http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/3602 Vol. 1, No. 01, 2014 Wed, 31 Dec 2025 20:14:02 GMT 2025-12-31T20:14:02Z http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/3609 Summing Up Speech Arachchige, B.J.H. Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/3609 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/3608 Gender Differences of Human Resource Professionals in the Sri Lankan Private Sector De Silva, K.T.J. Gender, gender identity and gender differences are discussed by different scholars in different contexts for different purposes as a popular concept today. However, in the available literature, there is no any single finding on which gender most prefers to be Human Resource professionals. There are couple of studies aimed to discuss sex categories of HR professionals. Therefore, the problem of the study is: which gender prefers to be HR professionals in the Sri Lankan private sector organizations. This study selected 100 HR professionals as the sample, representing private sector organizations in Sri Lanka and data were gathered using Bem Sex Roll Inventory (BSRI) scale developed by Bem. The majority of the HR professionals in the private sector were male sex – typed and it was more than 50% of the sample. Androgynous type of gender presented by the HR professionals in the private sector was 20% and same percentage of HR professionals was presented undifferentiated gender type. There was no any single HR professional in female sex – typed gender. Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/3608 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/3607 The Impact of Emotional Intelligence on Psychological Well- being of Public and Private Sector Executives Perspective of Postgraduate Students Rathnakara, K.A.K.S. Employees in any kind of an organization have to deal with a range of tasks, duties and responsibilities. In order to accomplish their individual objectives and organizational objectives successfully, employees are required to possess a set of competencies and a required level of intelligence. With the evolution of the concept of intelligence, emotional intelligence has become one of the more influential concepts. It demonstrates the ability to monitor ones’ own and others’ feelings and emotions to discriminate among them and to use this information to guide ones’ thinking and action. Researches in this field have uncovered many relationships between emotional intelligence and different human behavior. The objective of this study was to investigate the nature of the relationship between emotional intelligence and psychological well-being of public and private sector executives who are following masters’ degrees from recognized national universities. A sample consisting of 200 participants has taken into consideration and the analysis is conducted by using 182 questionnaires. A structured questionnaire has used to collect primary data for the study. The univariate and bivariate analysis were used to analyze primary data and the major finding of the study was that there is a moderate positive relationship between emotional intelligence and psychological well-being of executives in the sample. Also there is a significant positive impact of emotional intelligence on psychological well-being. Emotionally intelligent employees will possess a higher level of psychological well-being and it will positively impact on their success of their work as well as non-work life. Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/3607 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/3606 Importance of Corporate Vision Suranga, J.M. The business environment of today is characterized as both dynamic and complex. As a result of that, commercial organizations face fierce competition on all fronts. To deal with strategic planning in this businesses environment has become difficult and corporate vision has been discussed as a major concept which is needed for survival and growth. Formulating of a corporate vision is considered as the first step of the strategic management process. This research paper discusses theoretical and empirical research findings about the corporate vision and how researchers did identify its importance. Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/3606 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z