Browsing by Author "Ramanayaka, A.R.N.D."

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    The Factors Affecting Parents' Leadership Involvement towards Children' Sports Participation
    (Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka, 2019) Amaradasa, D.T.C.; Ramanayaka, A.R.N.D.; Gunawardhana, D.S.R.E.S.
    This study mainly contributes to the body of knowledge in the field of sport management by identifying the factors affecting to the Parents’ Leadership Involvement towards their Children’ Sports Participation which is considered one of the driven factor in the continuity of sport. As literature shows, Parents play a crucial role in the development of their children's lifestyle and health behaviour. A considerable amount of researches suggests that parents play an important role in youth sports. However, we are often unaware of what motivations drive the parents’ involvement in terms of leadership in the family. This study, it was particularly examined the role of parents’ involvement in the children sports, with reference to continuity participants. A semi inductive approach was taken to accomplish the objectives with the sample of 300 children by selecting sports in Colombo District in Sri Lanka judgmentally. Conceptualization of the questionnaire items was done by qualitatively with the experiences of the pilot study. Exploratory Factor Analysis method was used as an analytical tool to extract the factors of Parental Involvement in Children Sports Participation Finally, this study found out five latent factors of the PL in Children Sports Participation in Sri Lanka. They are 01. Spend time together with their child at the competition venue. 02. Parent's satisfaction with their children's performance. 03. Parental pressure. 04. Parental self-motivation. 05. Children’s perceived satisfaction with parental influence was found. The cumulative variance explained by the factors derived was 75.25%. Each factor is reliable (α=0.71 & KMO = 0.573) to use for further study in this particular as an empirical survey tool. In the case of policymaking regarding sport continuity of school-age children, these findings can be used to articulate the applicable policies.
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    Impact of Workplace Environment on Job Satisfaction: With Special References to University of Kelaniya
    (Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka, 2019-02) Dompelage, P.T.; Kalansooriya, J.; Gunawardhana, D.S.R.E.S.; Peiris, D.L.I.H.K.; Ramanayaka, A.R.N.D.
    A satisfied, happy and productive employee is the biggest asset of any organization. Earning such an employee is a challenge for contemporary organizations. As satisfied and motivated employees lead to the effectiveness and productivity of any organization, employers attempt to create a ‘good workplace environment’ to overcome afore mentioned challenge. A ‘good workplace’ indicates low levels of employee stress, employee appraisal systems and safe working environment. More scholarly work is required to examine if there is a relationship between a ‘good workplace environment’ and employee satisfaction. The objective of this study was to measure the impact of workplace environment on job satisfaction of the non-academic staff members of the University. This study was conducted in the University of Kelaniya and collected data through a close-ended questionnaire using random sampling technique from the nonacademic staff members of the University (n = 210). The linear regression analysis to test the impact of workplace environment on job satisfaction suggested that R2 = .731 and adjusted R2 = .729 when the p value was .02. Hence, it can be concluded that there is an impact of workplace environment on job satisfaction. This study suggests that a conducive and properly designed user-friendly physical workplace environment is a necessity and the organizational success and significant effects of employee satisfaction are caused by a ‘good working environment’.