Facebook usage intensity and undergraduates’ academic performance relationship. Moreover, it has been observed, that personality type does not moderate the relationship between Facebook usage intensity and academic performance
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    Factors Influencing Career Choice of Management Undergraduates of Western Province, Sri Lanka
    (5th HRM Student Research Symposium 2018, Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Jayasena, W. D. D. U.; Welmilla, I.
    The study sought to investigate factors that influence the choice of career among management undergraduates in Western Province of Sri Lanka. The investigation serves as a mind map for the undergraduates to understand their own factors influence on their career choice while it encourage government to understand the improving areas to conduct career guidance and counselling programs. Employers are beneficial through understanding behavior and objectives of candidates so that they can attract most appropriate individuals. A survey design which is quantitative in nature was used in this empirical study. A standard questionnaire was used in collecting data from the participants. One hundred and eighty one undergraduates participated in the study. The Microsoft Excel – 2010 used to calculate the percentages that were used to analyze the data. The study revealed that extrinsic factors, intrinsic factors and interpersonal factors influence on undergraduates’ choice of careers. This study recommend to conduct career guidance and counselling session on undergraduates in order guide them for a best career choice
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    The Impact of the Internship Experience of Undergraduates on their University to Work Success
    (5th HRM Student Research Symposium 2018, Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Amarabandu, H. D. H. I.; Devadas, U. M.
    The purpose of this research is to assess the impact of the internship experience of undergraduates on university to work success. In this study, the researcher used a standard questionnaire regarding the internship experience and the university to work success to collect primary data from the management graduates that passed out from the Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies of the University of Kelaniya in 2017. Gathered data was analyzed using correlation and regression analysis and research findings indicated that there is a moderate positive relationship and significant positive impact between Internship experience of the undergraduates and university to work success. Therefore, undergraduates should more focus on their internships to develop their soft skills and the higher education institutions need to focus their practical training programs as well. Because this internship experience is most important to an undergraduate to achieve a better career success. Further, this study would be more helpful to initiate a larger scale study on the internship experience on the career success