http://repository.rjt.ac.lk/handle/123456789/1253 2026-04-12T00:53:12Z 2026-04-12T00:53:12Z Hettiarachchi, Buddhika Denipitiya, Kumudini http://repository.rjt.ac.lk/handle/123456789/6904 2025-10-10T04:45:39Z 2023-06-01T00:00:00Z

A Study on The Factors Influencing the Online Purchasing Intention of Customers with Special Reference to the North Western Province in Sri Lanka. Hettiarachchi, Buddhika; Denipitiya, Kumudini With increased internet use, online purchasing is experiencing a massive jump worldwide, thus receiving considerable attention from scholars and practitioners. This study tests the relationship between attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioral control to online purchasing intention. Hence, the study explores the factors influencing online purchasing with special reference to the North-Western providence in Sri Lanka. Consumers with experience purchasing products or services online and aged 21 years and above were selected as the study sample. The primary data was collected by a questionnaire in an internet-based Google form based on the conceptual framework developed based on the literature. The conceptual framework of the research is based on the theory of planned behavior. The model was statistically tested using factor analysis, including attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavior as independent variables, and purchase intention as a dependent variable. Multiple linear regression analysis examined the relationship between factors affecting online purchase intention demand. The results revealed that attitudinal factors and perceived behavioral control significantly impact online purchasing intention, while subjective norms have not influenced online purchasing intention. Moreover, demographic factors such as gender positively impact online purchase intention. Therefore, the service providers should pay more attention to perceived ease of use and usefulness for enhancing their profits

2023-06-01T00:00:00Z Wijesooriya, M.W.A.T.N. Agampodi, B.P. http://repository.rjt.ac.lk/handle/123456789/6805 2025-10-10T04:05:55Z 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z

Agro and Community-Based Tourism for Destination Development: A Study based on Heeloya Tourism Village, Sri Lanka. Wijesooriya, M.W.A.T.N.; Agampodi, B.P. Agro Tourism and community-based Tourism (CBT) significantly enhance sustainable development in most international and local tourism destinations. As an Asian country, Sri Lanka consists of diversified traditional customs, festivals, and rituals in the agricultural industry. Nevertheless, it generates a niche market for agro-tourism and CBT. Heeloya tourism village, situated in the central province of Sri Lanka contains unique natural and cultural products. The remarkable traditional village culture and the rural agricultural environment generate an impressive experience for the tourists who arrive at Heeloya tourism village. The present study aims to identify the possibilities for developing agro-tourism and CBT in Heeloya tourism village and to recognize the challenges that negatively influence in development of agro- tourism and CBT in the destination. The research is conducted using the qualitative method, and the data is collected through interviews and observations. Content analysis was used for the study to analyze the data. The results of the study revealed that it has the tremendous potential to develop the destination through agro and CBT in Heeloya, and the farm base activities, cuisine, accommodation, entertainment, educational activities, and natural and cultural environment are the major drivers that enrich the agro-tourism and CBT in Heeloya. Also, it was recognized that minimal awareness of the positive impacts of agro-tourism and CBT by the host community, less knowledge about the techniques in agro-tourism, less knowledge in foreign languages, infirm leadership, lack of financial support and less motivation of the host community are the major challenges in developing agro-tourism and CBT in Heeloya. The practical implication of the study is to achieve destination development through enhancing agro-tourism and CBT in Heeloya.

2022-12-01T00:00:00Z Gunarathna, Ishari. http://repository.rjt.ac.lk/handle/123456789/6804 2025-10-10T03:51:01Z 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z

Covid 19 Pandemic and Holistic Care Provision in Sri Lanka - Recognition of Social Work Intervention. Gunarathna, Ishari. Holistic care is recognized as an enduring practice among patients. During the COVID-19 pandemic, this practice method has been used extensively to improve the well-being of patients and their families. Holistic care management is essentially a combination of different disciplinary approaches for total patient care. In Sri Lanka, frontline health professionals and military personnel have led much of the pandemic response. The satisfactory pandemic control status is thus focused on both sectors in Sri Lanka. However, individual concern and holistic care for people infected with COVID-19 and their families were not pursued due to the country's lack of human and other resources. Consequently, infected individuals and families have access to health care and do not meet the other social, psychological, and physical needs associated with the disease. As a result, the burden of the disease has grown and multiplied by other factors, making infected individuals and their members more vulnerable to the pandemic. The need for comprehensive care for those infected with COVID-19 has been neglected and pushed to manage the consequences individually. However, the cases of many countries that face the same challenge but with different magnitudes were different, especially the Indian approach to Covid 19 involved holistic care management allowing social work practitioners. This study, therefore, focused on the holistic approach to care during the pandemic and its aftermath. In addition, this study explored the possibilities for social workers in healthcare facilities. The study's methodology used primary and secondary data, and the international literature on medical social work and health care during the pandemic was employed extensively in this study. Additionally, two social work instructors employed in the General Hospital Colombo and five consultant doctors in the Emergency and Medical care unit of the Kandy General Hospital and Colombo General Hospital were interviewed. The thematic analysis was used to analyze the primary data. According to the study's findings, the holistic care approach with Covid 19 infected persons was minimally applied, and social workers were not involved in the holistic care except for a few psychiatric social workers. The practice of online medical social work, the collaborative approach, and the multidisciplinary aspect of healthcare were not identified and prioritized during the pandemic.

2022-06-01T00:00:00Z Dhanapala, R.M. http://repository.rjt.ac.lk/handle/123456789/6747 2025-10-10T03:14:56Z 2023-06-23T00:00:00Z

Application of ICT in the ESL Teaching of the Higher Education Sector: A Systematic Literature Review Dhanapala, R.M.

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