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Item Impact of Personality Traits on Online Knowledge Sharing Behavior in Social Media among University Undergraduates(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2020) Nishanthi, H. M.; Munasinghe, O.As a part of the learning culture today, undergraduates use social media for educational purposes. Many scholars have investigated the impact of using social media by university students to share knowledge. However, most of the studies investigated the effect of personality traits on knowledge-sharing behaviour in social media in the Western context. However, there is a shortage of studies in a non-western context. To fill this gap, the current study is conducted to investigate the impact of personality traits on knowledge-sharing behaviour in social media among undergraduates in the Sri Lankan context where the mediating role of interpersonal trust is also explored. This study was conducted as a cross-sectional survey. Stratified random sampling techniques were used to select the sample of 322 university undergraduates, which were used in the final analysis. The data were gathered through a standard questionnaire that was distributed via google form and a paper-pencil survey. An individual is a unit of analysis of this study. Regression analysis was used to test the research hypotheses with support from SPSS 26. It was found that the big five personality traits are associated with the online knowledge-sharing behaviour among university students. Further, it was found that personality traits (extraversion, openness, emotional stability, consciousness) lead to knowledge-sharing behavior and undergraduates did not consider trustworthiness as a significant factor in online knowledge-sharing behaviour. It was suggested that even though, undergraduates are keen on knowledge sharing irrespective of the reliability of the sources, precautions should be taken to avoid data theft issues and personality problems. To encourage online knowledge sharing, policymakers should be created trustworthy social media platforms among university undergraduates.Item Effect of Person-organization Fit on Organizational Commitment: A Study with Special Reference to Sri Lankan Banking and Insurance Industries(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2019) Wickramasinghe, D. V. A.; Nishanthi, H. M.The main objective of this study was to identify whether there is a significant impact of person organization fit on organizational commitment in Sri Lankan banking and insurance industries. The study was based on a collected sample of 100 executive level employees who currently work in banking and insurance companies. Six licensed commercial banks and four insurance companies representing private and public sectors, located in Colombo district were selected randomly to collect primary data. As this is a cross sectional explanatory research in nature, standard questionnaire was used to collect primary data incorporating survey technique. Descriptive statistics, spearmen correlation coefficient and liner regression were used to analyze data and make conclusions. Findings revealed that there is a significant impact of person organization fit on organizational commitment in Sri Lankan banking and insurance industries. Secondly, there is a moderate positive relationship between the person organization fit and organizational commitment. Further, it was found that employees who are working in the insurance industry are slightly more committed and fit for the Organization than their counterparts.Item The Impact of Job Tension on Job Satisfaction: A Study on Executive Level Employees of the Apparel Industry in Anuradhapura District of Sri Lanka(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2018) Yasarathne, K. H. V. P.; Nishanthi, H. M.; Mendis, M. V. S.Apparel industry in Sri Lanka has become major contributor to Sri Lanka’s economic development. Due to supply of low cost creative labour and organizational friendly government policies, many international apparel brands and apparel firms are outsourcing their manufacturing functions to Asian countries. Of those, Sri Lanka is a leading country where most apparel sector giants are interested to invest in. Further, in Sri Lankan context apparel sector is highly competitive as quite a number of big giants such as MAS Holdings, Brandix Apparel Lanka Ltd, Hela Clothing (Pvt) Ltd are operating in the market. Due to this high competitiveness in the industry, greater struggle is visible to attract and retain key talent. However, retaining talent has become difficult due to the job tension associated with high competitiveness. In the current study, the researchers attempt to investigate in depth the impact of job tension on job satisfaction of the executive level employees of the Apparel Industry, with special reference to Anuradhapura District. The executive level employees in three leading garment manufacturing organizations in Sri Lanka were investigated through a sample of 100 employees. Simple random sampling method was used to select the representative sample. A self-administrated structured questionnaire was used to collect data. The correlation analysis and regression analysis were used to test the research hypotheses. The study confirmed that job tension is significantly correlated with employee job satisfaction. The findings of the study also indicated that there is a strong negative relationship between job tension and job satisfaction of executive level employees. This study directly provides a major theoretical contribution filling the gaps of former studies which were done on apparel sector. The findings and the recommendations of the current research directly addresses lot of practical issues related to job tension and job satisfaction faced by the apparel firms.Item The Impact of Employer-Employee Relations on Employee Commitment: A Case from Sri Lanka(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2017) Sawithri, L. D.; Nishanthi, H. M.; Amarasinghe, K. G.Many factors influence the employee commitment in an organizational setting, where the employer-employee relationships play a significant role. There have been a considerable amount of research conducted to identify the impact of supervisor relationship on employee commitment. In this paper, the researchers specifically analyzes the impact of line manager relationship and trust with senior management on employee commitment with reference to Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) in Sri Lanka. The study is of deductive in nature. Primary data have been collected through a structured questionnaire using a random sample of CEB including 86 assistant level employees where data were obtained from 54 respondents. According to the results of the study, it shows a high positive impact of the line manager relationship and trust in senior management on employee commitment at CEB which directly relates with productivity. Hence, it is recommended to grow and uplift the employer-employee relationships through greater coordination and building a climate of trust.Item Impact of psychological contract on employee outcomes of job satisfaction and organizational commitment: evidence from a leading apparel manufacturing company in Sri Lanka(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Nishanthi, H. M.; Mahalekamge, W. G. S.The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of psychological contract on employee outcomes of job satisfaction and organizational commitment in a leading apparel company. Companies that invest more effort in achieving higher level psychological contract between their employees, employer and organization have satisfied and committed employees. The research design is descriptive in nature. A simple random sampling has been used to select the sample. The participant in the study was 50 executive level employees in a leading apparel company in Sri Lanka. Standard questionnaire is distributed to collect data. Based on the analysis, researcher identified that there is a strong positive relationship between psychological contract and employee outcomes of job satisfaction and organizational commitment. As well as based on findings researchers established that there is a significant impact of psychological contract and employee outcomes of job satisfaction and organizational commitment.Item The Moderating Impact of Team Tenure on Team Trust - Team Performance Relationship with Relevance to Executive Level Employees of Sri Lankan Tyre Manufacturing Industry(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya., 2021) Rajapaksha, B. P.; Nishanthi, H. M.Even though, many determinants of team performance are found in extended literature, team trust and the moderating effect of team tenure is little investigated in Sri Lankan context, and it has not been studied yet. Bridging the gap in this context, the current study assessed the moderating impact of team tenure on team trust and team performance relationship in Sri Lankan tyre manufacturing industry. The current study was conducted as a cross-sectional study among a sample of one hundred and ninety-two executive level employees selected from four major tyre manufacturing organizations following the stratified random sampling technique. Primary data were collected using a standard questionnaire distributed via Google form. The collected data were analysed with the support the SPSS employing correlation, regression, descriptive statistics and process matrix. It is found that team tenure does not moderate the relationship between team trust and team performance, and also founded that strong positive relationship between team trust and team performance. Moreover, team trust impact positively on team performance and team tenure does not impact team trust and team performance separately. It is recommended to tyre manufacturing organizations to facilitate more open communication and information sharing in order to improve executive level employees trust within teams, which in turn, will affect their team performance. Future researchers can use other variables like organizational support, team diversity, and personality as moderators of their study.Item The Impact of Human Resource Management Practices on Impersonal Organizational Trust (With special reference to Financial institutions in Sri Lanka)(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya., 2018) Nishanthi, H. M.; Kulathunga, M. G. M. D.The main purpose of this study was to identify whether there is a significant impact of identified strategic human resource management practices (learning and development, communications, performance evaluations and rewards, career opportunities, participation, job design) on impersonal organizational trust with the backing of Social Exchange Theory. This was a cross sectional field study of quantitative nature. Primary data were collected using a well-structured questionnaire. Sample consisted of 100 executive and above employees in the financial institutions in Western Province of Sri Lanka. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlations and regression analysis were used to analyze data and make conclusions. Findings of the study revealed that there is a significant positive impact of HRM practices on impersonal organizational trust. It revealed that employee trust on the functioning of the entire organization depends on the perceptions of fairness and well-execution of the HRM practices.