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Research paper thumbnail of Organizational Development and Change Management

Research paper thumbnail of 1935 අංක 14 දරණ වෘත්තීය සමිති ආඥාපනත

Research paper thumbnail of The Danish Ombudsman

Research paper thumbnail of SEXUAL OFFENCES IN SAUDI ARABIA

There are so many sexual offences in criminal law such as rape, sexual assault. Law relating to s... more There are so many sexual offences in criminal law such as rape, sexual assault. Law relating to sexual offences in a country reflects its protection for women 1. It is very important to revise existing legal provisions with regard to sexual offences. If the strong legal measures fail to address the sexual violence, it will lead lack of protection for women. This paper discuss sexual offences in Saudi Arabia and recommend suggestions to revise and update existing legal principals in relation to sexual offences.

Research paper thumbnail of The Destruction of Unawatuna Reef in Sri Lanka

Research paper thumbnail of Separation of Powers

Constitutional Law- Separation of Powers

Research paper thumbnail of SELECTION PROCESSES CAN BE DESIGNED TO FIND THE 'PERFECT EMPLOYEE'

Recruitment and Selection

Research paper thumbnail of McDonald's Competitive Strategy

Human Resource Management

Research paper thumbnail of Employer's Duty of Care

Employers should have a duty of care to their employees. In other words, employers should take al... more Employers should have a duty of care to their employees. In other words, employers should take all necessary steps that ensure employee’s health, safety and well-being. In an organization, or a business, physical health and mental health of the employees should not be only a legal duty. It is a business need that helps to build trust, it reinforces the employer's commitment to employees. This is a wide ranging area.

Research paper thumbnail of Is state consent the basis of International Law

One of the basic concepts of International Law is state consent. It decides the state’s obligatio... more One of the basic concepts of International Law is state consent. It decides the state’s obligations whether the state is bound or not to accept obligations. It provides maximum protection to individual states as if a country thinks suggested change in international law does not serve its interests. It can prevent changing by withholding agreement. It is based on the power of the states. But it is considered a serious problem of international law. Any state can prevent proposed change of international law. But only change that could be advantageous for every individual state can be adopted. It should be questionable as these reforms will increase well-being for most but not all states.

Research paper thumbnail of Prosecution of mass atrocities by international and hybrid criminal courts, with a specific emphasis on the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

Research paper thumbnail of Costa Rica v. Nicaragua

This is a short case analysis of the case of Costa Rica v Nicaragua organized according to the IR... more This is a short case analysis of the case of Costa Rica v Nicaragua organized according to the IRAC method.

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Research paper thumbnail of Organizational Development and Change Management

The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 2000

In a recent arti cle in this jour nal, Worren, Ruddle, and Moore (1999) pro posed that a new pro ... more In a recent arti cle in this jour nal, Worren, Ruddle, and Moore (1999) pro posed that a new pro fes sion called “change man age ment” had emerged from the recent prac tices of the world’s large con sult ing firms. They pro posed that change man age ment is an appro pri ate replace ment for orga ni za tional devel op ment (OD) because it incor po rates both busi ness and human needs. We were trou bled by sev eral asser tions made by these authors and offer the fol low ing cor rec tions. 1. Worren et al. failed to review and cite key lit er a ture and thus set up a straw man. For exam ple, the authors rely on French and Bell (1990) for their def i ni tion of OD and argue that its scope is lim ited to human rela tions vari ables. How ever, an exam i na tion of more con tem po rary lit er a ture, includ ing French and Bell (1999), would indi cate that the scope of OD has grown from its roots in human rela tions vari ables to focus on stra te gic issues as well. Mirvis (1988) has traced the evo lu tion of OD from the 1960s to the 1980s, from a field that was focused on groups and human rela tions to the adop tion of more holis tic and inte grated mod els of orga ni za tion. By using a def i ni tion based in the 1960s, Worren et al. have mis rep re sented the true scope and def i ni tion of OD today. Beer (1980) and Cummings and Worley (1997) offer more con tem po rary def i ni tions. 2. Worren et al. assert that the under ly ing the ory of OD is pri mar ily based on psy chol ogy and on indi vid ual and group func tion ing. We acknowl edge these roots. How -

Research paper thumbnail of A Study of the Impact of Work Life Balance on Employee Performance

Employee Work Life Balance (WLB) is a major factor to increase employee performance as well as or... more Employee Work Life Balance (WLB) is a major factor to increase employee performance as well as organizational performance. Employee performance is very important for any organization to achieve competitive advantage. ABC Company is not reaching expected performance level and it is clear to have performance gap. The main objective of this study is to find the relationship between work-life balance on employee performance. The research study explores the Impact of Work-Life Balance on employee performance. Employee assistance programs, Technology advancement, working environment and workplace stress are selected independent variables and employee performance is the dependent variable.
Seventy four employees were selected from ABC Company to conduct this research. The required primary data were collected through a structured Likert scale questionnaire, open ended question, close ended questions and the researcher used correlation analysis and regression analysis in order to test the hypotheses. The researcher used mix methodology for this research and data are collected through questionnaires and structured interviews. In qualitative method mainly interviews, focus groups etc. are used. Open ended questions in questionnaires will be used to collect qualitative data. In Quantitative Method researcher used to create a correlation between the variables identified previously. ANOVA test would be used in order to test the hypothesis. Correlation and linear regression analysis was used to test the hypothesis further. Analyzing the validity of the constructed hypothesis will be done using SPSS software.
In conclusion, it was found that Employee Assistant Programs, Technology Advancement, Working Environment and Workplace Stress positively impact on employee performance. In simply researcher found that there is a relationship between work-life balance and employee performance.

Key Words: Work Life Balance, Working Environment, Technology Advancement, Employee Assistance Programs, Employee Performance.

Research paper thumbnail of Enron's Ethical Collapse

Research paper thumbnail of Organizational Development and Change Management

Research paper thumbnail of 1935 අංක 14 දරණ වෘත්තීය සමිති ආඥාපනත

Research paper thumbnail of The Danish Ombudsman

Research paper thumbnail of SEXUAL OFFENCES IN SAUDI ARABIA

There are so many sexual offences in criminal law such as rape, sexual assault. Law relating to s... more There are so many sexual offences in criminal law such as rape, sexual assault. Law relating to sexual offences in a country reflects its protection for women 1. It is very important to revise existing legal provisions with regard to sexual offences. If the strong legal measures fail to address the sexual violence, it will lead lack of protection for women. This paper discuss sexual offences in Saudi Arabia and recommend suggestions to revise and update existing legal principals in relation to sexual offences.

Research paper thumbnail of The Destruction of Unawatuna Reef in Sri Lanka

Research paper thumbnail of Separation of Powers

Constitutional Law- Separation of Powers

Research paper thumbnail of SELECTION PROCESSES CAN BE DESIGNED TO FIND THE 'PERFECT EMPLOYEE'

Recruitment and Selection

Research paper thumbnail of McDonald's Competitive Strategy

Human Resource Management

Research paper thumbnail of Employer's Duty of Care

Employers should have a duty of care to their employees. In other words, employers should take al... more Employers should have a duty of care to their employees. In other words, employers should take all necessary steps that ensure employee’s health, safety and well-being. In an organization, or a business, physical health and mental health of the employees should not be only a legal duty. It is a business need that helps to build trust, it reinforces the employer's commitment to employees. This is a wide ranging area.

Research paper thumbnail of Is state consent the basis of International Law

One of the basic concepts of International Law is state consent. It decides the state’s obligatio... more One of the basic concepts of International Law is state consent. It decides the state’s obligations whether the state is bound or not to accept obligations. It provides maximum protection to individual states as if a country thinks suggested change in international law does not serve its interests. It can prevent changing by withholding agreement. It is based on the power of the states. But it is considered a serious problem of international law. Any state can prevent proposed change of international law. But only change that could be advantageous for every individual state can be adopted. It should be questionable as these reforms will increase well-being for most but not all states.

Research paper thumbnail of Prosecution of mass atrocities by international and hybrid criminal courts, with a specific emphasis on the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia

Research paper thumbnail of Costa Rica v. Nicaragua

This is a short case analysis of the case of Costa Rica v Nicaragua organized according to the IR... more This is a short case analysis of the case of Costa Rica v Nicaragua organized according to the IRAC method.

Research paper thumbnail of Organizational Development and Change Management

The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 2000

In a recent arti cle in this jour nal, Worren, Ruddle, and Moore (1999) pro posed that a new pro ... more In a recent arti cle in this jour nal, Worren, Ruddle, and Moore (1999) pro posed that a new pro fes sion called “change man age ment” had emerged from the recent prac tices of the world’s large con sult ing firms. They pro posed that change man age ment is an appro pri ate replace ment for orga ni za tional devel op ment (OD) because it incor po rates both busi ness and human needs. We were trou bled by sev eral asser tions made by these authors and offer the fol low ing cor rec tions. 1. Worren et al. failed to review and cite key lit er a ture and thus set up a straw man. For exam ple, the authors rely on French and Bell (1990) for their def i ni tion of OD and argue that its scope is lim ited to human rela tions vari ables. How ever, an exam i na tion of more con tem po rary lit er a ture, includ ing French and Bell (1999), would indi cate that the scope of OD has grown from its roots in human rela tions vari ables to focus on stra te gic issues as well. Mirvis (1988) has traced the evo lu tion of OD from the 1960s to the 1980s, from a field that was focused on groups and human rela tions to the adop tion of more holis tic and inte grated mod els of orga ni za tion. By using a def i ni tion based in the 1960s, Worren et al. have mis rep re sented the true scope and def i ni tion of OD today. Beer (1980) and Cummings and Worley (1997) offer more con tem po rary def i ni tions. 2. Worren et al. assert that the under ly ing the ory of OD is pri mar ily based on psy chol ogy and on indi vid ual and group func tion ing. We acknowl edge these roots. How -

Research paper thumbnail of A Study of the Impact of Work Life Balance on Employee Performance

Employee Work Life Balance (WLB) is a major factor to increase employee performance as well as or... more Employee Work Life Balance (WLB) is a major factor to increase employee performance as well as organizational performance. Employee performance is very important for any organization to achieve competitive advantage. ABC Company is not reaching expected performance level and it is clear to have performance gap. The main objective of this study is to find the relationship between work-life balance on employee performance. The research study explores the Impact of Work-Life Balance on employee performance. Employee assistance programs, Technology advancement, working environment and workplace stress are selected independent variables and employee performance is the dependent variable.
Seventy four employees were selected from ABC Company to conduct this research. The required primary data were collected through a structured Likert scale questionnaire, open ended question, close ended questions and the researcher used correlation analysis and regression analysis in order to test the hypotheses. The researcher used mix methodology for this research and data are collected through questionnaires and structured interviews. In qualitative method mainly interviews, focus groups etc. are used. Open ended questions in questionnaires will be used to collect qualitative data. In Quantitative Method researcher used to create a correlation between the variables identified previously. ANOVA test would be used in order to test the hypothesis. Correlation and linear regression analysis was used to test the hypothesis further. Analyzing the validity of the constructed hypothesis will be done using SPSS software.
In conclusion, it was found that Employee Assistant Programs, Technology Advancement, Working Environment and Workplace Stress positively impact on employee performance. In simply researcher found that there is a relationship between work-life balance and employee performance.

Key Words: Work Life Balance, Working Environment, Technology Advancement, Employee Assistance Programs, Employee Performance.