scholarly journals The Impact of Work Family Conflicts on Employee Job Satisfaction: An Investigation of Employees in Private Sector Banks in Kandy District, Sri Lanka

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
KPNN Weerasinghe ◽  
CK Batagoda
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Family Conflicts ◽  
Employee Job Satisfaction ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals The Impact of Work Time on Work Family Conflicts: A Study of Nurses in a Leading Hospital in Central Province Sri Lanka

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
H. M. S. V. Silva ◽  
D.M.K.M.K. Dissanayake
Keyword(s):  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Role Theory ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Central Province ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Family Conflicts ◽  
Work Time ◽  
Work Family ◽  
The Impact

The main purpose of the study was to identify whether work time impact on work family conflicts of nurses in a leading hospital of central province in Sri Lanka. It is generally accepted that work Schedules including shift work, night shifts, unpredictable hours, and long number of working hours constitute major work related conflicts based on Role theory and JD-R theory. Thus, problem of this study is to identify the impact of work time on work family conflicts of nurses in central province of Sri Lanka. The study was quantitative and a cross-sectional survey design was followed. Data was collected through a structured questionnaire. Convenience sampling technique was applied to select the sample, and the final sample consisted of 144 nurses from a leading hospital in central province. The data was analyzed using the computer based statistical data analysis package, SPSS(Statistical Package for Social Science)English version 20 and Correlation and Regression analysis used as analytical tools. Findings of the study revealed that there is an impact from work time on work family conflicts. Further the dimensions of the work time, Number of working hours and Work schedule impact on work family conflicts of nurses in the selected hospital in central province. It was concluded that there is a positive impact of work time on work family conflicts of nurses. Further, this study supported the managers of apparel firm to get strategic steps to increase organizational effectiveness of their organizations. Nurses are to be provided with greater choice in the number and times of shifts to be worked, with local management oversight to ensure fairness and equity in shift allocation across life stages. Traditional shift hours and patterns and work starting and finishing times should be systematically reviewed, and where necessary and feasible, adjusted to provide a better fit between work, childcare and school hours.

scholarly journals Does Workfrom Home Increase Employee Job Satisfaction? Evidence from Information Communication Technology Industry in Sri Lanka

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
M.M.F Rusdha ◽  
W.A Edirisooriya
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Home Practice ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
Employee Job Satisfaction ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Ict Industry ◽  
The Impact

The corporate world was undergoing a phase of digital transformation overrecent past years which led to adopt the work from home practice in different industry contexts and this practice had been accelerated due to the COVID-19 outbreak. To obtain the optimum outcome from employees, it is the major responsibility of the organizations to ensure that they are satisfied enough with the new work settings since employee job satisfaction is one of the significant elements of an effective workforce. Therefore,the main objective of this study was to examine the impact of work from home on employee job satisfaction in Information Communication Industry (ICT) industry in Sri Lanka. Using the survey strategy, responses were collected through questionnaires from 384 employees from the ICT industry in Sri Lanka. The findings of this study concluded that there is a positive impact of work from home on employee job satisfaction in the ICT industry in Sri Lanka as work from home gives more freedom, autonomy, and work-life balance. Further, it identified that the ICT organizations in Sri Lanka use a high level of work home practice and their employees’ job satisfaction level is also relatively high. The theoretical contribution of this study is that it extends the employee job satisfaction literature by empirically testing and validating the work from home in a new context. Also, the findings of this research are useful for all the practitioners to increase employee job satisfaction by developing flexible and unique work from home practices. Accordingly, work from home could be used as a strong motivational strategy in the ICT industry as well as in other contexts.

scholarly journals Impact of Performance Management System on Employee Job Satisfaction in Automobile Companies in Western Province, Sri Lanka

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
KDM Sandalika ◽  
P Jayasekara
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Management System ◽  
Empirical Finding ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Performance Management System ◽  
Employee Job Satisfaction ◽  
Western Province ◽  
The Impact

Area of the StudyThis study attempts to identify the impact of performance management system on employee job satisfaction of executives in the automobile companies in western province, Sri Lanka.Problem of the StudyThe empirical finding of the impact of performance management system of the employees on their job satisfaction is rare in the Sri Lankan context. Therefore, the problem of the study is developed as: Does performance management system of executives in the automobile companies affect their job satisfaction?Method of the studyThe primary data were collected from 248 respondents in automobile companies in western province by administrating a structured questionnaire, which consisted of 44 statements with 5 points Likert scale. The data analyses included the univariat, and bivariate analyses method conducted using SPSS (version 16.0).Findings of the StudyThe major finding of the study is that there is a strong positive impact of performance management system on job satisfaction of executives in automobile companies in western province, Sri Lanka. Also findings reveal that existing level of performance management system is in high range in selected organizations.Conclusion of the StudyIt is concluded that performance management system has strong impact on employee job satisfaction of executives in automobile companies in western province, Sri Lanka.Keywords: Performance Management System, Job Satisfaction, Executives, Automobile Companies

scholarly journals Relationship between Job Statisfaction Levels and Work-Family Conflicts of Physical Education Teachers

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 312
Author(s):  
Hakki Ulucan
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Family Conflict ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Meaningful Difference ◽  
Work Family Conflict ◽  
Family Conflicts ◽  
Satisfaction Scale ◽  
Work Family

Study aims to examine the relationship between perceived job satisfaction levels and work-family conflicts of the physical education teachers. Research group consists of 154 volunteer physical education teachers that work full time in governmental institutions in Kirşehir city and its counties. To acquire the job satisfaction datum; the Minnesota job satisfaction Scale, developed by Weiss, Dawis, England and Lofquist (1967) and adapted to Turkish version by Baycan (1985), was used. For acquiring the work-family conflict datum the Work-Family Conflict Scale, developed by Netemeyer et al. (1996) and adapted to Turkish by Efeoglu (2006), was used. While there was no meaningful difference determined between groups in the job satisfaction levels of physical education teachers according to gender and working year in the institution variance there was a meaningful difference determined between groups according to age and working year variance. When work-family conflict levels of teachers are considered while there was no meaningful difference found between groups according to gender variance there was a meaningful difference determined between groups according to age and working year in that institution variances. As a result, there was no meaningful relationship found between job satisfaction levels and work-family conflict levels of physical education teachers.

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