Ms. WDNSM Tennakoon

tennakoon@wyb.ac.lk
0716843285
Department of Business Management , Faculty of Business Studies and Finance Wayamba University of Sri Lanka Kuliyapitiya. 60200

Ms. WDNSM Tennakoon

Senior Lecturer (On Study Leave)

Academic Qualifications

  • Reading for PhD (KLN)
  • MBA (UoP)
  • B.Sc. Business Administration (USJP)

Professional Qualifications

  • CCHRM
  • CA

Teaching Interests

  • E-Business, MIS, HRM, ICT, Business Statistics

Research Interests

  • Psychological Capital, Career Management, Entrepreneurship, ICT for Business

Publications

Books and Book chapters

  • Boosting Self-Efficacy: The Art of Training, WDNSM Tennakoon (2019), LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN10: 6200216479, ISBN13: 9786200216472.

International refereed journals & international conference proceedings

  • Tennakoon, WDNSM, 2020, E-governance way forward: challenges and opportunities for developing countries. Evidences from Sri Lanka, June 21, 2020, 21st Kuala Lumpur International Business, Economics and Law Conference, pp.81.
  • Senaratne, RBCP, Tennakoon WDNSM. 2019. Determinants of Work-Life Balance (WLB): Evidence from Generation Y Employees in Sri Lanka, October 17, 2019: Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Business and Information, pp.19.
  • Lasanthika, WJAJM, Tennakoon, WDNSM. 2019. Comparative study on LMS adoption: Teachers and students, July 19-20, 2019: Proceedings of Ninth Global Conference on Business and Social Sciences, pp. 11.
  • Tennakoon, WDNSM, Lasanthika, WJAJM. 2019. A study on big data awareness among management undergraduates in Sri Lanka, December 20, 2019, 8th International Conference of Sri Lanka Forum of University Economists, pp. 295-300.
  • Siriwardhana, SAMTP, Tennakoon, WDNSM. 2019. Starting with easy money? Relationship between awareness of crowd funding opportunities and start-up intention, December 20, 2019, 8th International Conference of Sri Lanka Forum of University Economists, pp. 194-199.
  • Senaratne, RBCP, Tennakoon WDNSM. 2019. Determinants of Work-Life Balance (WLB): Evidence from Generation Y Employees in Sri Lanka, October 17, 2019: Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Business and Information, pp.19.
  • Lasanthika, WJAJM, Tennakoon, WDNSM. 2019. Comparative study on LMS adoption: Teachers and students, July 19-20, 2019: Proceedings of Ninth Global Conference on Business and Social Sciences, pp. 11.
  • Tennakoon, WDNSM, Lasanthika, WJAJM. 2019. Big Data for law enforcement: An exploratory study, July 19-20, 2019: Proceedings of Ninth Global Conference on Business and Social Sciences, pp.04.
  • Tennakoon, WDNSM, Lasanthika, WJAJM. 2019. Career decision making difficulties and career decision making self-efficacy: understanding the moderating effect of personality, December 17-18, 2019, GARI Winter Multidisciplinary Research Symposium, pp.44.
  • Lasanthika, WJAJM, Tennakoon, WDNSM 2019, Assessing the Adoption of Learning Management Systems in Higher Education, GATR Global Journal of Business and Social Science Review, vol. 7, no.03, pp.204-209.

Local refereed journals & Local conference proceedings

  • Maduwanthi, TAS, Tennakoon, WDNSM. 2018. Determinants of Internet banking usage: Based on a leading state commercial bank in Sri Lanka, June 22, 2018: Proceedings of the Second Annual Research Symposium in Management, pp. 66-68.
  • Alwis, KGKN, Tennakoon, WDNSM. 2018. The impact of E-banking on employees’ job security: evidence based on a leading commercial bank in Sri Lanka, June 22, 2018: Proceedings of the Second Annual Research Symposium in Management, pp. 69-72.
  • Wimalaweera, LN, Tennakoon, WDSNM. 2018. An assessment of the effectiveness of Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS): A study based on a leading commercial bank in Sri Lanka, June 22, 2018: Proceedings of the Second Annual Research Symposium in Management, pp.196-198.
  • Welgama, SD, Tennakoon, WDNSM. 2018. The impact of learning and development initiatives on the performance of staff level employees of apparel industry in Sri Lanka, June 22, 2018: Proceedings of the Second Annual Research Symposium in Management, pp. 266-269.
  • Senanayake, TADC, Tennakoon, WDNSM. 2018. Factors affecting to presenteeism at workplace: Evidences based on a trading institution in Sri Lanka, June 22, 2018: Proceedings of the Second Annual Research Symposium in Management, pp. 290-293
  • Sandamali, WDN, Tennakoon, WDNSM. 2018. Time management and academic performance: A correlation study based on the undergraduates of a state university in Sri Lanka, June 22, 2018: Proceedings of the Second Annual Research Symposium in Management, pp. -302-305.
  • Kumari, CMSR, Tennakoon, WDNSM. 2017. The impact of procurement management practices on functional efficiency of manufacturing organizations: A case study based on leading cement manufacturing organization in Sri Lanka, June 16, 2017: Proceedings of the First Annual Research Symposium in Management, pp. 257-260.
  • Aluthge, DN, Tennakoon, WDNSM. 2017. Determinants of mobile banking adoption in Sri Lanka: Evidences from undergraduates of Sri Lankan local universities, June 16, 2017: Proceedings of the First Annual Research Symposium in Management, pp. 217-219.
  • Waragoda, WKUC, Tennakoon, WDNSM. 2017. The relationship between personality and job performance of middle managerial level employees in public commercial banks in Sri Lanka, June 16, 2017: Proceedings of the First Annual Research Symposium in Management, pp. 181-184.
  • Hewaliyanage, HLNAU, Tennakoon, WDNSM. 2017. The impact of psychological contract on the job behavior: A study of the employees in selected government sector organizations in Sri Lanka, June 16, 2017: Proceedings of the First Annual Research Symposium in Management, pp. 177-180.

Scholarships/ Awards/ Medals

  • Award for the session’s best presentation in the session of Supply Chain, General Management & Entrepreneurship at the International Conference on Advanced Marketing, January 26th -27, 2017.
  • Award for the best overall presentation of the conference at the International Conference on Advanced Marketing, January 26th -27, 2017.
  • Gold Medal for the best Presentation in Human Resource Management at the 10th Anniversary International Symposium of Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka, July 8, 2006.