7th HRM Student Research Symposium 2020
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Item Impact of Job Designing on Psychological Contract of Employees: A Case Study of a leading Service Providing Organization in Sri Lanka(Department of of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020) Fernando, M.N.D.; Gamage, P.N.The purpose of this study was to assess the Impact of Job Designing on the Psychological Contract of Employees with Special Reference to a Selected Organization of the Service Sector. As a based model Job Characteristics Model developed by Halckman and Oldham (1974) was used in lining with the studies about psychological contract developed by Rousseau (1995). Although, there has been little integrative research that has examined psychological contracts in combination with job designing. This study is carried out as quantitative descriptive research work. Further, the sample is selected randomly and used simple random sampling techniques on an individual basis. A standard questionnaire was used to collect primary data through a survey. Questionnaires were distributed to a sample of 140 clerical and above employees who are currently working in the selected organization. To test the relationship between variables, Pearson correlation analysis was used. Simple regression analysis was used to identify the impact of the independent variable on the dependent variable. And also, it was found to be that there is a significant strong positive relationship between job designing and the psychological contract of the employees. Relational impact and transactional impact are the dimensions of the dependent variable, and they were only significant, and others were insignificant with the work psychological contract. The present study would provide the direction to HR policymakers, employees, employers and academia, and future researchers in decision making.Item Impact of Students' Politics on Academic Performance Evidence from Undergraduates of National Universities in Sri Lanka(Department of of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020) Dushmantha, P.H.P.; Gamage, P.N.In the higher education context in Sri Lanka, government universities have a greater responsibility to produce more productive and effective undergraduates to society. The higher education system's quality disruption is caused by the student's engagement with student union activities. In that case, the government, university administration, and society suffer from poor knowledgeable, and unskilled undergraduates arriving from government universities. In this research study, the researcher investigates four major factors, the family background of the undergraduates, the university environment, difficulties faced by the undergraduates, and undergraduate sports involvement in university, which significantly cause student union engagement in national universities. It was found that family background, university environment, difficulties faced by the undergraduates, and sports participation of the undergraduate influence students' involvement in university politics. Ultimately, union involvement significantly impacts the undergraduate's academic performance, which was confirmed by results generated through the omnibus model of the test. This study's findings provide insights for university administration, parents, and primary and secondary school teachers to develop more productive and effective undergraduate through national universities in Sri Lanka.Item Impact of Mindfulness on Work-life Balance: A Study of Executive Level Employees in Central Bank of Sri Lanka(Department of of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020) Dilshani, S.S.; Gamage, P.N.Mindfulness is a well-studied phenomenon in many studies. Although the direct effect of mindfulness on work-life balance is well-documented, previous empirical findings of the relationship have been inconsistent. Thereby, the current research examines the impact of mindfulness on Executive Level Employees' work-life balance in the Central bank of Sri Lanka. The study was quantitative, and the cross-sectional survey design was followed. To conduct this research, primary data was collected through a structured questionnaire. The questionnaire was designed to measure the two variables, which were mindfulness and work-life balance of the executive level employees. The simple random sampling technique was applied to select the sample, and the final sample consists of 100 executive level employees who are currently working in the Central bank of Sri Lanka. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was used to analyze the data. Further, to interpret the analyzed data and to obtain the results, graphical charts, descriptive statistical techniques such as mean, mode, standard deviation, and also correlation coefficient, simple regression analysis, and residual analysis were used. Also, to test the relationship between variables, Pearson correlation technique analysis was used. Simple regression analysis was used to identify the degree of the independent variable's impact on the dependent variable was analyzed by using the R square value. Accordingly, it was found that there is a significant moderate positive relationship between mindfulness and work-life balance. Hence, the present study would provide the direction to HR policy makers, employees, managers, and future researchers.Item Impact of Gender Dominance of Occupations on Career Choice of Undergraduates: Evidence from a National University in Sri Lanka(Department of of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2020) Dias, J.S.; Gamage, P.N.The current study aims to examine the effect of gender dominance of occupations on the career choice of undergraduates by taking a sample of 113 undergraduates from the University of Kelaniya who are studying in their third and fourth years in different faculties. Primary data were collected through an online survey, and the convenience sampling technique was used in selecting the sample. Moreover, the current study was conducted as a quantitative study following a hypothetico-deductive approach together with a cross-sectional survey design. The collected data were analyzed with the aid of SPSS statistical software. To interpret the analyzed data and to obtain the results, graphical charts, descriptive statistical techniques such as mean, mode, standard deviation, and also correlation coefficient, simple regression analysis, and residual analysis were used. Pearson correlation technique analysis was used to test the relationship between variables. Simple regression analysis was used to identify the degree of the impact of the independent variable on the dependent variable. Findings revealed that gender dominance of occupations is positively related to career choice as well as gender dominance of occupations significantly impacts career choice. Hence, it is concluded by proving that undergraduates still show a greater interest in choosing occupations where their own gender is represented to a greater extent. They stereotype occupations as feminine and masculine further. The present study would provide the direction to undergraduates, employees, organizations, HR policymakers, and prospective researchers.