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    FACTORS AFFECTING THE EMPLOYEES’ BEHAVIORAL INTENTION TO USE E- LEARNING PLATFORM IN THE ABC TIRE MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    (Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2025) Abewickrama, D.A.; Devadas, U.M.
    Employee development in the tire industry is highly important since it has direct impacts on productivity, innovation, and operational efficiency in general. The tire industry involves specific skills and knowledge that help meet the challenges of the competitive global market. Continuous employee development ensures that the workers are abreast of new technological and process improvements that help improve product quality and safety standards.Accordingly, the main objective of this study was to analyze factors affecting the employees’ behavioral intention to use e-learning platform in the ABC tire manufacturing company. This was a quantitative and cross-sectional study to collect data through a structured questionnaire using simple random sampling technique. A survey was applied to a sample of 152 collaborators who work in ABC Company in the manufacturing industry, and 147 responses were received. Correlation analysis and simple regression analysis were used to measure the relationship and to test the hypotheses of the study by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The analyzed result shows that there is a positive impact of selected factors; performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions and perceived enjoyment on employees’ behavioral intention to use E-learning platform in ABC tire manufacturing company. Recommendations include clear communication, investment in easy-to-use platforms, creating social influence, rewarding active users and using gamified elements. Moreover, the findings may be useful for the professionals in the same industry as well as others to get insights from the given recommendation.
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    Behavioral Intention towards using M-Learning among Higher Educational Students in Sri Lanka
    (University of Kelaniya, 2014) Perera, M.
    The proliferation and popularity of mobile phone usage in Sri Lanka has created an untapped potential for educators and organizations. The very recent introduction of mobile learning to the higher education sector of the country is set to exploit much of this opportunity, but there remains some doubt on readiness of students towards this revolutionary distance learning method. This research was focused on increasing the knowledge for the education sector towards understanding of students' intention in accepting and adopting into M-learning as many of the benefits of M-learning has not yet been fully realized in Sri Lanka. Also, the study was also conducted with a view of identifying the factors affecting behavioral intention of higher educational students in Sri Lanka towards M-learning. Based on prior studies, related theories and frameworks four variables were identified in order to assess the behavioral intention of students towards and M-learning system and those were: attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control and perceived risk. The research approach of the study was deductive discipline and primary data were gathered from a self-administered questionnaire. The relationship between each independent and dependent variables were examined along with the hypotheses developed. The sample size was 200 students who represented four public universities and four other higher educational institutes in Sri Lanka. The results revealed that there were positive relationships between attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioral control and behavioral intention while perceived risk demonstrated a negative relationship with the behavioral intention. The study has discussed the findings followed by both descriptive and inferential statistics and based on the findings it is possible to provide recommendations in favor of implementing M-learning systems within the higher educational sector in Sri Lanka.