http://www.digital.lib.esn.ac.lk//handle/1234/16112 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:34:51 GMT 2026-04-21T12:34:51Z http://www.digital.lib.esn.ac.lk//handle/1234/16134 Poverty and Corruption in Sri Lanka: An ARDL Bound Testing Technique and Error Correction Mode Godwin Phillip, P.; Neruja, N. The objective of this research paper is to empirically investigate the impact of corruption on poverty in Sri Lanka over the period 1996-2016 using the secondary data. ADF unit root test was applied to check the variables stationary and an ARDL bound testing approach is used to investigate co-integration among the study variables such as poverty, corruption, economic growth, FDI, inflation and population. The results of ARDL test confirmed that there is a long run relationship among poverty, corruption, and other explanatory variables of poverty over the study period. The long-run estimates indicate that Corruption, GDP, foreign direct investment, and inflation rate have impact on poverty. It revealed that a 1 percent increase in corruption would increase the poverty rate by 0.726 percent in the long run and 1 percent rise in corruption would increase the poverty rate by 0.601 percent in the short run. As a result, the government should pursue policies that will substantially reduce corruption, thereby the government policy implication should focus on reduce the corruption to improve the standards of living to eliminate poverty in Sri Lanka. Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://www.digital.lib.esn.ac.lk//handle/1234/16134 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.digital.lib.esn.ac.lk//handle/1234/16133 IMPACT OF PERCEIVED TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP STYLE ON JOB PERFORMANCE: INTERVENTION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT Raveendran, Thaneswary The present study aims to examine the impact of perceived transformational leadership style on employees’ job performance and the mediating effect of psychological empowerment in the association between transformational leadership and employee performance. The study was explanatory and a cross sectional survey method was employed. The study population involves the employees working in the public sector organizations in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka. A sample of 684 employees was selected in this study. Leadership style, employee performance and psychological empowerment were measured using standard instruments namely MLQ - Form 5-x, Job Performance Scale and Empowerment Scale respectively. Analysis involves confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling. The results of the study show that perceived transformational leadership style significantly and positively impacts employee performance and employees’ psychological empowerment has a mediating effect in the impact of transformational leadership on employee performance. The study gives an insight that leaders should adopt transformational leadership to promote employee performance and also the leaders should empower the employees to further enhance employee performance. This study suggests that future researchers should cover public sector organizations in other regions and the private sector organizations in Sri Lanka to better understand the relationship between the variables Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://www.digital.lib.esn.ac.lk//handle/1234/16133 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.digital.lib.esn.ac.lk//handle/1234/16132 Impact of Electronic Banking on Customers’ Perception: Evidence from Anuradhapura District Maheswaranathan, S.; Zamla, N. F. Since the rapid advancements in technology, lifestyle and demographic of people, traditional branch banking is turning into electronic banking systems. Customers tend to have a high level of conceivable perception regarding online banking than the traditional banking systems. In this context, the study aims to determine the extent of customers’ perception of the electronic banking system in the Anuradhapura district, mainly in the town area. A structured questionnaire was distributed among 200 electronic banking operators of eight selected banks in the Anuradhapura district. The findings revealed that the customer’s perception towards electronic banking is high in the Anuradhapura district. Further, results of descriptive statistics indicated that ease of use, security, accessibility, convenience and usefulness also at a high level. Also, the regression findings confirm that there is a positive relationship between customers’ perception except convenience and each dimension related to electronic banking. Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://www.digital.lib.esn.ac.lk//handle/1234/16132 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z http://www.digital.lib.esn.ac.lk//handle/1234/16131 Team Orientation on Team Performance in the Selected Commercial Banks in Sri Lanka Sathyapriyadharsheni, V.; Thevanes, N.; Anton Arulrajah, A. An empirical gap has been observed regarding the relationship between team orientation and team performance in banking sector of Sri Lanka. Hence, in order to fill this empirical knowledge gap, this study was carried out with the objectives of find out the levels of team orientation and team performance, explains the relationship between team orientation and team performance and explains the impact of team orientation on team performance in selected licensed commercial banks in Sri Lanka. The data of this study have been collected from 157 employees in selected licensed commercial banks in Sri Lanka through the structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed with univariate and bivariate analyses. The findings of the study revealed that team orientation and team performance are in high level among the employees in surveyed banks. And also, findings of the study stated that there is a strong positive relationship between team orientation and team performance. This study suggested that degree of team orientation of employees can improve team‘s performance. Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT http://www.digital.lib.esn.ac.lk//handle/1234/16131 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z