UCER:UOC e-Repository >The DSpace digital repository system captures, stores, indexes, preserves, and distributes digital research material.http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui2024-03-23T23:08:49Z2024-03-23T23:08:49ZRelationship among Big Five Personality Traits, Job Performance & Job Satisfaction: A Case of School Teachers in Sri LankaChandrasekara, W.S.http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/73142024-03-19T05:02:51Z2019-01-01T00:00:00ZRelationship among Big Five Personality Traits, Job Performance & Job Satisfaction: A Case of School Teachers in Sri Lanka
Chandrasekara, W.S.
This study aims to examine the relationships among Personality traits, Job Satisfaction and Job
performance. A sample study was conducted with 150 government school teachers using a closed ended
questionnaire based on Personality Traits developed by Norman and McCrae & Costa, Job Performance
developed by Borman & Motowidlo’s, Task Performance developed by McAllister’s, Contextual
Performance developed by Organ and Farh’s et al., and Job Satisfaction developed by Porter & Lawler,
and Organ. Face to face interview method was performed and data was analyzed using SPSS 20.0. Job
satisfaction and job performance show a reciprocal significant relationship. All the personality traits
significantly influence on job performance whereas the Agreeableness indicates the greatest effect. In
terms of job satisfaction, Agreeableness is most influential factor, followed by Extraversion. The other
three personality factors do not have effect on job satisfaction. The contribution of this study is to provide
empirical support for the reciprocal effect of job performance and job satisfaction. These findings confirm
the previous studies’ causal relationship between these two variables.
2019-01-01T00:00:00ZHelp Seeking Attitudes and Willingness to Seek Psychological Help: Application of the Theory of Planed BehaviorChandrasekara, W.S.http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/73132024-03-19T04:59:37Z2016-01-01T00:00:00ZHelp Seeking Attitudes and Willingness to Seek Psychological Help: Application of the Theory of Planed Behavior
Chandrasekara, W.S.
Though there is a high level of mental health related difficulties among
university students, only one third of them seek psychological help despite the
evidence-based treatments for mental health problems. Therefore, this paper
examines the help seeking attitudes towards psychological help services and
willingness to seek psychological help based on the Theory of Planned Behavior
(TPB). Attitudes, subjective norms, and behavioral control were measured using
the Inventory of Attitudes toward Seeking Mental Health Services (IASMHS).
Barriers for seeking psychological help were measured using Mental Health
Service Utilization Questions (MHSUQ) whereas intention to seek
psychological help was measured using the General Help Seeking Questionnaire
– Vignette Version (GHSQ-V). 600 students were interviewed from three Sri
Lankan state universities from January 2015 to March 2015. Results suggested
that positive attitudes towards psychological help service positively associate
with greater willingness to seek psychological help. Further, female students
show a greater attitude seeking psychological help than male students. The most
common barrier reported by students was that the fear of what relatives, friends
might think. In contrast, students who follow psychology as a subject have a
significantly higher level of positive attitude towards seeking psychological help
than the students who do not follow. Findings suggest that mental health
campaigns are required to focus their attention to change the negative attitudes
towards mental health services among university students. Further, it highlights
the importance of changing the public attitudes towards mental illnesses.
2016-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Effect of Transformational Leadership Style on Employees Job Satisfaction and Job Performance: A Case of Apparel Manufacturing Industry in Sri LankaChandrasekara, W.S.http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/73122024-03-19T04:53:35Z2019-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Effect of Transformational Leadership Style on Employees Job Satisfaction and Job Performance: A Case of Apparel Manufacturing Industry in Sri Lanka
Chandrasekara, W.S.
Leading employees for success is a challenging task in any organization. Hence, positive relationship between leader and employee is essential for better outcomes. This study intended to explore the effect of Leadership Style on employees’ job satisfaction and job performance in ABC apparel manufacturing company in Sri Lanka. 70 subordinates age from 25 to 45 (40 males and 30 females) were selected as respondents using stratified random sampling. The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire was used to measure the transformational Leadership style. Job Performance was measured based on the scaled developed by Borman & Motowidlo’s, and Job Satisfaction was measured based on the scale developed by Porter & Lawler, and Organ. Face to face interview method was performed and data was analyzed using SPSS 20. The findings exhibit that Transformational Leadership has a positive significant relationship with job satisfaction (r=0.71) and job performance (r=0.74). It indicates when the qualities of transformational leadership increased the job satisfaction and thereby job performance of employees increase. Hence, the hypothesis one (H1), transformational leadership have a positive significant influence on job satisfaction is accepted. The second hypothesis (H2), transformational leadership has a positive significant influence on job performance is also accepted. The third hypothesis (H3), there is a positive significant reciprocal relationship between job satisfaction and job performance (r= 0.70) is accepted. Therefore, findings suggested leaders to develop transformational leadership qualities to improve employees’ job satisfaction as well as overall job performance.
2019-01-01T00:00:00ZModelling and Forecasting of Population Changes in Jaffna District from 2000-2025Jayathunga, J.N.D.Karunarathne, M.http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/73112024-03-06T05:35:30Z2021-01-01T00:00:00ZModelling and Forecasting of Population Changes in Jaffna District from 2000-2025
Jayathunga, J.N.D.; Karunarathne, M.
Human births, deaths, and migration are the main three demographic
components that can lead to population changes in any geographical area. Especially, deaths, migration patterns, the decline
of fertility levels, and non-demographic factors such as rapid economic and
social changes will impact changing or decreasing the population growth. However, political and civil issues and other spatial, cultural,
and ethnic-related barriers also can impact on population growth of a country
or a specific area. A large population in an area directly impacts the
resources available in that location. Especially it can be directed to enhance
the population density, infrastructure issues, and food consumption-related
issues, and so on. Especially when considering
small-scale regions, those tend to be more conservative and it can be
influenced to produce different life patterns as well as different social and
demographic patterns.
Jaffna district is a small peninsula belonging to Sri Lanka and it was badly
faced with thirty years of a civil war between the Sri Lankan government and
LTTE. These long-lasting social, civil, and political issues influenced rapid
population changes in the Jaffna district and tended to create a diverse
population pattern in the district within the war period and after the post-war
period. It can be assumed that these population patterns could create different
environmental, demographical, and socio-economic implications. Therefore,
the main objective of this study is to analyze changing spatial patterns of
population density and forecast future population growth in the Jaffna
district.
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