Mrs.

W. B. M. P. N. Weerasekara

Department of Business Administration

nikeshalawe@sjp.ac.lk

BIO

Nikeshala Weerasekara is a lecturer attached to the department of Business Administration, for more than a decade. She has been lecturing in the fields of Principles of Management, Organizational Behaviour, Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics. Nikeshala holds membership of both the Charted Institute of Management Accountancy (UK) and Charted Global Management Accountancy (UK). Also, she holds membership of Institute of Bankers of Sri Lanka (IBSL).

TEACHING INTERESTS

  • Corporate Social Responsibility and Governance
  • Organisational Behaviour
  • Business Management
  • Business Psychology
  • Business Ethics

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Corporate Governance
  • Business Ethics
  • Organisational Behaviour
  • Business Management
  • Business Psychology

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

  • MPhil in Management and Business Studies, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (2018)
  • Master of Financial Economics, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (2014)
  • Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (special), University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka (2011)

PUBLICATIONS

Conference Paper

"Back office Taylorism-The Autonomy-Universalization Paradox in Sri Lankan Accountancy"

2021 10th International Conference on Management & Economics- University of Ruhuna

R. Keerthirathna, N. Weerasekara

Journal Article

The impact of CSR on employee commitment: Mediating role of meaningful work and positive affect

2020 Kelaniya Journal of Management

N. Weerasekara, R. Ajward

Conference Paper

The impact of CSR on compassion at work with the moderating role of religiosity: Evidence from licensed commercial banking sector of Sri Lanka

2020 15th International Research Conference on Management & Finance- University of Colombo

N. Weerasekara, R. Ajward

Conference Paper

Role of meaningful work and positive affect in linking CSR, employee commitment and compassion at work

2019 2nd International Symposium on Social Sciences and Humanities

N. Weerasekara, R. Ajward

Conference Paper

The impact of CSR on employee commitment and compassion at work: The mediating effect of meaningful work and positive affect

2019 10th International Conference on Business and Information

N. Weerasekara, R. Ajward

MEDIA APPEARANCES