The current study examines the impact of organizational socialization on employee commitment of executive employees in banking sector of Sri Lanka and the moderating role of protean career orientation. It is hypothesized based on affect theory of social exchange and social exchange theory that organizational socialization has a positive impact on employee’s affective, continuance and normative commitment forms. Further, it is suggested that these three direct relationships are moderated by the protean career orientation of the banking employees based on self-determination theory. These relationships are tested using data collected from a sample of 209 executive employees in the banking industry of Sri Lanka. Data were collected using questionnaire. Data were analysed using SPSS and AMOS. Results showed that there is a positive effect of organizational socialization on the three forms of commitment while no moderator effect of protean career orientation was identified on these direct relationships.
The main purpose of this study was to identify whether there is a significant impact of identified strategic human resource management practices (learning and development, communications, performance evaluations and rewards, career opportunities, participation, job design) on impersonal organizational trust with the backing of Social Exchange Theory. This was a cross sectional field study of quantitative nature. Primary data were collected using a well-structured questionnaire. Sample consisted of 100 executive and above employees in the financial institutions in Western Province of Sri Lanka. Descriptive statistics, Pearson correlations and regression analysis were used to analyze data and make conclusions. Findings of the study revealed that there is a significant positive impact of HRM practices on impersonal organizational trust. It revealed that employee trust on the functioning of the entire organization depends on the perceptions of fairness and well-execution of the HRM practices.
The current study investigates the impact of total reward perceptions on employee retention with the mediating effect of work engagement of executive-level employees in the Sri Lankan insurance industry. Data were collected employing a structured questionnaire utilizing simple random sampling technique. The sample consisted of 196 executive-level employees working in three general insurance companies. Simple linear regression analysis is used to test the direct relationships that exist between the variables, while the mediating impact was tested using the Sobel test. Results revealed a significant effect of total reward perceptions and work engagement on employee retention. The mediation of work engagement is also partially supported. Hence, the study extends the existing literature in work engagement, revealing its mediation effect on the relationship between total rewards perceptions and employee retention. Results obtained direct the companies to pay attention to the total rewards perception in terms of monetary, material, and non-monetary rewards in building a more engaged workforce. Appropriate rewards are essential for retaining and engaging employees in the organizations for a prolonged period of time.
As a part of the learning culture today, undergraduates use social media for educational purposes. Many scholars have investigated the impact of using social media by university students to share knowledge. However, most of the studies investigated the effect of personality traits on knowledge-sharing behaviour in social media in the Western context. However, there is a shortage of studies in a non-western context. To fill this gap, the current study is conducted to investigate the impact of personality traits on knowledge-sharing behaviour in social media among undergraduates in the Sri Lankan context where the mediating role of interpersonal trust is also explored. This study was conducted as a cross-sectional survey. Stratified random sampling techniques were used to select the sample of 322 university undergraduates, which were used in the final analysis. The data were gathered through a standard questionnaire that was distributed via google form and a paper-pencil survey. An individual is a unit of analysis of this study. Regression analysis was used to test the research hypotheses with support from SPSS 26. It was found that the big five personality traits are associated with the online knowledge-sharing behaviour among university students. Further, it was found that personality traits (extraversion, openness, emotional stability, consciousness) lead to knowledge-sharing behaviour and undergraduates did not consider trustworthiness as a significant factor in online knowledge-sharing behaviour. It was suggested that even though, undergraduates are keen on knowledge sharing irrespective of the reliability of the sources, precautions should be taken to avoid data theft issues and personality problems. To encourage online knowledge sharing, policymakers should be created trustworthy social media platforms among university undergraduates.
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