Department of Human Resources Managements: Recent submissions

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Individual, Spousal Factors and Work–Family Conflict: A Study from Sri Lanka

Perera, J. K. S. Chrisangika; Kailasapathy, Pavithra (SAGE Publications India Private Limited, 2020)

Work–family conflict (WFC) has emerged as a challenging issue all over the world. Based on identity, scarcity, basic human values and crossover theories, we examined how life role salience, value of self-enhancement, ...
Development of the Person–Family Fit Construct: An Extension of Person–Environment Fit into the Family Domain

Padmasiri, M. K. Dinithi; Kailasapathy, Pavithra; Jayawardana, A. K. L. (SAGE Publications India Private Limited, 2019)

This article defines a person’s environment as a combination of work and family environments by extending the person–environment fit theory to include the family domain. The study extends the person–environment fit ...
Employee Commitment: The Role of Organizational Socialization and Protean Career Orientation

Nishanthi, Hewawaduge Menaka; Kailasapathy, Pavithra (SAGE Publications India Private Limited, 2017)

The current study examines the impact of organizational socialization on employee commitment of executive employees in banking sector of Sri Lanka and the moderating role of protean career orientation. It is hypothesized ...
Work–Family Conflict in Sri Lanka: Negotiations of Exchange Relationships in Family and at Work

Kailasapathy, Pavithra; Metz, Isabel (The Journal of Social Issues, 2012)

This study's aim is to understand how individuals who are part of dual‐earner couples experience and deal with work–family conflict in Sri Lanka. Twenty‐five interviews were conducted to identify if and how couples negotiated ...
The interactive effects of leader–member exchange, gender and spouse's gender role orientation on work interference with family conflict

Kailasapathy, Pavithra; Kraimer, Maria L.; Metz, Isabel (Taylor & Francis Group, 2014)

Based on social support and gender role theories, we examined the direct and interactive effects of leader–member exchange, gender and spouse’s gender role orientation on work–family conflict. Survey data were collected ...
Does leadership matter? Leadership styles, family supportive supervisor behaviour and work interference with family conflict

Kailasapathy, Pavithra; Jayakody, J.A.S.K. (Taylor & Francis Group, 2018)

Based on transformational leadership and social support theories, we examined the direct effects of transformational and transactional leadership on work interference with family (WIF) conflict and family supportive ...
Evidence, empathy and emotions: decision-making styles of human resource professionals and their effectiveness in resolving complaints of sexual harassment

Adikaram, Arosha S.; Kailasapathy, Pavithra (Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021)

Purpose – The decision-making styles of human resource professionals (HRPs) in resolving complaints of sexual harassment are extremely important as they form the backbone of effectiveness in the resolution of a complaint. ...
To engage or not? Antecedents of employee engagement in Sri Lanka.

Logendran, Mayuran; Kailasapathy, Pavithra (Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources, 2020)

This study integrates the resource demand and social exchange perspectives and assesses if employer brand, organizational politics, self‐efficacy, and family‐work conflict predict employee engagement. Furthermore, this ...
Factors Affecting Emotional Labour among Nursing Officers

Kailasapathy, Pavithra; Pereira, M (13th International Research Conference on Management and Finance, 2018, 2018)

The purpose of this study is to extend the understanding on antecedents of emotional labour. along with the initial identification of the fact that some nurses in government hospitals in Sri Lanka do not display emotional ...
A study of work-family conflict: The role of exchange relationships and gender

Kailasapathy, Pavithra; Metz, I.; Kraimer, M. (Academy of Management Annual Conference, Anaheim, California, USA, 2008, 2008)

The conflict and balance between family and work lives have become important issues for families and organizations because of the increase in dual-earner couples. The current study examines antecedents and moderators of ...
Gender and Leadership: The Case of Presidential Election 2010

Kailasapathy, Pavithra (Annual Research Symposium , University of Colombo, 2012, 2012)

Research has shown that people perceive a good leader in terms of masculine characteristics (Butterfield and Grinnell, 1998; Powell and Butterfield, 2011; Powell, Butterfield, and Parent, 2002; van Engen and Willemsen, ...
Work-family conflict in Sri Lanka: Negotiations of exchange relationships in family and at work

Kailasapathy, Pavithra; Metz, I (Academy of Management Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, USA, 2011, 2011)

This study’s aim is to understand how dual-earner couples experience and deal with work-family conflict in Sri Lanka. Twenty-five interviews were conducted to identify if and how couples negotiated within their marital ...
A Model of Employee Engagement for Service Organisations

Kailasapathy, Pavithra; Jayasinghe, C. B. (12th International Human Resource Management Conference, India, 2012, 2012)

This paper aims to develop a model of the recently introduced concept of employee engagement for service organizations. By introducing the concept of employee engagement for service organizations, this article proposes ...
Global Leadership Development through Transformational Leadership and Psychological Empowerment: A Study in Multinational Companies in Sri Lanka

Kailasapathy, Pavithra; Wijewantha, P. (2nd Global Conference on IHRM o, Pennsylvania State University, USA, 2015, 2015)

This study addresses the said problem ‘why high potentials do not demonstrate the competencies of globally competent leaders?’ In doing so, on the basis of transformational leadership theory, it uses the transformational ...
AN EXPLORATORY STUDY ON HUMAN RESOURCE POLICIES AND PRACTICES ADOPTED FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES BY PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANISATIONS IN SRI LANKA

Kailasapathy, Pavithra; Chinnaiyah, S (International Conference on Business and Information 2010, University of Kelaniya., 2010)

The research explored the human resource (HR) policies and practices adopted for persons with disabilities (PWD) by private organisations in Sri Lanka. This study focused on: (1) recruitment and selection, (2) training, ...
Employment Preference: The case of Generation Y

Kailasapathy, Pavithra (Annual Research Symposium, University of Colombo, 2015, 2015)

There are anecdotal and research evidences that there are generational differences in values, work attitudes and culture (see for reviews Constanza, Badger, Fraser, Severt, & Gade, 2012; Deal, Altman, & Rogelberg, 2010; ...
Women in IT in Sri Lanka: Balancing work and family

Kailasapathy, Pavithra; Adikaram, Arosha S. (Annual Research Symposium, University of Colombo, 2016, 2016)

Despite having made substantial advances in the labour market over the last few decades, women are still underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines universally. Within this context, ...
Relationship between Employee-Organization Congruence (perceived) and Organizational Commitment in the Sri Lanka Apparel Sector

Perera, G. D. N.; Khatibi, Ali; Nawaratne, N.N.J. (2012)

The objective of this research paper was to investigate the relationship between perceived Employee-Organization congruence (EOC) and Organizational Commitment (OC) in the Sri Lankan apparel sector. The present study, ...
Perceived employee-organization congruence and job performance: A study of machine operators in Sri Lankan apparel sector

Perera, G. D. N.; Khatibi, Ali; Nawaratne, N.N.J. (2013)

This study was conducted to measure the impact of perceived employeeâ organization congruence (PEOC) on job performance of machine operators in Sri Lankan apparel sector. It was previously reported that PEOC to have a ...
The relationship between Training and Development Practices and Work Engagement in Sri Lankan Insurance Industry

Thavakumar, D.; Nawaratne, N.N.J. (2015)

Abstract Work engagement is a fulfilling work-related state of mind characterized by feelings of energy, dedication, and more concentration towards role performance. An engaged employees is aware of business context, and ...

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