http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/918 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 03:47:28 GMT 2026-01-07T03:47:28Z http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/10426 The Efficacy of Providing Counselling and Psychological Support To Employee Engagement At Work Places Lakmali, B. K. D. In today’s data driven business climate, there is almost no company that does not have stressed workers. The global economy is considerably shifting and exponentially accelerating the need for organizations to address challenges imposed by technological, demographic and marketplace changes that are further affected by globalization. These shifts also require organizations to maximize productivity with minimum workplace leading to reevaluation of costs associated with talent. Therefore, employees are expected to professionally function with responsibility, new initiatives, effective time management and commitment, and these expectations will result in employees being physically and mentally strained at their workplaces. Employee may become overwhelmed outside the workplace. Employees are one of the most valuable assets of any organization. The active role they play towards a company's success cannot be underestimated. Therefore, counseling intervention must play on employee engagement in ABC Apparel Manufacturing Pvt Ltd. Two independent factors have been considered in this research. They are group counseling and individual counseling; therefore, the sole dependent variable is employee engagement. 150 employees were selected as the sample for this study. The analysis of findings revealed that there is a better relationship between group counseling, individual counseling and employee engagement. Counseling intervention is the most critical party in this situation to increase employee morale and, it is found that counseling intervention plays a role in enhancing employee engagement in a company. Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/10426 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/10425 Nature of Prehistoric Archaeological Investigation and Research in Sri Lanka (1992 – 2019) Munasinghe, D. S. A.; Hanchapola, H. A. S. N.; Nissanka, N. A. D. M.; Athapathtu, A. H. M. J. M. Sri Lankan prehistoric investigations can be divided into several phases. Identifying the nature of prehistoric archaeological investigation and research in Sri Lanka between 1992 – 2018 is the research problem of this paper. The main objective of the research is to collect data and information of Prehistoric Archaeological Investigation and Research (Exploration and Excavation) in Sri Lanka between 1992 – 2018 and arrange them in chronological order. In this process data and information were collected using primary and secondary sources through library survey, Field study, web survey and interviews were conducted to obtain more quantitative data The key research findings of the research are based on the identified several extraordinary features of this period compared to the early research periods such as systematic excavations, chronological methods, multidisciplinary approach, researches in associated with new scientific methodologies and innovative scientific methodologies including genealogical experiments. Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/10425 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/10424 Prepositional Phrases in English as Phases of the Weak Kind Weerasooriya, W. A. T. A phase is an instance of derivation or “spell out’’ of a chunk or whole of a sentence construction. It is standardly assumed that only complementizer phrases and little v(erb) phrases are phases, and tense and verb phrases are not phases. Other categories such as determiner phrases and applicative phrases have been tested positive for phases. However, no claim is made about the status of prepositional phrases as phases. This paper investigated whether prepositional phrases in English can have the status of a phase as defined in phase theory. It was hypothesised that prepositional phrases are phases of the ‘weak’ kind. To determine the phase status of prepositional phrases, the method of standard phase diagnostics tests such as computational complexity, phonological independence, semantic independence, and case checking, and theta completeness were used. It was found out that computational complexity is not a valid test to test prepositional phrases for phasehood. While prepositional phrases bear very strong evidence to be labelled phases with respect to phonological independence, PPs fail to be phases in the case of semantic independence, and case checking and theta completeness. Given these findings, it was concluded that prepositional phrases in English are phases of the ‘weak’ kind. A sample of sentence constructions in English selected by the author and borrowed from the existing literature were used for the tests to draw conclusions. The study is expected to help better understand and analyze the cognitive processes involved in the acquisition and production of the English language specifically and any language in general. Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/10424 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/10423 Identifying the Gender Differences in Response to Graduate Unemployment: Evidence from Sri Lanka Gardiyawasam, C.T.; Ganegoda, G.A.K.M.; Fernando, T.A.R.; Lankeshwara, P Employment opportunities are available for graduates from certain disciplines, while for a considerable proportion of the graduates, finding employment has become a problem. Therefore, enhancing the employability of graduates is a challenge faced by the university system of Sri Lanka. This research contains the findings based on economic, social and geographical attributes for gender difference in response to graduate unemployment. A questionnaire was distributed among the graduates of selected two faculties of General Sir John Kotelawala Defense University, Ratmalana. The study aimed to identify the impact of gender on graduate unemployment, causes for the gender differences, and the impact of geographical, social and economic factors in response to each gender. Primary data was collected through the questionnaire. Chi square test was used to determine the individual impact of independent variables towards the dependent variable, and binary logistic regression has been used to determine the collective impact of independent variables towards the dependent variable. The findings suggest that age, father’s education, satisfaction with higher education/ training, job preference, job satisfaction and impact of gender on finding a job (as per the thoughts) have a significant relationship with employability status of the male graduates. Furthermore, academic qualifications, monthly income of families, satisfaction with higher education and the training, job satisfaction and impact of gender of the female graduates (as per their experiences) have a significant relationship with employability status of the female graduates. Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/10423 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z