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Item Impact of Perceived Workplace Safety Climate on Job Performance of Non-Executive Employees(Department of of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2021) Pinto, M. M. P.; Darshani, R. K. N. D.The purpose of this research study is to explore the impact of safety climate on job performance among non-executive employees in apparel sector organizations. The study was quantitative and cross-sectional time frame was followed. This research study relies on a data set derived its survey of 100 non-executive employees who are currently employed in top level garment company in Biyagama. The data were collected through structured questionnaire and simple random sampling method applied to select the sample from population. Further, to achieve the main purpose, data was analyzed through correlation, regression and factor analysis. To achieve the main purpose, researcher examines the existing level of independents and dependent variables. Through correlation analysis results, researcher found safety climate, its variables and job performance were normally getting high level. It suggested, current organizations provide more attention to their safety climate and job performance. Through analysis results, researcher found safety climate and job performance has positive relationship with their job performance. Finally, this study illustrates, how independents variables impact on job performance. According to regression analysis results of this study, there is a positive relationship of safety climate and its variables towards to job performance expect individual responsibility. Those results can be concluded that by that safety climate and its variable’s ability to enhance higher job performance among the employees. Finally, the outcomes of this study help us to get a clear understanding about the impact of the safety climate on job performance. Further, this study provides recommendations to make decisions in order to achieve goals and objectives of the organization through most contended, efficient and loyal workforce.Item Use of Artificial Intelligence in Human Resource Management(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2021) Pinto, M. M. P.; Darshani, R. K. N. D.The collaboration of artificial intelligence with human resource management is an area that generates tons of controversial topics. This study focuses on how artificial intelligence is used in human resource functions and why it cannot be fully integrated into human resource management. The study is done based on the Sri Lankan context compared with literature based on other countries. The study was carried out as a cross-sectional field study in a qualitative approach. As the importance of this study, it is true that using artificial intelligence in human resource management will reduce the burden of massive paperwork and repetitive administrative work and using artificial intelligence in other human resource areas can sometimes lead to employee uncertainty of the job security and ultimately the job loss. Therefore, this study focuses on the loss of humanity and employee privacy along with the extent of artificial intelligence can be used in human resource management. The financial effects, talent gap, and privacy concerns were brought by analyzing the respondents' perceptions. The findings of the study highlight the practical usability of artificial intelligence depends on the above three main aspects. Sri Lanka as a developing labor-intensive country. The firms look onto the cost factor when implementing artificial intelligence and on another side, the organizational cultures and the employee's mindset on the topic of artificial intelligence is not much favorable in most cases. Having the thought of by serious automation will be a threat to their jobs and the big data management is a vulnerable area of privacy and security to the persons who are under it, along with the lack of human isolation that technology creates are the findings that the study reveals. Apart from that the lack of skilled and competent human resource personalities who can deal with advanced technology like artificial intelligence is a new area of findings.