7th HRM Student Research Symposium 2020

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Impact of Employee Commitment to Change on Success of the Change: A Study of Staff and above Level Employees in ABC Company
(Department of of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020) Gunawardhana, D.H.A.; Dhammika, K.A.S.
The global business environment is changing rapidly, and companies must change their strategies, structures, plans in line with the change. Otherwise, organizations cannot survive in the rapidly changing commercial environment. As a result, organizations are attempting to make changes to the organization. However, the success of implementing change continues to be challenging. The extant literature shows that most change implementations were unsuccessful while the small number of change implementations was successful. Employee commitment to change is one of the leading factors that lead to successful change. Even though there has been considerable research to examine the impact of employee engagement with change on the success of change in the Western context, there is a limited understanding of research on this issue in the Sri Lankan context. Thus, this study aims to identify the impact of employee commitment to change on the success of change in one of the leading manufacturing firms in Sri Lanka. In this study, the researcher conducted quantitative research, and a cross-sectional survey comprises 113 staff and above level employees in ABC Company using a convenience sampling technique. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation, and regression statistics with the aid of SPSS. It was noted that employee commitment to change is significantly related to successful change and that there is an impact on employee commitment to change on successful change. It was concluded that in determining the success of an implemented change, commitment to change plays an important role. The study provides a significant theoretical contribution in addressing the Herscovitch and Meyer three-component theory of commitment to change. It is suggested that when implementing a change, managers and practitioners should be concerned with employee perspectives as well. However, cross-validation of this study is recommended in different industries and cultures compared with a larger sample in subsequent studies.
Impact of Leadership Styles on Employee Performance: A Study of Staff Level Employees in ABC Private Limited
(Department of of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020) Gajaweera, I.S.; Dhammika, K.A.S.
Although the direct effect of leadership styles on employee performance is well documented, the relationship's historical, theoretical explanations and empirical findings were not consistent. Thus, drawing upon the theory of authentic leadership, servant leadership, and theory of ethical leadership, the current study examined the impact of leadership styles such as authentic, servant, and ethical leadership on employee performance. The study was quantitative, and a cross-sectional survey design was followed. The data were collected through a structured questionnaire. The convenience sampling technique was applied to select the sample, and the final sample consisted of 152 staff-level employees in ABC Private Limited. The data were analyzed using Descriptive, Multicollinearity, Correlation, and Regression analysis with the aid of SPSS. It is found that leadership styles such as authentic, servant, and ethical leadership significantly impact employee performance. In addition, there is a moderate positive correlation between employee performance and such leadership styles. Finally, it is concluded that through authentic, servant, and ethical leadership, employees would be able to achieve high performance. Not only was that it suggested that managers and supervisors could adopt a positive leadership style to improve employee performance. It is recommended that the results of this study be cross-validated in different industries and leadership styles compared with a larger sample in subsequent studies.
Impact of Study-Work-Life Balance on Undergraduates' Academic Performance: A Study on Undergraduates in the University of Kelaniya
(Department of of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020) Habaragamuwa, T.P.; Dhammika, K.A.S.
Academic performance is the ultimate educational goal of every student. Further academic performance is among the several components of academic success. Also, students are engaging with employment among their studies become a trend now. Similarly, students have to balance their study life, work-life and personal life and act in multiple roles simultaneously. However, relatively little attention has been paid by researchers for the identification of the impact of study-work-life balance on undergraduates' academic performance in the Sri Lanka context. This study aimed to assess the impact of study-work-life balance on undergraduates' academic performance at the University of Kelaniya - Sri Lanka. This study was carried out as quantitative explanatory research work. Further, the sample was selected from the third year and final year undergraduates, and the convenience sampling technique was used. This is cross-sectional descriptive research, and a standard questionnaire was used to collect primary data through a survey. Questionnaires were distributed to a sample of 413 undergraduates who are currently studying at the University of Kelaniya. To analyze the primary data, Statistical Package for Social Science was used. To interpret the data analyzed and obtain the result descriptive statistical techniques such as mean, mode, standard deviation, and correlation, simple regression analysis were used. To test the relationship between variables, Pearson correlation technique analysis was used. Simple regression analysis was used to identify the degree of the impact of the independent variable on the dependent variable. Accordingly, it was found that there is a significant moderate positive relationship between study-work-life balance and undergraduates' academic performance. The present study would provide direction to students, employers, lecturers, and future researchers.
Impact of Work Pressure and Time Pressure on Tuition Professionals in Sri Lanka
(Department of of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020) Hansamali, D.G.C.; Dhammika, K.A.S.
Work-Life Balance (WLB) has gained immense attention in the corporate industry nowadays while playing a critical role in everybody's lives. Work-life balance is more important to a developing country like Sri Lanka, where poverty and unemployment are a severe problem. Due to the work-life imbalance, most people suffer from depression, physical health problems, job dissatisfaction, family problems, and sometimes it causes suicidal intention as well. Considering those situations in extent literature, the study was initiated to identify the impact of work pressure and time pressure on the work-life balance of tuition professionals in Sri Lanka. This study was carried out as a cross-sectional field study among a sample of 142 tuition professionals around the country. The convenience sampling method was applied to select the sample items. Data were collected through a self-administrated, pretested questionnaire using google forms, which met accepted validity and reliability standards. Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, regression analysis was performed to analyze data using Statistical Package of Social Science (SPSS). It is found that tuition professionals who have obtained a high level of work pressure and time pressure are at the risk of Work-Life imbalance while proving the negative relationship between work pressure, work-life balance and time pressure, work-life balance. The current study's findings serve as a guideline for tuition professionals, policymakers, government, and educational institutions in Sri Lanka.