2018

– Theme : SMART Management Towards Business Excellence – Proceedings 2018

List of Abstracts and Authors

Track 1: Accounting and Finance

1. Ethical Accounting Practices on Financial Performance: Special reference to SMEs in Galle District, Sri Lanka
   Tharini Wijesekara Subasinghe and Chandrasegaran Larojan
2. Impact of Quality of Sustainability Reporting on the Financial Performance of Companies
   Retnam Uthayakumar and Punchihewage Nerangika Ayodya Punchihewa
3. Impact of Financial Literacy on Firm Performance of Sri Lankan SMEs: Special Reference to Ratnapura District
   VindyaKosali Bandara and Koperunthevy Kalainathan
4. Integrated Reporting – Is it value relevant A quantitative study on Colombo Stock Exchange
   Pathiraja PMDS and Priyadarshanie WAN
5. The Cause-Effect Relationship between Growth and Profitability: Evidence from Listed Manufacturing Companies in Sri Lanka
   Sanjaya R.A.A and Jayasiri N.K
6. The impact of daily market-based ratios on daily stock market return: evidence from Colombo Stock Exchange, Sri Lanka
   Chandrasegaran Larojan
7. The impact of Portfolio Structure on Financial Performance of listed private Commercial Banks in Sri Lanka
   Sumera Nadanalingam and Chandrasegaran Larojan

Track 2: E-Business & Marketing

1. DOI and e-CRM of licensed commercial banks: The literature review and future research propositions
   Dilogini K and A Pushpanathan
2. Development of Conceptual Model for Social Media Characteristics and Consumers’ Purchase Intention
   K Kajanthy and V Sathana
3. Factors Influencing on Customer Satisfaction of FTTH Broadband Services in Vavuniya District
   M. Maheswaran and A. Pushpanathan
4. The implication of Service Quality On Customer Satisfaction in Performance Evaluation in Finance Firms in Sri Lanka
   A.L.M.A Shameem and J.K.P.S.K.Jayainghe
5. Post Purchase Dissonance of Undergraduates towards Slow Moving Consumer Goods
   M.I. Noorul Safna and Poongothai Selvarajan
6. Perceived motivational factors of sustainable consumption behavior: Future propositions
   Grace H Hensman and D. S. Rohini Samarasinghe
7. Trends and Development of Digital Marketing in Sri Lanka
   R.M.I.S. Ranasinghe and T. Kartheeswaran

Track 3: Economics & Entrepreneurship

1. Determinants of Profitability in Organic Paddy Farming in Gampaha District
   R.M.Tharanga Dilrukshi and Aruppillai Thayaparan
2. Entrepreneurial Orientation of Executive Level Officers in the Education Administrative Service of Colombo District, Sri Lanka
   G.D.D.T. Karunarathne, R.N. Weerasinghe and L.Wijewardena
3. Factors determining the development of SMEs in Jaffna District
   V.Sathana, T.Velnampy and S.Rajumesh
4. Individual Factors Affecting the Business Performance of Women Entrepreneurs in Colombo District, Sri Lanka
   D. C. H. De Silva, Y. J. Somarathne, and L. Wijewardene
5. Intervention time-series model using transfer function for Tourism arrival in Sri Lanka
   B.Yogarajah
6. Microfinance and Poverty Alleviation: A Comparative Analysis in Sri Lanka
   DilekaChathurani and N. M. A. Jayasinghe
7. The Financial strength of Central Bank and its Impact on Price Stability; Study on Sri Lanka and India
   Perera, G.A.N, Gunasekara, W.G.V, Dr.Wijewardene, L and Maheshika, W.E.P.I

Track 4: Information System & Technology

1. An Investigation of Performance Management System and its Effectiveness with Special Reference to Garment Factories in Katunayake Export Processing Zone in Sri Lanka
   K.A.K.S. Rathnakara and Dr B.J.H. Arachchige
2. Effect of generation Y engagement with Facebook brand pages on online sales
   K T G P Madhusanka
3. Impact of social media usage on academic performance: Undergraduates in Sri Lanka
   Tennakoon, WDNSM, Lasanthika, WJAJM, and Silva, MMSR
4. Mobile Application for Online Shopping
   Subangan, Sathurshan and Jerom
5. Ontology-Based Question Answering System for Banking Domain
   W.M.D.Weerabahu, M.A.G.A.S.Amalika, H.K.C.Dulakshi, T.C.Sandanayake and G.U.Ganegoda
6. The effectiveness of using technology in teaching English as a Second Language
   Kaviratne I. A

Track 5: Knowledge & Human Resource Management

1. An Empirical Study on Level of Stress Amongst Administrative Staff of the State Universities in Sri Lanka
   Thurailingam Vijeyakumar
2. A Study of Conceptual Framework of Blind Recruitment in Current Business Scenario
   Ramakrishnan Vivek
3. Knowledge Management Involvement in Improving Human Resource Management of Organizations
   S. K. Weerathunga and S. Vasanthapriyan
4. Managing lives at work: Lessons from Bhagavad Gita
   S. D. Weerawardena, K. P. M. Priyasad and T. D. Weerasinghe
5. Relationship Between Industrial Ergonomics and Employee Performances: Evidence from a Leading Garment Manufacturing Organization in Sri Lanka
   Dilshani AKDN, Praveeni SMN and Wijerathne BDRTN
6. The effects of green training and development practices on employee performance
   Kumarasinghe K.K.A.H and Pallewaththa P.W.K
7. The Effect of Counselling Interventions on Work Stress of Operational Level Employees in Apparel Industry
   D. I. M. Karunarathna, B. L. C. Subashini and T. D. Weerasinghe

Track 6: Organizational Behavior & Project Management

1. Customers’ characteristics of behaviour to use techmarketing in banks: Propositions for future research
   Dilogini K, S Shivany and M.A.Asoka Malkanthie
2. Community Park Development Project: A Case Study of Back Bay Water Front Area, Trincomalee
   R. Ushanthini and M. Sasitharan
3. Factors Affecting Career Advancement of Top Level Women in Local Banks in Colombo District
   M.I.D. Perera and A.Thayaparan
4. Factors of perceived organizational support: A conceptual study
   Y.Thasika
5. Influence of Leadership Styles on Employee Performance: Study of Divisional Secretariats in Jaffna District
   Mrs.Thaneswary Raveendrana and Dr. Aruna S. Gamage
6. Social Network Use and Personality- a Special reference to Colombo District, Sri Lanka
   Dhanushanthini Ajanthan
7. The Application of Space Syntax Analysis in Project Identification: A Special Reference to the Moratuwa
   Mathivathany.S, Nanthagopan.Y, Thirugnanasampanthar.S and Rukshan.A