http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/11121 2026-01-07T06:14:41Z http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/11173 The Relationship between Personality Traits and Sickness Presenteeism among Managers in Selected Public Banks in Sri Lanka Jayaweera, J. M. A. N. K.; Dayarathna, N. W. K. D. K. Sickness presenteeism is grown as a legitimate concern for scholars, especially in occupational medicine who referred to it as ‘employees attending work while being ill’. The complexity of decision-making process of sickness presenteeism turned attention to possible association of personality traits as its key personal driver which permits a prediction of what a person will do in a given situation. The purpose of the study is to determine the relationship between personality traits and sickness presenteeism among managers in three public banks in Sri Lanka considering the Big Five personality traits; Extroversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism and Openness to Experience. Using a quantitative research design, a survey was conducted among managers who represent all managerial levels in selected public banks in Sri Lanka. Analysis of the data was aligned with the objective of the study to yield results of the correlation between each personality trait and sickness presenteeism. Findings revealed that all Big Five personality traits correlated to sickness presenteeism among managers in three public banks in Sri Lanka. 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/11172 A Study on the Mediation Effect of Work-Life Balance on the Relationship between Psychological Empowerment and Job Satisfaction among Female Bank Employees in Sri Lanka De Zoysa, W. M.; Sivalogathasan, V. This empirical quantitative study is about the Mediation Effect of Work-Life Balance on the Relationship between Psychological Empowerment and Job Satisfaction among Female Bank Employees of Sri Lanka. This is based on International Labor Organization report on the restraints on female workers’ contribution towards the national economy of Sri Lanka. Banking sector was selected based on the considerable contribution made towards the service sector labor demand of the country. The target group consisting of 300 female middle managers from Western, Central and Southern provinces in Sri Lanka and sample selection by cluster random sampling of probability sampling method. The results analyzed by SPSS version 20 established that, the existence of Significant Positive Correlations among i) Psychological Empowerment (PE) and Work – Life Balance (WLB), ii) Work – Life Balance (WLB) and Job Satisfaction (JS), iii) Psychological Empowerment (PE) and Job Satisfaction (JS) and iv) the mediation effect of Work –Life Balance (WLB) with the relationship between Psychological Empowerment (PE) and Job Satisfaction (JS). In consideration of the findings of this paper, adding to the existing literature, the employers are recommended to take timely initiatives on improving Job Satisfaction, Work- Life Balance and Psychological empowerment employees for profit maximization. And individual employees should be directed towards integrating psychologically empowering measures to improve job satisfaction, work-life balance, to understand maintain and to be within one’s own ‘Work Life Cycle’. 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/11169 Employee Green Behaviour of Selected Hotels in Polonnaruwa Area of Sri Lanka Weerakoon, W. M. S. M. B.; Sellar, T.; Arulrajah, A.A. Employee green behaviour (EGB) contributes significantly to creating and sustaining eco-friendly hotels. EGB can be explained as the best way to contribute all employees to conserve natural environment. Natural environment directly affects the growth and survival of hotel industry. In this context, EGB in hotel industry is more important than other industries. Hence, objectives of study were to identify the level of EGB in selected hotels as well as to find out whether there is any difference in the level of EGB based on gender, age groups and education levels of employees. Data collected from 200 respondents through a questionnaire was analyzed by using descriptive statistics, independent samples t-test as well as ANOVA test. This study revealed that there is a high level of EGB among the employees in the surveyed hotels. There are no significant differences in the level of EGB by gender and age of employees while the level of EGB is significantly varying by their education levels of the employees. 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/11164 A Simplified Study of Definitions of Human Resource Management Opatha, H.H.D.N.P. For the purpose of achieving three research objectives: (1) to present definitions of Human Resource Management (HRM) given by various appropriately qualified authors and make a brief descriptive analysis about the definitions; (2) to revisit and review the definition of HRM developed by me in 2009; and (3) to introduce a definition of HRM which is inclusive, this theoretical research paper was written. The desk research strategy was adopted and the study was carried out by the use of two non-scientific methods, i.e., authority to a greater extent and intuition to a lesser extent. 34 definitions directly mentioned and implied from 34 textbooks were presented. The findings of the descriptive analysis of the definitions were that the most of the definitions have similarity and no salient contradictory differences exist in their meanings implying that the nature of the subject of HRM is not controversial but is generally agreeable or nondebatable. Further the descriptive analysis yielded a list of 20 characteristics of HRM. The revisit to the definition of HRM given by the author of this paper in 2009 resulted in an assertion that it is valid at present and the future too. However, in view of the possibility of criticizing the definition owing to lack of inclusion of strategic, partnership, and sustainable perspectives, an inclusive definition was formulated and presented. 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z