http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/962 2026-05-16T07:29:48Z http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/990 Preliminaries 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/989 An analysis of the effects of Norway-led multilateral intervention on the course and duration of the civil war in Sri Lanka Ihjas, M.M; Ranjith Dickwella, W.K Over the recent past, there has been an increasing importance of managing civil conflicts with the involvement of international actors such as individual states, regional and international multilateral organizations (Regan 2002).In Sri Lanka, unprecedently, there had been a close international involvement in the peace process right from its onset in 2002 with the proclaimed attempt of finding political solution to the decades-long civil war between government of Sri Lanka(GoSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam(LTTE). In this backdrop, this paper attempts to examine systematically the potential effects of Norway-led multilateral intervention on the course and duration of the civil war in Sri Lanka by using qualitative analysis based on major empirical argumentation of the scholarship of effects of external intervention in civil war situation. Results of the analysis suggest dichotomous findings that while supporting the empirical argument casts skepticism over the adequate treatment of factors that influence the outcome of intervention by the empirical studies. 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/988 Explore repercussion of role models on entrepreneurial intention Pretheeba, P; Ponmani, R; Annapoorani, R A decision to start a business is persuaded not only by individual characteristics but also through socialization. Inspiration an individual had via family, school, peers, mass media, public opinion, volunteer groups and spirituality play an imperative role in their career decision. However there is dearth of studies on influence of role models in mounting entrepreneurial inclination especially among students in South-Asian perspective. An attempt has been made to present a detailed empirical reconnaissance on effect of role models in creating entrepreneurial intentions among postgraduate students in India. The study employs the Ajzen’s theory of planned behaviour, in which intentions are regarded as upshots of attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control. Data were compiled via questionnaire survey from 188 post-graduate students from science and non-science degree from a recognized university in Tamilnadu, India. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) was worked-out to scrutinize the influence of role models on science and non-science postgraduate students’ entrepreneurial intention and the antecedents of entrepreneurial intention. The outcome of the survey divulged that there is a significant relationship between the role models and level attitude, perceived behavioural control and subjective norms towards entrepreneurial activity. 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/987 NRI sham marriages : a socio - legal problem in India Amit, Kashyap; Shashi Bala, Kashyap Marriage as a social institution is losing its original concept and the legislative law as well as the courts are aware of this social upheaval. Just as drug abuse and attacks on internal security are external criminal threats to Indian society, matrimonial discord and changing matrimonial ethos are internal destabilizing factors in Hindu civil society. Legislative law and court procedures have a significant role to play in strengthening and streamlining the most important social institution of marriage. Thus, marriage laws and other measures for the welfare of women have become the focus of attention of the Indian legislature as well as Courts at all levels. 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z