HR Managers’ Attitudes towards Management Graduates

Abstract

Attitudes of HR Managers towards the management undergraduates lead to significant impact of finding a job from the labour market in the current competitive environment. However, there is no research done in this area in Sri Lanka. The main focus of this study is to find the attitudes of HR Manager in Sri Lanka regarding the management graduates with special reference to the University of Sri Jayewardenepura. Based on the available literature, researchers found few attitudes which are important in selecting the graduates for jobs in the labour market. 78 HR Managers from the apparel sector were used as the sample in this study and descriptive statistics were used in the analysis of the primary data. Major finding of the study was that attitudes of HR Managers towards the selected variables of undergraduates were either moderate or high, except with regard to undergraduate ragging. The main recommendation of the study is that university has to enrich the current academic system to enhance the different competencies of undergraduates.