Ruwaiha Razik

University of Colombo · Department of Human Resources Management

The COVID-19 pandemic posed unprecedented challenges to healthcare employees worldwide. As part of combatting the disease, they were often confronted with numerous physical and psychological job demands. Studies have explored the experiences of and responses to a COVID-19-related job demand–resource (JD-R) interplay of Western hospital-based health...

Lack of English language proficiency is a bottleneck that challenges graduate employability. Although students are given opportunities to speak in classes, not every student speaks up. The continuous assessments practiced in the management discipline usually involve an oral presentation in the English language. However, these presentations are pre-...

Purpose This paper aims to explore the motivations behind women in a developing South Asian country – Sri Lanka – to embark on entrepreneurship in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, which is a doubly masculine hegemony operating within a culturally nuanced gendered context. Design/methodology/approach The study employs...

Management undergraduates lack familiarity with the context in which the HRM discipline is established— work, employment, and organizations, as most have never worked in the formal sector. Therefore, there exists a general misconception among undergraduates that subjects from the HRM discipline are challenging to grasp and pass. Also, the pre-speci...

Purpose This study aims to explore the challenges and barriers encountered by Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) women entrepreneurs in an emerging country context – Sri Lanka – within a context of strict gender role stereotyping beliefs and norms. Design/methodology/approach Using qualitative research methodology, 15 in-depth...

Most of the available knowledge in the literature relating to Human Resource Management (HRM) in the context of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) focuses on the lack of HRM practices in SMEs and the effects of HRM practices on organizational outcomes. There is a void in empirical research on the employee outcomes of adopting formal HRM practices...

Formative assessment which is testing of student learning as and when the lessons are delivered is a very important initiative that benefits both students and teachers. The most common technique used in practicing formative assessment is to ask questions relating to the content covered in a lesson. However, this practice is not inclusive of every s...

The outbreak of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread globally. The most vulnerable group to this virus includes frontline healthcare workers both hospital and community-based. Though many studies have explored experiences of hospital-based healthcare staff, minimal attention has been given to explore experiences of community-based pub...

Effective management of Small and Medium Enterprises’ (SME) performance is a crucial task as SMEs are recognized as the backbone and national economies’ growth engine. They play an important role in many directions such as economic growth, job creation, innovation, and sustainable development. Prior research discuss links between market orientation...

Effective management of Small and Medium Enterprises' (SME) performance is a crucial task as SMEs are recognized as the backbone and the growth engine of national economies. They play an important role from many directions such as economic growth, job creation, innovation and sustainable development. Prior research discuss links between market orie...

Managing employees across different generations is not only a hot research topic, but also a challenge facing contemporary business organizations in any industry. Generally, it is believed that managing employees across generations is a daunting and a challenging management task due to the differences in their preferences, behaviors and attitudes....

performance is a crucial task since SMEs are recognized as the backbone and the growth engine of national economies. They play an important role from many directions, namely, in enhancing economic growth, job creation, innovation, and sustainable development. Prior research perspectives on SME performance is limited. Empirical data were collected t...