Ms. WDMBK Dissanayake

bimba@wyb.ac.lk
077-3371740
Department of Business Management , Faculty of Business Studies and Finance Wayamba University of Sri Lanka Kuliyapitiya. 60200

Ms. WDMBK Dissanayake

Senior Lecturer

Academic Qualifications

  • Master of Business Administration Degree at University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2015/2017 (GPA 3.49)
  • B.Sc. (Special) Degree in Business Management, First Class Honours, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka, 2013 – (GPA of 3.77)

Professional Qualifications

  • National Diploma in Training & Development (NDTD-Merit award) by IPM
  • Certified as Certified Practitioner of Neuro – Linguistic Programming (NLP)

Professional Memberships /Affiliations/ Administrative contributions

  • Chair – Registration and Programme Committee, 1st Wayamba Conference in Management -WAYACiM 2020.
  • Member – Registration and Programme Committee, Annual Research Symposium in Management- ARSYM 2020.
  • Member Activity 1 and Activity 2 - AHEAD Project.
  • Member – Registration and Programme Committee, Annual Research Symposium in Management- ARSYM 2018.
  • Member – Registration and Programme committee, Wayamba International Conference WinC 2018.
  • Secretary – 1st Annual Research Symposium in Management- ARSYM 2017.

Teaching Interests

  • Operations Management, Management, Business Mathematics, Information Technology, Advanced Statistical Applications

Research Interests

  • Operations Management, Management, Psychology /Organizational Behavior, Human resource management

Publications

International refereed journals & international conference proceedings

  • Dissanayake WDMBK & Kodagoda, DTD (2020), “Impact of need for Affiliation on the relationship between Emotional intelligence and integrating style of conflict resolution”, International Conference on Business Management & Economics – 17th ICBM on 11th December, 2020 via online platform.
  • Dissanayake W D M B K (2016), “Assessment of high sales staff turnover in insurance industry of Sri Lanka: an empirical study at an insurance company”, Wayamba International Conference, Sri Lanka.
  • Dissanayake W D M B K (2015), “ A Study on the Impact of Industrial Training on the Employability of the Management Graduates of State Universities in Sri Lanka”, International Conference on Business Management & Economics – ICBME 2015 on 17th & 18th of March, 2015 at Hotel Galadari, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Local refereed journals & Local conference proceedings

  • Viduranga G G U & Dissanayake W D M B K (2015), “ An Investigation to Identify the Critical soft Skills Required by Private Sector Organizations in Sri Lanka from a State University Graduate” Wayamba Journal of Management – 6(1&2), 30-41, ISBN 2012-6182
  • Dias, JBNH, Dissnayake, WDMBK 2017, ‘An investigation of the factors causing job stress of the non-managerial employees of apparel industry: with special reference to Kurunegala district’, June 16, 2017: proceedings of the first annual research symposium in management, pp. 97-101.
  • Fernando, WAIS, Dissnayake, WDMBK 2017, ‘Factors affecting on employee job satisfaction: with special reference to middle level graduate employees of Road Development Authority in Sri Lanka’, June 16, 2017: proceedings of the first annual research symposium in management, pp. 108-110.
  • Fernando, WPRC, Dissnayake, WDMBK 2017, ‘Factors influencing job satisfaction among employees in the apparel industry in Sri Lanka’, June 16, 2017: proceedings of the first annual research symposium in management, pp. 120-122.
  • Gamlath, NGRSK, Dissnayake, WDMBK 2017, ‘Impact of leadership style on employee turnover intension: with special reference to apparel industry in Colombo district’, June 16, 2017: proceedings of the first annual research symposium in management, pp. 145-147.
  • Dayarathna, KAIK, Dissnayake, WDMBK 2017, ‘Impact of job stress on employee job performance: with special reference to state bank in Kegalle district’, June 16, 2017: proceedings of the first annual research symposium in management, pp. 154-156.
  • De Silva, SBP, Dissnayake, WDMBK 2017, ‘Study on factors affecting employee job satisfaction in public sector commercial banks’, June 16, 2017: proceedings of the first annual research symposium in management, pp. 193-194.

Scholarships/ Awards/ Medals

  • Gold Medal for the Best Overall Performance of the Faculty of Business Studies & Finance
  • Gold Medal for the Best Performance in Business Management.
  • Merit award for the best presenter at Certificate Course in Academic Staff Development 9th Intake, Staff Development Center, Wayamba University of Sri Lanka 2017
  • The Best Research Paper Award “A Study on the Impact of Industrial Training on the Employability of the Management Graduates of State Universities in Sri Lanka” ICBME 2015
  • Awarded Sri Lanka Schools Sports Colors for Hockey in year 2007
  • Awarded as The Most Outstanding Student of the Year 2007 at the school