• What not to do: (In) justice enactment in handling sexual harassment complaints. 

  Adikaram, Arosha S.; Kailasapathy, Pavithra (2022)

  This article aims to explore and identify how Human Resource Professionals (HRPs) act unfairly/unjustly in handling complaints of sexual harassment by applying the principles of organizational justice theory. Following ...
• Prevention of sexual harassment in Organisations: Evidence from Sri Lanka. 

  Adikaram, Arosha S.; Kailasapathy, Pavithra (2021)

  The aim of this paper is to present a framework that elucidates what Human Resource Professionals (HRPs) can do in practice to prevent sexual harassment in Sri Lankan companies through the experiences and successful ...
• Gender (in) equality in South Asia: problems, prospects and pathways 

  Strachan, G.; Adikaram, Arosha S.; Kailasapathy, Pavithra (Sage Publications, 2015)

  This paper is the guest editorial for this Special Issue on Gender (In)equality in South Asia of the South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management. This paper offers a perspective on the gender (in)equality issues as ...
• Employee engagement through HRM practices: The impact of organizational support and individual differences 

  De Silva, M.; Kailasapathy, Pavithra (2016)

  The social exchange theory (SET) has been used to explain employee engagement through rule of reciprocity. Reciprocity would influence employees to engage in work by responding to the economic and socioemotional resources ...
• Women in Information Technology in Sri Lanka: Careers and Challenges 

  Adikaram, Arosha S.; Kailasapathy, Pavithra (Routledge, 2017)

  Information Technology (IT) is an important industry for many countries, including Sri Lanka. Women represent approximately one-quarter of the Sri Lankan IT workforce. This chapter examines how career-relevant interest ...

• What not to do: (In) justice enactment in handling sexual harassment complaints. 

  Adikaram, Arosha S.; Kailasapathy, Pavithra (2022)

  This article aims to explore and identify how Human Resource Professionals (HRPs) act unfairly/unjustly in handling complaints of sexual harassment by applying the principles of organizational justice theory. Following ...
• Prevention of sexual harassment in Organisations: Evidence from Sri Lanka. 

  Adikaram, Arosha S.; Kailasapathy, Pavithra (2021)

  The aim of this paper is to present a framework that elucidates what Human Resource Professionals (HRPs) can do in practice to prevent sexual harassment in Sri Lankan companies through the experiences and successful ...
• Gender (in) equality in South Asia: problems, prospects and pathways 

  Strachan, G.; Adikaram, Arosha S.; Kailasapathy, Pavithra (Sage Publications, 2015)

  This paper is the guest editorial for this Special Issue on Gender (In)equality in South Asia of the South Asian Journal of Human Resources Management. This paper offers a perspective on the gender (in)equality issues as ...
• Employee engagement through HRM practices: The impact of organizational support and individual differences 

  De Silva, M.; Kailasapathy, Pavithra (2016)

  The social exchange theory (SET) has been used to explain employee engagement through rule of reciprocity. Reciprocity would influence employees to engage in work by responding to the economic and socioemotional resources ...
• Women in Information Technology in Sri Lanka: Careers and Challenges 

  Adikaram, Arosha S.; Kailasapathy, Pavithra (Routledge, 2017)

  Information Technology (IT) is an important industry for many countries, including Sri Lanka. Women represent approximately one-quarter of the Sri Lankan IT workforce. This chapter examines how career-relevant interest ...
• Extended Person–Environment Fit and Psychological Well–Being 

  Kailasapathy, Pavithra; Padmasiri, M. K.D. (2020)

  The Person–Environment Fit theory has primarily been concerned with a person’s working environment in predicting her/his psychological well–being. Research studies show that a person’s environment comprises not only of the ...
• Development of a culturally sensitive leadership effectiveness measurement tool for Sri Lanka. 

  Dias, R.; Kailasapathy, Pavithra (2019)

  With most countries facing an aging population and talent scarcity it is essential that organisations develop and gain maximum results from all available talent irrespective of their gender. Female labour force participation ...
• What not to do: (In)justice enactment in handling sexual harassment complaints. 

  Adikaram, Arosha S.; Kailasapathy, Pavithra (2021)

  The aim of this paper is to explore and identify how Human Resource Professionals (HRPs) act unfairly and unjustly in handling sexual harassment complaints, by applying the theory of organisational justice. Employing ...
• Work-life balance of women entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka. 

  Siyam, N.; Kailasapathy, Pavithra (2021)

  In Sri Lanka, female entrepreneurship is contributing towards the economy. However, women entrepreneurs seem to struggle between the two distinct roles: one at work and the other at home which make them difficult to achieve ...
• Why Do Only Some People Blow the Whistle? A Multi-Theoretical Perspective 

  Edirisinghe, C.; Kailasapathy, Pavithra (2021)

  De George’s Theory of Whistle-blowing explains an individual’s whistle- ϐ Ǥ ǡ it does not adequately explain why only some people blow the whistle. This theoretical ...
• Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Challenges in Enacting Procedural Justice in Resolving Sexual Harassment Complaints 

  Adikaram, Arosha S.; Kailasapathy, Pavithra (Faculty of Management & Finance, University of Colombo, 2021)

  This paper aims to examine what impedes Human Resource Professionals’ (HRPs) ability to enact procedural justice in resolving complaints of sexual harassment by identifying the challenges and difficulties HRPs encounter ...
• It’s my luck: impostor fears, the context, gender and achievement-related traits 

  Kumar, S.; Kailasapathy, Pavithra; Mudiyanselage, A. S. (2021)

  Purpose – Although the impostor phenomenon is attributed to childhood experiences, theory on achievement motivation indicates that achievement-related fears can also be elicited by the context. Using achievement goal theory ...
• EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT AND ITS CROSSOVER FROM SUPERIORS TO SUBORDINATES: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF LICENSED COMMERCIAL BANKS OF SRI LANKA 

  Thennakoon, T.M.N.D. (2013)

  Emphasizing the importance of the human resource as a competitive asset for modern organizations, this paper investigates how Employee Engagement has become an emerging concept in the field of management in Sri Lanka. ...
• Integration of the Rational, Political and Justice Models of Performance Appraisals: The case of the Sri Lankan Public Sector 

  Thennakoon, D.; Kailasapathy, Pavithra (2015)

  In recent times there have been urgent calls for reforms in the public sector, and thereby certain private sector management techniques have been advocated to be implemented in the public sector. Special emphasis has ...
• Overcoming Tense Times: Ensuring Training Transfer in Manufacturing 

  Thennakoon, D.; French, E.; Bandara, W. (2019)

  Purpose – For training to be successful, it should be transferred back on to the jobs. Despite the range of literature on training transfer, there is the need to gain clarity on how training transfers in complex and ...
• AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON JOB HOPPING IN SRI LANKA: A STUDY ON GENERATION ‘Y’ EMPLOYEES 

  Thennakoon, T.M.N.D.; Dharmawansha, P.A.P.N. (2014)

  Job Hopping is a major challenge that can be observed in the today’s labor market, with the new generation working in the modern world of work. The researcher sheds light on this matter from the employees’ and employers’ ...
• Book Review Brown, P., Lauder, H., & Cheung, S. Y., The Death of Human Capital? Its Failed Promise and How to Renew it in an Age of Disruption. 2020, Oxford University Press, Pages: 287, Price: GBP 18.99 (LKR, 4813 Approx.) (pbk), ISBN: 978-0-1906443-1-4 (pbk) 

  Thennakoon, D. (2020)
• Conceptualizing The Impact of Tensions On Training Transfer: The Case Of Training For Business Process Improvement 

  Thennakoon, D.; French, E.; Bandara, W. (2017)

  Annually millions of dollars are spent on formal and informal training activities across the globe. However, the return on investment of these training activities is in question. Training should be transferred if it is ...
• The Challenges in Business Process Improvement Training Transfer: An Inductive Exploration from the Australian Context 

  Thennakoon, D.; Bandara, W.; French, E. (2016)

  This paper is about the issues in Business Process Improvement (BPI) training transfer. There is ongoing training provided for BPIs. However, industry reports and research shows that the number of implementation failures ...
• Handling Sexual Harassment Complaints in Sri Lanka: Fair Process and Best Practices 

  Adikaram, Arosha S.; Kailasapathy, Pavithra (SAGE Publications India Private Limited, 2020)

  Sexual harassment at the workplace continues to be an issue all over the world. While there are many policies with well laid-out procedures specifying the process to follow when complaints of sexual harassment are received, ...

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