http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/6260 JHRM Tue, 05 May 2026 03:33:33 GMT 2026-05-05T03:33:33Z http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/6266 Skills and employability of human resource management graduates in Sri Lankan universities: from employers’ perspectives Aysha, M. A. S.; Sulaiha Beevi, M. A. C. The purpose of this study is to identify the perception of employers towards employability skills essential by HRM graduates who graduated from Sri Lankan universities. Employable Graduate is one of the key attentions over the local university system in Sri Lanka where it is a vastly debated area on the fact due to the belief of state university graduates are deficient the required employability skills that are expected from a graduate. The study used a quantitative approach and data was collected using questionnaires. The sample was selected using random sampling technique from banking sector. Data were collected from 60 employers represents the managerial and non-managerial levels of employees in banking sector where the HR graduates are attached to work in HR department. Data were analyzed by using descriptive, bivariate and regression analysis. The results show that there is significant impact of graduate skills together with employability of those graduates especially learning skills, problem solving skills and communication skills. It can be concluded that there is a significant impact of problem solving skill Respectively all the graduates’ skill does not have significant and positive effect on employability separately. It is concluded that skills are needed by graduates entering the HR profession & also graduates want to fulfill employer’s expectations in terms of qualifications, competencies and other requirements in HRM job opportunities of job market in Sri Lanka. Wed, 01 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/6266 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/6265 Work-life balance and job satisfaction: study among the academics of South Eastern University of Sri Lanka Nadhiya, A. L. F.; Sareena Umma, M. A. G. Work life Balance (WLB) is becomes unique vocabulary in Human Resources Management (HRM), and it has turn into a top priority for workers in every workplace. In other side Job Satisfaction (JS) is an ultimate key outcome in every job and it would be the biggest expectation from employees’ side. WLB and the JS are like a two side of a coin. Moreover, the employees who are satisfied with their personal and professional life balance are strengthened, passionate and enthusiastic to their work. Therefore, the intention of this study is to inspect the influence of WLB on JS. This research included 190 academic staff of South Eastern University of Sri Lanka (SEUSL) as the population. Since the size of the population was small, the population study method was taken on this study. In order to receive required data, standard questionnaire was utilized to create in Google form and sent via E-mail to academic staff of SEUSL. Researchers used SPSS 26.0 software to analyze the gathered data. The findings of the research provide a better and thoughtful understanding of the significance of WLB and JS. As a result of the proper balance between personal and professional life will lead to the JS among these academic staff. Nevertheless, upcoming examiners can recreate this research work with a massive amount of sample scope with regard to other private and state universities and educational institutions as well. In addition to that, the recommendations of the study could be helpful to strengthen and boost the WLB among academic staff of SEUSL. Wed, 01 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/6265 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/6264 Knowledge hiding behavior on moral emotions: evidence from bachelor of business administration students, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka Mufassara, M. W.; Rajee, R. The knowledge hiding behavior among university students creates the barriers in developing a pool of competitive future managers and its limits the effectiveness of team projects while worsen the relationship between colleagues. University students encounter to post moral emotions such as shame and guilt as an outcome of knowledge hiding behavior among their team. The basic purpose of this research is to find out the relationship between knowledge hiding behavior and moral emotions of university students of BBA SEUSL and create awareness about the negative consequences of knowledge hiding behavior among them. Data has been collected by self-developed five-point Likert scale survey questionnaire; using random sampling method, data gathered from 200 Bachelor of Business Administration students in the faculty of Management and Commerce, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka. Sufficient validity and reliability were confirmed for further examining process. While analyses the level of knowledge hiding behavior and moral emotions, the study results confirm that University students (BBA) have high level of knowledge hiding behavior and moral emotions as well as less variation among them. This study finding strongly deliberated that there is a strong significant association between knowledge hiding behavior on moral emotions of university students (BBA) of SEUSL. Further, Kind of moral emotions shame and guilt feelings have been evoked in the pupils who hidden their knowledge among their study mates. Future researchers can expand this study with large sample size with other faculty students in South Eastern University of Sri Lanka and other university students as well. This research provides the basic understanding about the later negative and emotional outcome of knowledge hiding behavior among the group of students. This may help the future students and managers to develop the appropriate relationship and healthier knowledge sharing attributes to avoid the negative impacts of knowledge hiding. Wed, 01 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/6264 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/6263 Impact of protean career attitude on employee engagement: evidence from auditing firms Raveendran, T.; Balasubramaniam, K. Protean career has gained particular attention in contemporary career era. Constructs of protean careers have notified career theory for years. Especially in Sri Lankan context the research on protean career attitude is not adequate as per the review of literature. The current study attempts to examine the impact of protean career attitude on employee engagement among the audit service employees in the Northern Province. The scales related to protean career attitudes measure self- directed behavior and values-driven career attitude. For the purpose of this study, 105 employees of audit firms were selected. Regression analysis was employed to test the hypotheses. The results revealed that self- directed behaviour has a positive impact on employee engagement whereas values-driven career attitude doesn’t significantly influence employee engagement. The results of the study give an insight that, to promote employee engagement, managers should facilitate for employees self-directed career behavior. Wed, 01 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMT http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/6263 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z