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Item A Study on Tourism Undergraduates’ Satisfaction on Internship Experience and Their Future Career Intention(Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka, 2019) Biyiri, E.W.; Dassanayake, D.M.C.; Dahanayake, S.N.S.The national universities have integrated student internship experience in to the tourism and hospitality curricula, recognizing its importance for improving employability skills, developing knowledge and inculcating positive attitudes of the undergraduates. Hence, this study attempts to examine the satisfaction level of the tourism and hospitality undergraduates with the internship experience and its impact on their future career intention. A structured questionnaire was utilized to collect data from the undergraduates of Rajarata University of Sri Lanka, who have minimum two months internship experience. Random sampling technique was employed for data collection and a total of 56 were received for the final analysis out of 86 questionnaires distributed. Descriptive statistics have been used to analyse the level of satisfaction of undergraduates with regard to internship experience and regression analysis was employed to analyse the impact of internship experience on their future career intention. Training program, nature of work, supervisors, facilities, co-workers and future career intention are the concerned areas for this study. The dimensions used for this study are reliable at the level of 0.7. The result reveals that the undergraduates are satisfied with their internship experience in terms of all the dimensions excluding facilities provided by the training organizations and all the undergraduates intend to work in the industry after graduation. The finding also shows that the undergraduates’ satisfaction with respect to the training program and the nature of the work significantly impact on their intention to work in the tourism industry in the future. Hence, to attract the undergraduates to the industry after the graduation, it is advisable for the managers of the tourism and hospitality establishment to provide proper training during the internship period considering the factors such as proper orientation, on the job training, working hours, and workload.Item Why Sri Lankans Eat at International Fast Food Outlets? Motivations and Demographics(Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka, 2018) Biyiri, E.W.; Dassanayake, D.M.C.; Dahanayake, S.N.S.An extensive growth of international fast food consumption has been recognized evidencing the influence made on the eating habits of people by their modern lifestyle and the consumption patterns. Although fast food consumption in international outlets is fairly a new food trend in developing countries like Sri Lanka, a considerable growth of international fast food outlets all over the country is apparent. However, there is a dearth of literature on investigating what persuade people to eat at international fast food outlets in Sri Lanka. On these grounds, this empirical study examines consumers' motivations towards the international fast food while investigating the demographic differences of the motivational factors adopting quantitative-dominant mixed method approach. One hundred and eleven usable responds, collected through an on line survey, were analyzed using descriptive statistics to assess the relevancy of 13 identified motivational factors. Leximancer map, developed based on an open-ended question, was also applied to validate the findings. Demographic differences of motivators were also examined using ANOVA, t-test, and CHAID analysis. Results suggest that preferences of companion and taste as the prominent motivators whereas nutritious values and price are least concerned motivators towards the consumption of international fast food. Moreover, the demographic analysis reveals that there is a significant difference between age groups with respect to the motivational factors.