SEUIR Repository

What sow the seeds of hardship for the poorest of the poor? Towards increasing the performance of informal sector in war affected regions of Sri Lanka

Show simple item record

dc.contributor.author Rauf, F. H. A.
dc.contributor.author Lovell, R. B.
dc.date.accessioned 2016-11-10T03:55:49Z
dc.date.available 2016-11-10T03:55:49Z
dc.date.issued 2015-10
dc.identifier.citation Journal of Management. Volume 12. No.2. pp 1-24. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1391-8230
dc.identifier.uri http://ir.lib.seu.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1774
dc.description.abstract Less performance of informal sector among the poorest of the poor in the war affected regions in Sri Lanka has been caused by many reasons. Findings of an exploratory study and the factor analysis revealed four important factors namely training and skills, education, social and economic. As the extension of the exploratory study, to test this prediction empirically with a larger sample size, the present study applied a survey method using a questionnaire especially designed based on the initial exploratory study which was conducted inductively. A sample of 300 women headed households engaged in the informal sector participated in this study. The results indicates these four factors significantly predict the performance of informal sector. More specifically, while, economic factors contribute more to the performance of the informal sector, training contributes less. The study also discussed the implication of findings and area for future research. Based on the findings and conclusions, few recommendations are also made to enhance the performance of women headed households in the informal sector. en_US
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Faculty of Management and Commerce, South Eastern University of Sri Lanka. en_US
dc.subject Hardship en_US
dc.subject Poorest of the poor en_US
dc.subject Informal sector en_US
dc.subject Performance en_US
dc.subject War affected region en_US
dc.subject Sri Lanka en_US
dc.title What sow the seeds of hardship for the poorest of the poor? Towards increasing the performance of informal sector in war affected regions of Sri Lanka en_US
dc.type Article en_US


Files in this item

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record

Search SEUIR


Advanced Search

Browse

My Account