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Item Effect of The Leader – Member Relationship on the Organizational Commitment towards Sales Force Turnover Intention of Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Sector of Sri Lanka: A Conceptual Review(Department of Marketing Management, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2018) Wimalana, N.; Dhammika, K.A.S.; Fernando, W.R.P.K.Leader –Member relationship (LMX) has been identified by many scholars as an antecedent towards the Organizational Commitment (OC) of the employees. Many academics have concluded that OC is the strongest predictor towards employee turnover. This theory has been tested in the Western world but unfortunately very little literature is found in the Asian Context. When you look at more specifically in the Sri Lankan context with a focus on the sales force in the FMCG industry, the theoretical support on the relationships amongst these variables is almost zero. Few research conducted in this arena has identified that the sales force turnover is a critical issue faced by the FMCG industry during the post- war era in Sri Lanka. Therefore, this study intended to enlighten the knowledge on the antecedents towards the sales force turnover in the FMCG industry in Sri Lanka with a clear focus on the organizational commitment of the members in the sales force influenced by the leader member relationship. The discussion of empirical thoughts supports the managers in the industry to consider sale force motivation strategies holistically rather limiting to financial perspectives. Paper concluded the future research directions addressing to the key empirical contents discussed.Item Measuring Employees’ Performance in the Public Sector in Sri Lanka: Testing of Two Models(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2013) Dhammika, K.A.S.Performance of employees of an organization is a key concern of managers irrespective of their level and position. This is highly relevant when an organization is experiencing a down word trend or a standstill in their employees’ performance. Assessment of employees’ performance is required for effective performance management in organizations. However, a relatively little attention has been paid by researchers for the identification of an appropriate model of performance for employees in Sri Lankan context particularly for the public sector. The purpose of this reported study was to test the two alternative models of performance on their goodness for assessing the performance the employees of the selected public sector organizations in Sri Lanka. A sample of 200 employees was selected representing 11 public sector organizations for the study. Standard questionnaire was used for the data collection which assesses the performance on dimensions of the two models and both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis were applied for the analysis of data. It was found that the role based model of performance recorded better model fit statistics over two factor model. The study revealed that the behavioral factors such as the job, career, team, innovator and organization are important aspects to be concerned in assessment of performance of employees. Both theoretical and practiocal implications of the finding emphazising on performance management were discussed.Item Sustainable development of SMEs: The role of Human Resource Development Strategies in it(University of Kelaniya, 2007) Dhammika, K.A.S.; Karinathilake, K.G.G.S.Item The impact of organizational culture on leadership: A study on leadership in the public sector organizations in Sri Lanka(University of Kelaniya, 2008) Dhammika, K.A.S.Item Organizational and union citizenship behavior: are they unilateral or multilateral in Sri Lankan public sector context(University of Kelaniya, 2013) Dhammika, K.A.S.