Thilakshi Kodagoda
Biographic Data
| ID | 4148210 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thilakshi Kodagoda |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thilakshi |
| FAMILY NAME | Kodagoda |
| SIGNATURE | KODAGODA T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Colombo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3252-2247 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Reaching Inner Motives
Forced or voluntary reluctance or voluntary preference to work? Women in hotel industry
Purpose This paper aims to understand why women in Sri Lanka are reluctant to work in the hotel industry. Design/methodology/approach This study used a qualitative approach to gather in-depth information from existing women employees and prospective women employees and thematic analysis used as an analytical strategy. Findings This research identified a particular woman's career choice in the hotel industry is the outcome of a series of complex c…
War for Talent
The purpose of this research is to examine millennials’ work aspirations and how different factors affect their career expectations in Sri Lanka. This study used mixed method. Ten respondents were selected using purposive sampling for the qualitative study, and another fifty respondents were selected for the quantitative phase. Total sample size was 60. Data collected was from a sample of males and females born between 1982 and 2000. This study f…
Talent Development of Generation Y
This study aims to understand the nature of Generation Y (Gen Y) and identify their understandings of talent development practices at the workplace. This research used open-ended interviews directed to 15 participants belonging to Gen Y in an automobile company in Sri Lanka. Job-hopping is an identifiable factor among the generation, as they continuously look for a change in their work and personal routines. The ‘Talk and chalk’ model is getting …
Gendered Norms and HRM Practices at Workplace
This article seeks to understand under-representation of women in the top managerial positions in Sri Lanka’s public banking sector and how HRM practices at the workplace impact their careers. The narratives of women bank managers show that they possess skills, confidence and a desire to climb up the career ladder. However, women’s ambitions for managerial positions and promotion to decision-making levels are implicitly limited by the state burea…
Working Long Hours and Its Impact on Family Life
Worldwide studies of professional and managerial dual-earner couples in specific professions have indicated that with the double burdens of work and family, working long hours limit women’s career aspirations. Based on in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 40 respondents, this article examines how long working hours in the banking and health sectors impact professional and managerial mothers’ family life and health, and how the latter perceiv…
Working mothers’ gender ideologies on childcare and perception on existing childcare centres
Purpose – This purpose of this paper is to examine how working mothers understand childcare practices and perception on existing childcare centres in a different social context like Sri Lanka. Design/methodology/approach – A thematic analysis approach is used to analyse mothers’ narratives, drawn from in-depth qualitative interviews, along with data from some representative secondary sources. Findings – The paper considers women professional and …
Working mothers’ gender ideologies on childcare and perception on existing childcare centres
Purpose – This purpose of this paper is to examine how working mothers understand childcare practices and perception on existing childcare centres in a different social context like Sri Lanka. Design/methodology/approach – A thematic analysis approach is used to analyse mothers’ narratives, drawn from in-depth qualitative interviews, along with data from some representative secondary sources. Findings – The paper considers women professional and …
Forced or voluntary reluctance or voluntary preference to work? Women in hotel industry
Purpose This paper aims to understand why women in Sri Lanka are reluctant to work in the hotel industry. Design/methodology/approach This study used a qualitative approach to gather in-depth information from existing women employees and prospective women employees and thematic analysis used as an analytical strategy. Findings This research identified a particular woman's career choice in the hotel industry is the outcome of a series of complex c…
Working Long Hours and Its Impact on Family Life
Worldwide studies of professional and managerial dual-earner couples in specific professions have indicated that with the double burdens of work and family, working long hours limit women’s career aspirations. Based on in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 40 respondents, this article examines how long working hours in the banking and health sectors impact professional and managerial mothers’ family life and health, and how the latter perceiv…
Working mothers’ gender ideologies on childcare and perception on existing childcare centres
Purpose – This purpose of this paper is to examine how working mothers understand childcare practices and perception on existing childcare centres in a different social context like Sri Lanka. Design/methodology/approach – A thematic analysis approach is used to analyse mothers’ narratives, drawn from in-depth qualitative interviews, along with data from some representative secondary sources. Findings – The paper considers women professional and …
Working Long Hours and Its Impact on Family Life
Worldwide studies of professional and managerial dual-earner couples in specific professions have indicated that with the double burdens of work and family, working long hours limit women’s career aspirations. Based on in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 40 respondents, this article examines how long working hours in the banking and health sectors impact professional and managerial mothers’ family life and health, and how the latter perceiv…
Gendered Norms and HRM Practices at Workplace
This article seeks to understand under-representation of women in the top managerial positions in Sri Lanka’s public banking sector and how HRM practices at the workplace impact their careers. The narratives of women bank managers show that they possess skills, confidence and a desire to climb up the career ladder. However, women’s ambitions for managerial positions and promotion to decision-making levels are implicitly limited by the state burea…
War for Talent
The purpose of this research is to examine millennials’ work aspirations and how different factors affect their career expectations in Sri Lanka. This study used mixed method. Ten respondents were selected using purposive sampling for the qualitative study, and another fifty respondents were selected for the quantitative phase. Total sample size was 60. Data collected was from a sample of males and females born between 1982 and 2000. This study f…
Talent Development of Generation Y
This study aims to understand the nature of Generation Y (Gen Y) and identify their understandings of talent development practices at the workplace. This research used open-ended interviews directed to 15 participants belonging to Gen Y in an automobile company in Sri Lanka. Job-hopping is an identifiable factor among the generation, as they continuously look for a change in their work and personal routines. The ‘Talk and chalk’ model is getting …
Forced or voluntary reluctance or voluntary preference to work? Women in hotel industry
Purpose This paper aims to understand why women in Sri Lanka are reluctant to work in the hotel industry. Design/methodology/approach This study used a qualitative approach to gather in-depth information from existing women employees and prospective women employees and thematic analysis used as an analytical strategy. Findings This research identified a particular woman's career choice in the hotel industry is the outcome of a series of complex c…
Reaching Inner Motives
Sociology (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Sri lanka (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Work (physics (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Management (4 works)