Browsing by Author "Fasana, S. F."

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    Impact of Perceived Organizational Support on Employee Turnover Intention: The Role of Psychological Contract Violation as a Mediator with Special Reference to the Operational Level Employees in Sigiriya Area Hotels
    (Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka, 2020) Premarathne, B.G.R.L.S.; Fasana, S. F.; Wachissara, P.; Jayasinghe, N. C.
    The tourism industry in Sri Lanka has developed to a greater extent after the civil war. Since employee turnover is one of the significant matters related to this industry, scholars tend to be aware of psychological factors in predicting this turnover intention and actual turnover. Perceived organizational support and psychological contract are two important psychological factors that affect employees’ perception and behavior. There is a significant lack of empirical studies which has focused on psychological factors and turnover intention relevant to the tourism industry in Sri Lanka. The objective of this study was to identify the mediation effect of the psychological contract violation between perceived organizational support and employee turnover intention. The study is quantitative and it was conducted by taking 982 employees from hotels in the Sigiriya area. 276 of them were selected by using the stratified sampling technique. Primary data were collected by using a self-administrated questionnaire and Partial Least SquareStructural Equation Modeling was performed. Descriptive statistics were used to identify the level of perceived organizational support, psychological contract violation, and employee turnover intention. As per the path modeling results, the psychological contract violation was created a significant partial mediating effect between the perceived organizational support and employee turnover intention. Further, the perceived organizational support directly impacted on the employee turnover intention. The study suggests, psychological contract violation as a key consideration between perceived organizational support and employee turnover intention and provides recommendations and practical implications for hotel management. Keywords: Perceived organizational support, Psychological contract violation, Employee turnover intention, Turnover
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    The Impact of Psychological Wellbeing on Entrepreneurial Engagement: Special Reference to Military Entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka
    (Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka, 2020) Eranjali, G.M.M.; Fasana, S. F.; Perera, K.J.T
    Entrepreneurial engagement through the entrepreneurial process involves individual entrepreneurial growth by the development of psychological wellbeing. Military entrepreneurs are a niche segment that had the rarest concern but yielding a higher contribution to society. Their involvement in crimes as they become deserters and lack of welfare measures during the post-war period are the major factors that have caused underworld development. Given the fact of a lack of empirical evidence, the research was conducted regarding the impact of psychological wellbeing on entrepreneurial engagement by military entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka. The mixed-method was followed to determine the supportive nature of qualitative findings to quantitative findings. The stratified sampling method and snowball sampling method were employed to highlight the specific subgroup of 206 and 22 military entrepreneurs respectively. Data was gathered by using self-administered questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. Apart from the descriptive data, Structural Equation Modeling, correlation, and thematic analysis were performed to analyze the data. Psychological wellbeing was measured using the Ryff’s six-factor model and entrepreneurial engagement was measured using the entrepreneurial process of identification, evaluation, and exploitation. The analysis revealed that autonomy had the least impact on military entrepreneurs while the other dimensions had a moderate impact. Alongside this, it was found that there was a significant positive relationship between psychological wellbeing and entrepreneurial engagement. Moreover, the study found that there were barriers and supporting factors for the engagement in entrepreneurial activities, and further recommended that government support and counseling is essential for the development of Psychological wellbeing and Entrepreneurial Engagement. Keywords: Psychological wellbeing, Entrepreneurial engagement, Military entrepreneurs, Planned behavior
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    The Role of Business Events’ Brand Personality on Participants’ Event Loyalty in Sri Lanka
    (Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka, 2018) Perera, W. Y. M.; Fasana, S. F.; Sutha, J.
    Sri Lankan MICE market with thousands of business event attendees has become a booming market representing around 11% of the total visitors to the country. The segment consists of up-market visitors and gained a huge importance to the economy. Therefore event marketing always keeps the pulse on business events' participants and motivations. As a result, event brand personality has gained a great marketing value since it differentiates the specific event from the competition influencing participants' involvement and loyalty. Main objectives of the study were to identify the impact of business events' brand personality on participants' loyalty in Sri Lanka and to identify the mediating role of participants' event involvement on the relationship between business events' brand personality and participants' event loyalty in Sri Lanka. The population includes all the business event attendees of Sri Lanka and the sample of 120 attendees selected from four business events representing the four categories of Meetings, Incentive Travels, Conferences, and Exhibitions. Convenience sampling method adapted and data was gathered using self-administered questionnaires. Data analyzed through descriptive statistics, correlation coefficient analysis, regression and Sobel Test by SPSS software. The results revealed a positive relationship between business events’ brand personality on participants' event loyalty when the presence of participants’ involvement, with 74.89% of mediating effect. The findings can be implied by the event organizers in improving the participants' event involvement and loyalty. Also it can be implied by marketing managers in improving their brand personality as to enhance the participants' loyalty. The study recommends effective advertising and promotions, consistent branding, creating a less imitable brand personality, event technology engagements and sustainable event practices.