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Item EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVES AND ABSENTEEISM IN MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN COLOMBO DISTRICT, SRI LANKA(Department of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2025) Sudharshan, G.; De Alwis, A.C.Employee absenteeism remains a significant challenge in the Sri Lankan manufacturing sector, with mental health playing a crucial role in workforce stability and productivity. This study examines the relationship between mental health initiatives and absenteeism in manufacturing firms in the Colombo District. A quantitative research approach was adopted, utilizing structured questionnaires to collect data from 400 employees. The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of mental health programs in reducing absenteeism and enhancing employee well-being. The findings indicate a positive correlation between mental health initiatives and reduced absenteeism, particularly among younger employees (18–25 years) and those with less than one year of job experience. Operational staff and supervisors exhibited higher absenteeism and stress levels compared to managerial employees, highlighting the need for targeted interventions. Family responsibilities and health challenges were identified as primary causes of absenteeism, while mental health programs had limited impact on addressing broader workplace stressors. Despite improving attendance, the effectiveness of these initiatives in reducing stress was constrained by systemic challenges such as heavy workloads and work-life imbalance. The study concludes that a holistic approach integrating tailored mental health initiatives, improved program accessibility, peer support networks, and flexible work arrangements is essential for minimizing absenteeism and fostering employee well-being. These findings contribute to the discourse on workplace mental health and offer actionable recommendations for improving workforce stability in the Sri Lankan manufacturing sector.Item Impact of Social Media Networking on Employees’ Productivity(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Weerasekara, S.H.S.M.Success of any organizations depends on the efficiency of employees. Organizational success generally will determined by employees who believed as you of the main belongings of any group because they are with the capacity of creating value and permit organizations have a lasting competitive benefit. According to the “Social Media and workplace 2012 Report”, the top-line finding that jumped out at me was this: 75 % of workers access social media on the job from their personal mobile devices at least once a day, and 60% access it multiple times a day. Many people comment on many aspects about this statement. However, when considering the IT industry, 71% of organizations block social networks in their organizations because they think that the employees spend more and more time on social media engaging in non-work related activities. So there is different ideas populated in the society and some surveys says that there is impact between social media networking and the employees productivity and some other surveys saying that is no impact between social media networking and the employees productivity. So there is a research gap between these two ideas. Therefore, this study designed to find impacts of social media networking on employees productivity and to find that what is the optimum level of social media networking impact to the employees productivity and to find that the reasons for social media networking in the working hours. The objectives of the study are to find out the Optimum level of social media networking, impact on employees productivity to identify the impacts from social media network to the Employees productivity and to identify the main social media sites which used to access in IT Industry and the reasons for accessing in working hours. Pilot survey conducted after making a rough questionnaire that constructed by extracting questions from recognized questions distributed among two organization of sample population and feedbacks and comments taken to adjust the questionnaire. Primary data gathered using surveys, interviews, and direct observations.Item Impact of Outsourcing on Lead Time to Apparel Industry in Sri Lanka(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Perera, M.D.B.; Rajapaksha, U.G.Lead time is a main challenge that the apparel industry of Sri Lanka has to face due to rising markets, frequently changing fashion patterns and high competition in the industry both locally and internationally. Therefore, meeting customer demands at a minimum time is crucial. This research was conducted using a sample of 30 apparel organizations in the Colombo district on the basis of simple random sampling. Outsourcing of transportation, warehousing, procurement, sales & marketing and packaging are the independent variables while the dependent variable is reduction in lead time. To conduct the research, primary data was collected through interviews and a questionnaire filled by the management of the apparel organization. The statistical estimation of data is done by Ordinal Regression Logit Model. Researcher was able to identify a positive impact of outsourcing on lead time in terms of apparel industry and with reduction of lead time the organizational and industry performance improves.Item Impact of Factors Affecting on Premature Intention on Employee Productivity of Aircraft Technicians in Sri Lanka Air Force(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Balasuriya, B.A.M.P.; Rajapaksha, U.G.Sri Lanka Air Force is the service organization. Premature retirement of aircraft technicians in Air Force has become an alarming concern since it has created a vacuum of competent and skilled technicians to maintain the aircraft fleet. This results to lower the productivity in the organization. Finding causes leading to this issue is timely and important since the sustenance of the service provided by Air Force depends highly on the skilled technicians. The research focuses on the relationship between premature retirement of technicians and its effects on the productivity in the Air Force and providing recommendations to minimize such retirements in the future. The study was limited to the aeronautical engineering tradesmen in the operational flying formations and technical support squadrons in Air Force. Preliminary data survey was carried out by obtaining data from Air Force Head Quarters for the period 2009 to 2014 on earlier retirement. Questionnaire distributed among 50 technicians working in operational flying formations and technical support squadrons in Air Force to obtain primary data. The data from the questionnaires were fed into the program, IBM SPSS version 20 and the results were analyzed using regression and correlation. Interviews were carried out in order to collect data for qualitative data analysis from Commanding Officers and Officers Commanding Maintenance in operational flying formations and technical support squadrons in the Air Force. According to the results there is a strong correlation ship between premature retirement and productivity. Therefore, it can be concluded that poor motivation, not giving due recognition for their experience, limited training and knowledge provided for the technicians have direct impact on the intention of premature retirement of technicians which effect the productivity in the organization.Item Determinants of Employee Engagement: Evidence from Indian Industries(Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Mohapatra, A.K.D.; Choudhury, S.‘Employee engagement’ has occupied the Centre stage of corporate management today for its apparent linkage with enhanced organizational productivity. Various studies have indicated that firms with higher number of engaged employees have lower operating costs, lower attrition, greater talent pool, higher morale, higher customer satisfaction and higher profits. This study undertaken in the Indian industrial set up based on primary data collected from 169 respondents reveals that employees’ age, experience, educational qualifications and gender have a significant bearing on their engagement levels. The study further reveals that employee engagement receives equal importance from the private and the public sector firms in India. Also, six major factors, namely, organization culture, job profile and accountability, compensation and benefits, resources at work, caring attitude of organization, and communication, are found to be the major determinants of employee engagement in the Indian industries.Item Adoption of information technology to productivity changes in the Sri Lankan banking industry(Department of Accountancy, University of Kelaniya, 2015) Fernando, P.The rapidly increasing use of computers in producing and delivering goods and services has spurred a large literature on the effects of information technologies (IT) on productivity growth (Casolaro & Gobbi, 2004). Information and communication technology (ICT) can be considered the key factor driving economic growth in industrial societies. Investing in IT is widely regarded as having enormous potential for reducing costs, enhancing productivity, and improving living standards (Hajl, Sims, & Ibragimov, 2013). In recent years, greater competition in SL banking has been driven by technological change, internationalization and globalization of financial services, higher demand for banking services and deregulation and privatization of the industry (Figueira, Nellis, & Parker, 2009). The Internet has provided an environment in which information can travel across organizational and geographical boundaries (Dasgupta, Sarkis, & Talluri, 1999). Comparison of ICT investment to all other expenditures connected with the production process illustrates the growing significance of ICT in the modern economy as a factor of production (Hajl, Sims, & Ibragimov, 2013). The purpose this research is to observe whether Information technology is an indicator of a poductivity. The sample for this research will be obtained from the Sri Lankan listed commercial banks. The objective of this research is to findout to identify relationship between information technology and productivity changes.