Faculty of Business Studies: Recent submissions

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Empowering Tourism Entrepreneurship in Northern Province of Sri Lanka- Prospect and Challenges in a Post-war Environment

Sasitharan, Paramanantham; Premaratna, Sandaram P. (University of Vavuniya, 2022-06-09)

In the Northern Province of Sri Lanka, many tourism opportunities are available to develop the tourism and hospitality sector, but the area suffers from a lack of effective and efficient entrepreneurship. This study aims ...
The Influence of Corporate Governance on Corporate Social Responsibility: Evidence from an Emerging Market

Velayutham, Eswaran (University of Vavuniya, 2022-06-09)

The study aims to investigate further the nexus between corporate governance and corporate social responsibility practice using a sample of Sri Lankan public listed firms during the period 2012-2017. Corporate social ...
Determinants of Crop Diversification Decision and Crop Intensity among Vegetable Farmers

Thayaparan, A. (Faculty of Business studies, University of Vavuniya, 2022-06-09)

This study aims to recognize the factors influencing the decision to diversify the crops and attempts to identify the determinants influencing the decision to diversify the crops and the determinants of crop intensity in ...
PREFERENCES OF JOB ATTRIBUTES AND ITS DETERMINANTS: A CONJOINT ANALYSIS

Jinadasa, P.G.P.H.K..; Thayaparan, A.; Gunathilaka, G.Y.N. (Department of Business Economics, university of sri jayewardenepura, 2021-10-05)

This study is aimed to estimate the relative importance of attributes in job choices and identify the key job characteristics that influence the job preferences of management undergraduates in a selected national university ...
DISCRIMINANT FACTORS IN THE CHOICES OF TEA PLANT CULTIVARS AMONG SMALLHOLDERS IN BADULLA DISTRICT: MULTIPLE DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS

Thayaparan, A.; Muhandiram, M.M.N. (Department of Business Economics, university of sri jayewardenepura, 2022-08-13)

This study employed multiple discriminant analysis to examine whether significant differences exist among the different group of tea smallholders in terms of their demographic and farming characteristics and to identify ...
Factors associated with choice of tea cultivars in Badulla District of Sri Lanka

Muhandirama, M.M.N.; Thayaparan, A. (Faculty of Commerce and Management, Eastern University, Sri Lanka, 2022-09-06)

This study aims to investigate the impact of demographic, economic status and farming characteristics on the choice of tea plant cultivars among tea smallholders in Badulla district. Since the best selection of tea plant ...
Determinants of Women's Age at First Childbearing in Polonnaruwa District

Thayaparan, A.; Bandara, D.M.G.T.; Gunathilaka, G.Y.N. (Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2022-02-04)

The study mainly focuses on identifying the factors associated with the age of the mother at the first childbirth in Polanaruwa district in Sri Lanka. The primary data were collected through a multistage sampling technique ...
Sources of total factor productivity and its determinants of paddy farming in Mullaitivu: A Färe-Primont index approach

Thayaparan, A.; Neruja, N.; Godwin Phillip, P.M. (Faculty of Social Sciences and Languages, Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, 2022-02-04)

This study estimates the decompositions of farm-level total factor productivity indices and identifies the impact of household characters, farming characteristics, and economic characters on the indices of paddy farming ...
Determinants of Labour Allocation Between Farm and Off - Farm Works in Hambantota District

Madubashini, K.H.M.; Thayaparan, A. (Sri Lanka Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA), 2022-04-29)

The objectives of this study are to identify the determinants of labour allocation between farm and off-farm works in Hambantota district. At the present labour is very important factor as production factor in our country. ...
Adoption of Intercropping Among Smallholder Rubber Farmers: Evidence from Kalutara District

Ransara, M.S.N.; Thayaparan, A. (Sri Lanka Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA), 2022-04-29)

This study attempts to examine the factors which determine the adoption of intercropping among smallholder rubber farmers in the Kalutara district of Sri Lanka. The Cross-sectional data were collected from 150 smallholder ...
Labor Outmigration in Tea Plantation Sector: Evidence from Nuwara-Eliya District

Deegoda, D.M.C.M.K.; Thayaparan, A. (Sri Lanka Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA), 2022-04-29)

This study attempts to find out the determinants of labor outmigration from tea plantation sector in Nuwara-eliya district. The cross sectional data used in the study was collected from a survey done in four largest estates ...
Determinants of individual taxpayers' attitudes towards income tax payment in Colombo district

Thayaparan, A.; Sewwandi, M.D.U.; Gunathilaka, G.Y.N. (Faculty of management studies, Rajarata university of Sri Lanka, 2021-12-02)

This study investigates the factors determining the individual taxpayers' attitudes towards income tax payment in Colombo district, Sri Lanka. Primary data was collected from 200 income taxpayers in the Colombo district ...
Factors Affecting the Retirement Decision of Teachers: Case of Valikamam Educational Zone in Jaffna District in Sri Lanka

Jenathane, R.; Thayaparan, A. (Ministry of Labour, 2022-03-04)

The aim of this study is to investigate the significant impact of personal factors, family related, income related and work-related factors in determining the retirement decisions among government school teachers in Valikamam ...
Towards cultural translation of websites: a large-scale study of Australian, Chinese, and Saudi Arabian design preferences

Rukshan, A.; Thompson, N.; Murray, D. (Taylor and Francis, 2017-01-06)

Since websites are developed and maintained by different cultures, web page design may be influenced by the originating culture. This study examines the usage of design attributes between Australian, Chinese, and Saudi ...
Cultural Factors and the Role of Privacy Concerns in Acceptance of Government Surveillance

Thompson, N.; McGill, T.; Bunn, A.; Rukshan, A. (John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2020-04-27)

Though there is a tension between citizens' privacy concerns and their acceptance of government surveillance, there is little systematic research in this space and less still in a cross-cultural context. We address the ...
The Influence of User Culture on Website Usability

Rukshan, A.; Thompson, N.; McGill, T.; Murray, D. (Academic Press, Inc, 2021-02-11)

Modern web technologies provide a highly customizable and dynamic interaction medium, yet their potential to accommodate individual user preferences and needs is largely untapped. This research empirically demonstrates the ...
Project Managing in Post-Conflict Environments: An Exploration of the Resource Profiles of Sri Lankan Non-Governmental Organizations involved in Development Projects

Nanthagopan, Y.; Williams, N.L. (Emerald Publishing Limited, 06-08-21)

operating in a post-conflict country environment using a Resource-Based View (RBV) perspective. Design/methodology/approach – Data collection was undertaken using a quantitative survey study of Non-Governmental Organizations ...
Mediated Mediation Model to Examine the Nexus among Entrepreneurship Skills, Entrepreneurship Attitude, Entrepreneurship Intention and Start-up Preparation of the Undergraduates in the Selected Universities in Sri Lanka

Pushpanathan, A.; Thevanes, N. (aculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka, 09-12-21)

This study investigates the relationships among entrepreneurship skills, entrepreneurship attitude, entrepreneurship intention, and start-up preparation. Researchers have designed a conceptual model and constructed ...
Levels and interconnections of project success in development projects by Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs)

Nanthagopan, Y.; Williams, N.L.; Thompson (Emerald Publishing Limited, 11-09-18)

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand and identify the nature of evaluation criteria, levels and associations among levels of project success in development projects by NGOs in Sri Lanka. Design/methodology/approach ...
Understanding the nature of Project Management capacity in Sri Lankan non-governmental organisations (NGOs): A Resource-Based Perspective

Nanthagopan, Y.; Williams, N.L.; Page, S. (Elsevier, 04-09-16)

Project Management (PM) capacity can be defined as PM resources and capabilities that are supporting for effective project operations. Using the Resource Based Perspective, the paper aims to explore the nature of PM capacity ...

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