http://ir.lib.ruh.ac.lk/handle/iruor/120 2026-04-28T22:21:05Z http://ir.lib.ruh.ac.lk/handle/iruor/145 Herzberg's Two Factor Theory of Job satisfaction and its validity in Sri Lanka Context Weerasekara, Jayaratne This is ah empirical study on the application of Herzberg's Two Factor Theory among the Accounting and Engineering professionals of Sri Lanka. Motivation is an important basic psychological process in which the micro approach to organizational behavior, is an important element. In understanding human behavior in organization, the concept of motivation plays a vital role. It is a hypothetical construct that is used to help to explain behavior of individual in an organization under a particular situation and under particular environment factors. The objective of this study is to make an attempt to analyse the relevancy of Herzberg's. Hygiene Theory of Job satisfaction among the Accounting and Engineering professionals of Sri Lanka. Survey method was adopted. Two hundred Accounting and Engineering professionals were taken for the sample study. Of the 200 hundred 120 are male professionals and 80 are female. The data was ommission analysis and compact analysis. The study reveals that the theory does not apply to the Accounting and Engineering professionals of Sri Lanka and supports the findings of Dannette, Campbell and Hakel 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z http://ir.lib.ruh.ac.lk/handle/iruor/144 Political Clientelism and Underdevelopment Amarasinghe, Oscar 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z http://ir.lib.ruh.ac.lk/handle/iruor/143 Knowledge System Analysis Wijeratne, Mahinda The former development models granted very little attention to the process of knowledge utilization. In fact, role of the utilizers in an agricultural system was not given serious consideration. However, recently, this fact was realized and scientists were inclined to incorporate utilizers function into agricultural programmes. The concept of Agricultural knowledge and Information System ( AKIS) high lights and values clients role in an agricultural system. Further, it can be utilized to analyse different processes in a system. This study attempts to investigate the knowledge utilization process of a minor agricultural system of Sri Lanka. The study demonstrates that fifty percent of the farmers confined to low adopter category and among the six technology packages tested only one has reached to the level of high adoption. Such facts indicate that knowledge utilization process had encountered certain limitations. In fact, there is a considerable technological gap. It is also evident that knowledge utilization is limited for technology packages with costly hardwear components and complex softwear components. 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z http://ir.lib.ruh.ac.lk/handle/iruor/142 Ecology of Shortsighted Entrepreneurialism Pemadasa, Alawattagoda 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z