M. Siraji

South Eastern University of Sri Lanka | SEUSL · Department of Accountancy and Finance

This paper explore the impact of Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) managerial characteristics on capital structure decision and firm performance. Factors such as company risk, tax exposure of the company and financial flexibility are the traditional factors which were researched extensively in this research area. Hence, this paper will seek to show m...

The banking industry plays a crucial role in the industry and economic growth of a country. The products and services offered by banks are significant to attain a competitive edge. The research study empirically finds the effects of service quality dimensions in improving the customer satisfaction of state commercial banks in the Ampara district qu...

The main objective of this study is to examine the effect of social and traditional media on customer decision-making and to find out which of these two in times of pandemics affect more on customer decision-making. A survey was conducted using 250 respondents from Ampara District, Sri Lanka, aged between 20-30. The questionnaires were divided equa...

The rapid industrialization and urbanization over the previous decades has resulted in an increase in growth of population. This increase in business and industrialization are the fundamental sources of development, employment and improved options of livelihood. However, for commercial purposes and discharge emissions and wastes into the environmen...

The research aims to examine the influence of irrational behaviour on stock investment decision, specifically, anchoring, disposition effect, home bias, herding, overconfidence and the risk perception. The research further investigates the moderating role of gender between irrational behaviour and stock investment decision. Finally, it reveals whic...

This paper aims to examine existing trends of shopping through various available sites of electronic commerce (e-commerce) by carrying out a study on a group of people with reference to two big companies. The inspection is done through the help of questionnaire which is distributed among people of various age clusters. The outcome shows that the ty...

Despite several works on corporate governance examine the ownership structure on earnings management, the empirical research on Real Earnings Management (REM) is limited. Thus, the main purpose of the research is to examine the effect of family and managerial ownership on real earnings management of selected non-financial listed companies at Colomb...

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of most commonly used behvioural factors namely anchoring, disposition effect, home bias, herding, overconfidence and the risk perception on investment decision making and to check that either gender interact with the said relations through theoretical proposal and then verification through emp...

This study investigates the existence of heuristics biases in Colombo Stock Exchange and their effect on investment performance from individual investor’s point of view. In specific, the effects of anchoring, availability bias, gamblers fallacy, overconfidence and representativeness are investigated. Further, the study inspects whether the heuristi...

Capital structure is a significant area in strategic financial decision making of firms. Several characteristics, both managerial and none managerial, influence a firm's capital structure decision. However, managerial characteristics such as age, level of education, tenure, and functional track which were researched extensively in this research are...

The stock market is an important asset of any economy. The stock market plays a key role in the growth of the economy and trend of the market and volatility affect the economic health of a country. In the view of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) is one of the dynamic exchanges in South Asia. After the civil war ended, CSE was the best performing st...

The general aim of this project is to evaluate the factors that influence labor turnover within the Qatar, with a focus placed on Sri Lanka. Using a structured questionnaire, a total of 277 valid responses have been collected from June to July 2017. The Structure Equation Modelling (SEM) has been used to analyses the influencing factors on labour t...

The general aim of this project is to evaluate the factors that influence labor turnover within the Qatar, with a focus placed on Sri Lanka. Using a structured questionnaire, a total of 277 valid responses have been collected from June to July 2017. The Structure Equation Modelling (SEM) has been used to analyses the influencing factors on labour t...

This paper explore the impact of Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) managerial characteristics on capital structure decision and firm performance. Factors such as company risk, tax exposure of the company and financial flexibility are the traditional factors which were researched extensively in this research area. Hence, this paper will seek to show m...