Browsing RCBS - 2020 by Publication Date

Beta and returns: Evidence from Colombo Stock Exchange

Fernando, P. M. S.; Samarakoon, S. M. R. K. (University of Jaffna, 2020)

Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is utilized to determine a theoretically suitable required rate of return of an asset and values the asset's sensitivity to non-diversifiable risk. This paper investigates the conditional ...

Determinants of market participation: Special reference to paddy farmers in verugal division

Suventhiran, K.; Karunaanithy, K. (University of Jaffna, 2020)

The study entitled “Factors Determining Market Participation of Paddy Farmers” in the Verugal Divisional Secretariat, Trincomalee District aims to identify the factors that determine the market participation of paddy ...

The role of labour law in the protection of employees during COVID-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka

Mudalige, N. K. K.; Edirisinghe, A. A (University of Jaffna, 2020)

The COVID19 pandemic has created an unimagined crisis that caused thousands of employees worldwide to lose their jobs, have their wages deducted, and deal with and fight against the blatant violations of labor rights ...

Humour at the workplace: Leader’s humour and employee’s trust in the leader

Robinson, J. (University of Jaffna, 2020)

Humour at the workplace has become an exciting area of research in organizational behavior and management. There is a lack of studies on the influence of the leader’s humour on employee trust, particularly in the Sri ...

Effects of project risk management strategies on project performance

Thilakarathna, R.D.G.N.M.; Mathivathany, S. (University of Jaffna, 2020)

Risk is an unavoidable phenomenon that may potentially interfere with the successful completion of a project. It may affect positively or negatively to the cost, quality and duration of any of the projects. In ...

Impact of celebrity endorsement on brand image among sri lankan adolescents: Special reference to manmunai north of batticaloa district

Luckmizankaria, P. (University of Jaffna, 2020)

This paper converses with Sri Lankan adolescents’ perceptions about how celebrity endorsement advertisements impact brand image. A quantitative survey method was constructed by issuing a self-administrated questionnaire ...

Role of heuristic on individual investment performance

Pratheepan, N.; Rathiranee, Y. (University of Jaffna, 2020)

This study's main objective is to investigate the role of heuristic behaviour on the investment performance of individual investors at Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE). Investment needs for effective use of accumulated ...

Credit risk management and financial performance: A study of listed Banks in Sri Lanka

Asvini, N.; Pamila, S. (University of Jaffna, 2020)

This study tends to explore the credit risk management and financial performance of listed banks in Sri Lanka over the period from 2015 to 2019 by using Non-Performing Loan Ratio (NPLR) and Equity to Total Assets Ratio ...

Right issue announcements and share prices: An event study approach

Jayarathne, M. D. S.; Samarakoon, S. M. R. K. (University of Jaffna, 2020)

This paper studies the effect on listed firms' share prices on the Colombo stock exchange to the right issue announcements. This study consists of 85 right issue announcements (69 companies) over the 2012-2019 periods. ...

A review of methodological choice: Research paradigm underpins

Tharsika, K.; Pratheepkanth, P. (University of Jaffna, 2020)

This paper focuses on removing the ambiguity regarding selecting the research methodology when embarking on a research project by the researcher in the social science phenomenon. Quantitative, qualitative, and mixed ...

Street illuminance level analysis towards responsive headlight automation

Kuhanesan, S.; Amjath, M.I.M. (University of Jaffna, 2020)

The vehicles' illuminations level in the road in the night is uncontrolled and beyond the bearable level these days. There are two different beam modes in vehicles, such as dim and high. The high beam mode makes ...

Risks and risk management of kandy city wastewater management project (KCWMP)

Dasanayaka, D.M.T.; De zoysa, M. (University of Jaffna, 2020)

This research's objectives were to identify the risks related to the Kandy city wastewater management project and apply the risk assessment, risks prioritization, and risks preventive strategies to suggest appropriate ...

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities and brand equity of Dialog Axiata PLC, Sri lanka

Madubashini, D.K.; Pushpanathan, A. (University of Jaffna, 2020)

The concept of corporate social responsibility is an emerging concept and widespread notion among business communities and other aspects in recent decades. The Sri Lankan telecommunications industry has undergone several ...

Corporate financial distress prediction: An application of Multiple Discriminant analysis

Rathnayake, K. D. S. M.; Samarakoon, S. M. R. K. (University of Jaffna, 2020)

Recent failures of large corporations at the international level and instability of securities in Sri Lanka have emphasized the importance of evaluating the companies' financial distress. One of the methods of evaluating ...

Participatory approaches in community development projects: An exploratory study of NGOs in northern province

Diluxshana, T.; Nanthagopan, Y.; Thirugnanasampanthar, S. (University of Jaffna, 2020)

This study aims to investigate participatory approaches in community development projects in non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The primary data was obtained from 10 in-depth interviews with 10 NGO project managers ...

Training and development and employees’ performance: A study based on state banks in Jaffna

Sumangala, P.; Raveendran, T. (University of Jaffna, 2020)

The present study aims to identify the impact of Training and Development on employees’ performance in state Banks in Jaffna. Training and development were analyzed based on three variables: knowledge, skill and attitude ...

Financial performance on share price: A study of listed Banks in Sri Lanka

Panuja, E. (University of Jaffna, 2020)

The main aim of the study is to examine the financial performance on share price, a study of listed banks in Sri Lanka over 2015 to 2019. The share Price of the bank was used as the dependent variable for the study ...

An insight into the critical success factors influence on women entrepreneurship

Mathushan, P.; Pushpanathan, A. (University of Jaffna, 2020)

Entrepreneurship has presently employed a prominent residence in the record of rewarding career opportunities for women. There is an extensive reservoir of human resource potential that remains untapped in the economy. ...

Stock market liquidity and firm dividend policy: Evidence from a Frontier Market

Hettiarachchi, M. H. A. S. U.; Samarakoon, S. M. R. K. (University of Jaffna, 2020)

Scholars have been studying dividend policy since the days of Modigliani and Miller (1958). However, until quite recently, the idea of liquidity has rarely been mentioned. The study examined whether there was a ...

A comparison study of the top five journals on Human Resource Management indexed with Scopus

Janen, T. (University of Jaffna, 2020)

This paper presents the quantitative comparison of the top five journals based on many articles published on Human Resource Management (HRM) indexed with Scopus. A total of 102,333 contributions were published in 10,186 ...

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