http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/284 2026-04-15T03:59:07Z http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/5358 Title: The effects of organizational justice on the job satisfaction of administrative staff in Sri Lankan State Universities Authors: Nawfer, Mohamed Ismail Abstract: Employees' job satisfaction is considered to be a key variable that impacts the performance of organizations. Organizations (like universities need satisfied administrators to achieve their objectives. An important but understudied stakeholder in higher education is administrative staff members. However, the level of job satisfaction among administrative staff was observed to below. Organizational justice was found to be an important factor that drives satisfaction among administrative staff. At the same time, the low level of job satisfaction among the administrative staff seemed to be unaddressed and therefore the need for filling this research gap was felt necessary. Hence, the purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between justice perception and Job satisfaction among administrative staff members in Sri Lankan state universities. The study was conducted during the period from May to November 2013. The total number of participants in this study was 139 administrative staff working in various state universities in Sri Lanka. The study used a correlational design to examine the relationship between the dimensions of organizational justice i.e., distributive justice, procedural justice, and interactional justice , and the dimensions of job satisfaction variable i.e., intrinsic satisfaction, extrinsic satisfaction, and overall satisfaction. The findings of the study revealed that the administrative staff members in Sri Lankan state universities were generally satisfied with their job. However, their satisfaction with the level of pay and promotion opportunities was low. The results found a significant relationship between organizational justice perception and job satisfaction. This study has some potential implications for human resource managers, leadership, and institutional policy decision-makers. With the understanding of the influence of organizational justice perception on job satisfaction, the leadership of universities can effectively improve administrative staff perception of organizational justice by establishing two-way communications during the decision-making process and by creating and maintaining a procedurally fair climate to apply rules and regulations fairly and consistently to all employees. The findings of the study are also consistent with the previous studies and thereby contribute to the relevant literature. 2013-12-20T00:00:00Z http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/5357 Title: Job related stress and job satisfaction of public accountants in Sri Lanka Authors: Fazeel, K. Abstract: Stress has nowadays become a prevalent state in everyday human life especially among different employees at various levels of job and it is felt by most of the workers everywhere. The public accountants in Sri Lanka are also not exceptional for this as they are maintaining the quality of financial reports which would be the key tools and strategies for the government firms. A study of public accountants' behavior and competencies has been interested in academic researchers. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of job-related stress on job satisfaction of public Accountants in Sri Lanka. In the survey, questionnaires and interviews are the methods used to collect data. Univariate analysis (single measure analysis), bivariate analysis (correlation), and multi-variate analysis is used to analyze the data using the SPSS 16.0. The sample consisted of 240 accountants selected from the simple random sampling method. Basic Relationship tested in this research the relationship between WO and JS The empirical investigation on the job satisfaction of public accountants in Sri Lanka reveals that there is a weak negative correlation, (r = -0.039, p= 0.552). Which is not significant. The basic relationship to be tested in this research is the relationship between RC and JS. It has been proved by the statistical analysis that, there is a negative relationship between RC and JS. The evidence can be taken from both correlation and regression analyses. There is a negative correlation (r= -0.262, p=0.000) between the two variables. Therefore, the possible explanation is that there is a negative relationship between RC and JS (F=9.980, p=0.000). Accordingly, only r2 = (0.078) 8% of the variance in job satisfaction was significantly explained by one Independent variable considered in this study, which still leaves 92% unexplained. In other words, there are other additional variables that are important in explaining job satisfaction that has not been considered in this study. So, further research might be necessary to explain more of the variance in job satisfaction. Job stress is positioned to become a key determinant of job satisfaction. Hence, this study carried on how role conflict and work overload have an impact on job satisfaction, and accordingly, they are hypothesized to have negative relationships with job satisfaction. The results showed that role conflict has a significant and negative relationship with job satisfaction whereas work overlord has no significant relationship with job satisfaction of public accountants in Sri Lanka; accordingly, role conflict plays an important direct role in explaining and driving job satisfaction. Public accountants with a greater level of role conflict tend to have lesser job satisfaction. However, role conflict has an impact on job satisfaction. As the role of the accountants is felt as imperative to any organization their job satisfaction will make a notable impact on the productivity of the particular organization. Meanwhile the relevant head of the department must recognize their job related stress and make necessary arrangements to overcome them and make them for developing adaptive coping skills for stress. Thus, this research makes a significant contribution to any organization with a view to enhancing the productivity of employees as well as the organization by means of increasing j ob satisfaction through less felt job related stress. 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/5356 Title: Impact of micro finance on poverty alleviation in Batticaloa District Authors: Thineshkumar, Nagalingam Abstract: The major aim of the research paper was to explore the impact of microfinance on poverty alleviation in the Batticaloa district. The research question developed for this study was what is the impact of microfinance on the poverty alleviation of Samurdhi beneficiaries in the Batticaloa district? There are many microfinance institutions, banks, and other institutions that are providing loans to improve the standard of living and to alleviate the poverty level. But, the actual impact of those loans and microfinance activities was not known. To find the actual impact, the above research question was developed. Primary data were collected from people who were Samurdhi beneficiaries and got loan from microfinance institutions or banks or other institutions from Eravurpattu, Koralaipattu. North, Koralaipattu South, Manmunai Southwest, and Porativupattu Divisional Secretariat (DS) Divisions in Batticaloa District. A proportional random sampling method was used to obtain 300 responses from the population. Completed questionnaires were analyzed using the SPSS tool package and the collected data were used to test the mode! using univariate and multiple regression i.nalysis. The result revealed that the development of microfinance, the performance of microfinance, and strategies employed by microfinance significantly impact poverty alleviation in Batticaloa district. Among the strategies employed by the microfinance institutions had a high impact on poverty alleviation. Altogether 64.8% variation was explained by the regression model. In addition to that, it was implied that microfinance activities are at a high level in selected five DS divisions in Batticaloa district. However, the level of poverty alleviation in terms of shelter, disposal of wastages, and health was at a moderate level while other aspects were at a high level. Further, it was concluded that by focusing on and improving the three selected dimensions of microfinance, the microfinance institutions, banks, and other institutions can increase the level of poverty alleviation. More prominence has to be given to increase the strategies employed by microfinance. 2016-02-09T00:00:00Z http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/5355 Title: Individual and environmental determinants of performance of informal sector in war affected regions of Sri Lanka: evidence from women headed households in the district of Vavuniya Authors: Bernard Lovell, Rukshan Abstract: The informal sector is an important segment of the economy and the world labor market, Sri Lanka is also depending on the informal sector and marks around 59.5% of the total population (2014, Sri Lanka Labour Force Survey Annual Report). It’s observed that in most of the developing countries that three out of five small businesses fail within the first few months of operation (Michael., Makarius., & Samuel., 2009). By understanding the apprehensions related to informal sector employment in conflict affected areas of Sri Lanka using Vavuniya District women-headed households, recommending policy changes to enhance its contribution to the district labor force, and to increase their livelihoods and eventually contribute to the Local Economic The development has been the major driver of the study. The study was conducted in two stages while stage one has been an exploratory qualitative study that focused on identifying success factors, hindering factors, and factors that should be improved, which identified all possible factors influencing the performance of the informal sector. The literature also reviewed and compared with the initial findings. And it further narrowed down the major factors influencing the stage two study. And this was carried out by testing the hypotheses developed for this study using a sample size of 300 women-headed households selected through stratified random sampling and a descriptive, analytical, and quantitative study was used. Based on the study at stage one a questionnaire was developed and validated using reliability and validity testing. A factor analysis was carried out to extract the valid factors. As a result, four variables were identified namely training, economic, social, and educational factors. Alpha values of the variables ranged from 0.70 to 0.97 which explained excellent reliability or high reliability of the factors. To understand the definite influence of these factors on the performance of the informal sector, regression and correlation analysis were carried out at stage two. While considering the correlation between performance and the four factors, the r values between training and performance were 0.845, economic and performance was 0.89, social and performance was 0.841, and education and performance was 0.89 which explains a positive strong correlation. Results of the regression analysis revealed that training accounted for 71%, while economic factors 13%, social factors covered 4% and education resulted in an additional 0.5% which means 88.5% of the variance performance of the informal sector was explained by these four factors. Through this the following equation for the model was developed as, P = 0.103 + 0.139 (TS) + 0.395 (E) + 0.283 (S) + 0.204 (ED). The factors are positively correlated with the performance of the informal sector among women headed households in the district of Vavuniya in Sri Lanka (Adjusted R Square = 88.8 p = 0.00). Results of the regression analysis revealed that factors training and skills, economic, social and education collectively as well as individuals associated with the performance of the informal sector in a positive manner. Training and skills are significantly related to the performance of the informal sector. Overall findings of the study supported all hypotheses and all independent variables are the best predictors of performance of the informal sector. Thus it is discovered that the factors including training and skills, economic, social, and education are contributing to the performance significantly. ‘This study will help the beneficiaries directly benefiting from this sector to concentrate and improve their performance. NGOs and government institutes working in this field could use these findings as a base information source to prepare future development projects and maximize the outcome of their projects. This will be also an awakening call to the banks and the microfinance institutes to understand the extent their products have reached the customers, future researchers for literature reviews and references could use it as many of the studies are been conducted in other countries but not in Sri Lanka. This study can also be considered as a guideline since the factors were ideally identified from the respondents. As there could be other factors influencing the performance of the informal sector and they have not been identified in this study future researchers could use it as an option for future studies. This study has been conducted in the Sri Lankan context, in the war-affected region wherein another country or in another region that was not affected by war might have other factors influencing. Moreover, women-headed households were the respondents and other respondents might have different opinions. During the first study as some factors hadn’t significant respondents supporting them, they were eliminated but in other regions, these might be the major factor influencing and needs to be studied further. Additionally, the research could be done based on the factors identified as an example training when considering the past years there are continuing training programmes held but yet why isn’t it achieved its target, what kind of training programs should be done to enhance the performance of the informal sector also could be considered as future researches. 2016-06-23T00:00:00Z