http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/10428 2026-01-07T04:29:09Z 2026-01-07T04:29:09Z Chandratilaka, M. A. N. Gamage, P http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/10436 2022-03-08T04:24:23Z 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z

Disability in the Workplace: Legal Barriers Affecting Human Resources Management Practices and Workplace Accommodation for the Persons with Disabilities in Sri Lanka - A Review of Literature Chandratilaka, M. A. N.; Gamage, P Disability can be defined as a physical or mental condition that barred such individual from properly interact with physical or social environment. This difficulty provided root course for historical marginalization of persons with disabilities in the society and visible in various fields ranging from education to employment and being analysed by various scholars. This literature review explores the question how various scholars approached the social political and legal issues arise out of low employment rate of the persons with disabilities and expressed their views on how to solve them. Since a systematic literature review has not been conducted in Sri Lanka on this topic, to answer the aforesaid research problem, author will evaluate multiple scholarly approaches towards the barriers affecting human resource practices and workplace accommodation for persons with disabilities and explore solutions available in the existing literature to resolve such issues. This research will be based on literature review methodology and first of such work in the field of disability rights in Sri Lanka. Thereby, results of this research will be produced by collecting and synthesizing previous research for advancing knowledge and facilitating theory development. However, literature survey was limited to the works which recently published in English language and meet certain scholarly standards.

2021-01-01T00:00:00Z Rathnayake, A http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/10435 2022-03-08T04:21:26Z 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z

Impact of Inflation Targeting Policy Framework of Countries between the Period of 2009-2019 Rathnayake, A Today, many countries in the world tend to choose Inflation Targeting Monetary Policy Framework, in which context it has become a matter of debate whether inflation or economic growth is driven by monetary expansions. The common acceptance is that inflation is created by the continuous rise in the money supply which is strongly proved through the economic theories forwarded by Karl Marx, Irvin Fisher and Friedman. The main aim of the study is to examine the relationship between money supply and economic growth under a broad phenomenon by utilizing the countries with inflation targeting policies in action. The time-series data have been collected from different countries that exercise inflation targeting from 2009 to 2019 and the sample included 39 countries from all over the globe, both from developed and developing categories. The utilized Autoregressive Distribution Lag (ARDL) model forwarded the results suggesting that there is a significant negative relationship between the economic growth and money supply in the long run while no relationship has been observed in the short run.

2021-01-01T00:00:00Z Wickramasekera, E Peiris, I.K Ulluwishewa, R http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/10434 2022-03-08T04:15:21Z 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z

Conceptualizing the relationship between Spiritual and Entrepreneurial Orientation in developing sustainable enterprises Wickramasekera, E; Peiris, I.K; Ulluwishewa, R Entrepreneurship is considered a critical element that promotes the development of an economy and the society of a country. At the organizational level, the Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) of decision-makers is recognized as a key driver in the entrepreneurship literature that propels firms to act ‘autonomously’, ‘innovate’, ‘take risks’, and be ‘proactive’ relative to marketplace opportunities. However, the current EO literature is evolving and has not explored its impact on developing sustainable operations. This paper intends to bridge this gap by introducing a concept of Spiritual Orientation (SO) playing the role of a mediator to explain the association between EO and sustainable operations. We argue that spirituality fortifies entrepreneurs’ commitment to developing sustainable business entities, by empowering firms to be adaptable and creating a pro-social business model with a sense of interconnection with the community and natural ecosystem. Thus, it is important to understand the spiritual development of entrepreneurs, because it leads entrepreneurs to exhibit fairness, kindness, and improved awareness of other people’s needs and thereby be sensitive to the alterations in the natural ecosystem. This paper argues that Spiritual Orientation leads entrepreneurs to exercise greater ‘autonomy’ as a result of seeing the interconnectedness of their actions. A spiritually oriented entrepreneur would place emphasis on the ethics, principles, virtues, values, and be sensitive to emotions, which will lead to taking proactive actions. As such, spirituality elucidates how business visionaries continue despite challenging situations by expanding their ideas of future-oriented sensemaking. This paper theorizes how a spiritually driven EO will lead to sustainable business ventures that focus on people, profit, and the planet. We assert that entrepreneurs must develop the spiritual maturity to create the right balance of EO dimensions, thus leading to creating sustainable organizations.

2021-01-01T00:00:00Z Perera, L.E.A.N. Surangi, H.A.K.N.S. http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/10433 2022-03-08T04:02:24Z 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exploring Buddhist Teachings and Spirituality in Female Entrepreneurs' Business Decisions in Sri Lanka: The Foundational Role of the Five Precepts Perera, L.E.A.N.; Surangi, H.A.K.N.S. Female entrepreneurship is one of the main drivers of economic and social development in any country. Over the years, a great deal of research has been conducted in the area of female entrepreneurship. However, to date, there has not been much discussion of female entrepreneurs' religious behaviour. Hence, this study examines the nature of female entrepreneurs' religious behaviour and how Buddhist teachings and spirituality influence female entrepreneurs' business decisions throughout start-ups and the ongoing business operations. Although Buddhism is a vast literature, this study focuses mainly on the five precepts. This study is based on social constructionism philosophy, and narrative design was used to explore the female entrepreneurs' religious behaviour. A snowball sampling procedure was applied, and seven interviews were conducted to generate data for the study. This qualitative data analysis was complemented and supported by narrative in-depth interviews, observations and collected documents and field notes. Results revealed that Buddhist female entrepreneurs' business decisions are influenced by their religious teachings, especially the five precepts and religious spirituality. The main themes related to the start-up, operations and pricing, networks, profit sharing, finance, problem solving and sustainability. Further, female entrepreneurs have engaged in solid religious practices in businesses and personal lives since their childhood. Buddhist teachings and spirituality can be identified as the critical factor of Buddhist female entrepreneurs' business success and work-life satisfaction in Sri Lanka. The findings can facilitate and promote spiritual entrepreneurship among entrepreneurs. It is valuable to deepen our understanding of the role of Buddhist teachings and spirituality, which affects entrepreneurs' business decisions.

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