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Teaching and Learning Sustainability during and beyond COVID-19: A Review of Business and Management Studies

Abeydeera, S. (2021)

This review article explores how teaching and learning approaches to sustainability in higher education need to be transformed to suit the Business and Management Studies context in Sri Lanka. This is imperative in light ...
Sustainability reporting – more global than local?

Abeydeera, S.; Tregidga, H.; Kearins, K. (Emerald Insight, 2021)

Purpose – In recognition of the potential for Buddhism to advance sustainability, this paper aims to investigate whether Buddhism appears to be informing the sustainability practices of corporations within a particular ...
Does Buddhism Enable a Different Sustainability Ethic at Work?

Abeydeera, S.; Kearins, K.; Tregidga, H. (Greenleaf Publishing, 2016)

This paper examines how sustainability managers in a Buddhist country context make sense of sustainability and the extent to which they see themselves as able to enact their private moral positions at work. Analysis of ...
Buddhism, Sustainability and Organizational Practices Fertile Ground?*

Abeydeera, S.; Kearins, K.; Tregidga, H. (Greenleaf Publishing, 2016)

This paper provides a systematic review of literature relating to Buddhism, sustainability and organizational practices. How extant literature acknowledges Buddhism informing sustainability as an alternative to current ...
Charisma as a Follower-centric, Cognitiveaffective Construct: Initial Empirical Evidence

Jayakody, J.A.S.K. (2012)

This paper reports an empirical study through which the researcher developed a scale to measure charisma as a follower-centric, cognitive-affective construct. The researcher undertook three related studies, which employed ...

Teaching and Learning Sustainability during and beyond COVID-19: A Review of Business and Management Studies

Abeydeera, S. (2021)

This review article explores how teaching and learning approaches to sustainability in higher education need to be transformed to suit the Business and Management Studies context in Sri Lanka. This is imperative in light ...
Sustainability reporting – more global than local?

Abeydeera, S.; Tregidga, H.; Kearins, K. (Emerald Insight, 2021)

Purpose – In recognition of the potential for Buddhism to advance sustainability, this paper aims to investigate whether Buddhism appears to be informing the sustainability practices of corporations within a particular ...
Does Buddhism Enable a Different Sustainability Ethic at Work?

Abeydeera, S.; Kearins, K.; Tregidga, H. (Greenleaf Publishing, 2016)

This paper examines how sustainability managers in a Buddhist country context make sense of sustainability and the extent to which they see themselves as able to enact their private moral positions at work. Analysis of ...
Buddhism, Sustainability and Organizational Practices Fertile Ground?*

Abeydeera, S.; Kearins, K.; Tregidga, H. (Greenleaf Publishing, 2016)

This paper provides a systematic review of literature relating to Buddhism, sustainability and organizational practices. How extant literature acknowledges Buddhism informing sustainability as an alternative to current ...
Charisma as a Follower-centric, Cognitiveaffective Construct: Initial Empirical Evidence

Jayakody, J.A.S.K. (2012)

This paper reports an empirical study through which the researcher developed a scale to measure charisma as a follower-centric, cognitive-affective construct. The researcher undertook three related studies, which employed ...
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH: WHAT RESEARCHERS SHOULD DO AND SHOULD NOT

Wijewardena, W.A. (2008)
The impact of socio-cultural background on management and business practices of selected small and medium scale business in Sri Lanka

De Alwis, W.P.G.; Senathiraja, R. (2012)

Unlike large scale organizations many small and medium scale organizations are owned and managed by the owner himself. Hence there is a probability that the socio- cultural background (personal factors) of the owner ...
Deconstructing “Management” and its implications for learning and teaching of management in Sri Lanka

Jayakody, J.A.S.K.; Sunjeewani, W.M.A. (2012)

Taking the deconstructionists’ approach, this paper questions the promises of management by deconstructing the underlying dominant assumptions of management. After exploring the historical factors that led theorists to ...
The best business practices of Sri Lankan firms

Jayakody, J.A.S.K.; Sanjeewani, W.M.A. (2005)

Purpose – The present study was undertaken to identify what practices are considered best business practices by business firms in Sri Lanka and to explore whether there exist different practices in different sectors. De ...
Interest Lost: The Rise and Fall of a Balanced Scorecard Project in Sri Lanka

Wickramasinghe, Danture; Gooneratne, Tharusha; Jayakody, J.A.S.K. (2007)

This paper illustrates a story of “rise and fall” of a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) project in a Sri Lankan firm. The “rise” was due to a series of attempts made by CIMA (SL) for popularising BSC practice among business leaders ...
Charismatic leadership in Sri Lankan business organizations

Jayakody, J.A.S.K. (2008)

Purpose – As the number of studies reported on the new leadership approach in the South Asian region and especially in Sri Lanka is very limited, the present study aims to explore to what extent the Conger and Kanungo (C-K) ...
Charisma as a cognitive-affective phenomenon: a follower-centric approach

Jayakody, J.A.S.K. (2008)

Purpose – The intention of this paper is to conceptualize charisma as a multidimensional, cognitive-affective phenomenon for the reason that the current practice of conceptualization and operationalization of charisma in ...
The impact of salesperson transformational leadership behavior on customer relationship marketing behavior: A study of the Sri Lankan corporate banking sector

Jayakody, J.A.S.K.; Sanjeewani, W.M.A. (2006)

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the impact of transformational leadership behavior of salespersons on the level of customers' trust and customers' relationship commitment with the salespersons in the Sri ...
Relationship Marketing Perspective on Salespersons’ Transformational Leadership Behavior Effect

Abeysekera, Nalin; Jayakody, J.A.S.K. (2011)

The study examined the impact of transformational leadership behavior of salespersons on their customers’ relationship marketing behavior in the corporate banking sector in Sri Lanka. Researchers found that there is a ...
A Democratic Leadership To Sustain The Success Of TQM: The Case Of A Sri Lankan Public Hospital

Kaluarachchi, K.A.S.P. (2011)

The purpose of this paper is to examine the research issue of how TQM implementation of an organization is accomplished within its cultural change. The issue is examined and discussed in relation to how Japanese 5-S ...
The Relationship Between Human Capital, Social Capital And Firm Growth Of Small Enterprises In Sri Lanka

Nishantha, B. (2011)

This study examined the effect of entrepreneur’s human capital and social capital on the growth of small enterprises (SEs) in Sri Lanka. The research study seeks to accomplish this examination by proposing a conceptual model ...
The Factors Determining The Entrepreneurial Intention Among It Professionals In Sri Lanka

Perera, M. S. Sameera; De Alwis, Gamini; Senathiraja, R. (2011)

This research aims to determine whether the disruption to the professional career and the opportunity cost of current and foregone future earnings, play a significant role in the decision of a Sri Lankan IT professional ...
Successful TQM Implementation in Sri Lankan Public Hospitals

Kaluarachchi, S.P. (2009)

The study reported in this paper examines how the TQM implementation efforts of a Sri Lankan public hospital were accomplished alongside an attempt to change its culture. The study revealed that the change in the cultural ...

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