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Prof. Saliya Arachchige
Professor
Faculty of Business | Business Management
Career Summary
1984-1990: KPMG (FormerFord Rhodes Thornton & Co.) -Audit Manager
1991-1992: Harischandra Mills - Chief Accountant
1993: Saudy Readymix - Internal Auditor
1994-2003: Seylan Bank - CFO and Head of Research and Corporate Planning
Executive Director - Ceylinco Savings Bank, Ceylinco Develoment Bank
Director - Seylan Assets Management (Primary Dealer), ESOP companies and Seylan Merchant Bank
2004-2010: Auckland University of Technilogy (New Zealand) - Lecturer
2011-2014: The University of the South Pacific (Fiji) Lecturer
2015-2018: Southern Institute of Technilogy (New Zealand) - Research Supervisor
2019-2021: Fiji National University - Assistant Professor in Banking and Finance
2022 - Todate - SLIIT
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
BCom (Special-Hons) - University of Colombo - 1992
MBA - PIM of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura - 1998
Diploma in Central Banking - CBSL - 1999
PhD - Auckland University of Technology (NZ) - 2009
TESOL - AIS (NZ) - 2011
HONOURS AND AWARDS
Gold medalist at Ceylinco best performers - 2000
Judge - Entreprenure of the year, National productivity awards. Exporter of the year, Annual report competition 2001-2003
Winner of Boston Consultancy Business Strategy competition NZ- Post Graduate category - 2005
Represented AUT for Boston Consultancy Strategy competition - international finals in Sydney - 2005
Human library - SLIIT library
Research Interests and Memberships
Research Interests
Inequility, diversity, inclusion and discrimination
Poverty, economic development and Marxism
Financial markets and behavioral finance
Climate change related financial risk
Bank supervision and regulatory issues
Philosophy of research and Research methods
Gender studies
Memberships
FCA - The Institute of Chatered Accountants of Sri Lanka - 1990
Professional Banker - The Association of Professional Bankers of SL - 1998
MICM - The Institute of Credit Management - UK - 1999
FCMA - The Certified Management Accountants of SL - 2000
CPA - The Certified Public Accountants - Australia - 2010
Ongoing Research
Gender inquality in corperate boards
Influencing factors of investment decisions
Poverty eradication
Micro finance as a trap
My Publications
Journal Publications
- Saliya, C. A " Performance Evaluation of Commercial Banks - Application of the Balanced Scorecard " The Professional Banker, vol.9, Issue 2, 1998, pp.21-33,
- Saliya, C. A " "The Oldest Profession" " Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, vol.26, Issue 6, 2012, pp.1072,
- Saliya, C. A and Jayasinghe, K. " "Cultural Politics of Bank Lending for Development Financing in Sri Lanka" " Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies, vol.6, Issue 4, 2016, pp.449-474, doi:10.1108/JAEE-10-2011-0040,
- Saliya, C. A and Jayasinghe, K. " "Creating and Reinforcing Discrimination: The Controversial Role of Accounting in Bank Lending" " Accounting Forum, vol.40, Issue 4, 2016, pp.235-250, http://repository.essex.ac.uk/18321/ ,
- Saliya, C. A. and Yahanpath, N. " "Petty-Bourgeois Nationalism – A case study" " Qualitative Research in Financial Markets, vol.8, Issue 4, 2016, pp.359-368,
- Saliya, C. A " "), Doing Qualitative Case Study Research in Business Management" " International Journal of Case studies, vol.6, Issue 12, 2017, pp.96-111,
- Saliya, C. A " "Credit capital, employment and poverty" " International Journal of Money, Banking and Finance, vol.8, Issue 1, 2019, pp.4-12,
- Saliya, C. A " "Dynamics of credit decision-making: a taxonomy and a typological matrix" " Review of Behavioral Finance, vol.12, Issue 4, 2019, pp.357-374,
- Saliya, C. A and Hooper, K " "The Role of Credit Weapon and Income/Wealth Inequality: A Sri Lankan Case Study" " Journal of Applied Economic Sciences,, vol.XV, Issue 2(68), 2020, pp.425-436,
- Saliya, C. A " "Stock Market Development and Nexus of Market Liquidity, International Journal of Finance and Economics" " International Journal of Finance and Economics, 2020,
- Saliya, C. A " "Conducting Case Study Research: A Concise Practical Guidance for Management Students" " . International Journal of KIU, vol.2, Issue 1, 2021, pp.1-13,
- Saliya, C. A. and Pandey, S. K. " "Financial battle against climate change – assessing effectiveness using a scorecard" " Qualitative Research in Financial Markets, 2021,
- Saliya, C. A. and KAS Wickrama " "Determinants of Financial-risk Preparedness for Climate Change" " Advances in Climate Change Research, 2021,
- Saliya, C. A " "Driving Forces of Individual Investors in Stock Market Participation, " " Review of Economics and Finance, vol.19, 2021, pp.73-79,
- Saliya, C. A " "Exploring gender inequality and sociocultural factors in Fiji: unveiling the “pink unicorns" " International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, vol.ahead-of-print, Issue ahead-of-print, 2024, pp.ahead-of-print, Emerald Insight, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-08-2023-0184,
- Saliya, C. A " "Impact of debt, reserves, and political stability on Sri Lanka’s financial crisis" " PLoS ONE, vol.18, Issue 11, 2023, pp.e0294455, Elsevier, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0294455,
- Saliya, C. A " Grounded Theory of Enterprising mother: Work-Life Balancing of Women in Fiji " The Qualitative Report, vol.28, Issue 6, 2023, pp.1610-1640, https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2023.5764,
- Thathsarani W.R.V.K, Piusha P.G.T, Peiris D.T.M, Perera P.L.S, Jayawardena, S., Saliya C. A " "AI Powered Financial Liquidity Management System for SME Apparel Businesses in Sri Lanka." " International Research Journal of Innovations in Engineering and Technology, vol.7, Issue 10, 2023, pp.559-565, https://doi.org/10.47001/IRJIET/2023.71007,
- Kalansuriya, N., De Silva, S., Perera, N., Jayathilaka, R. and Saliya, C. A. " Analysing the Influence of Logistics, Corruption, FDI and GDP on Global Competitiveness: a Cross-Sectional Study " Journal of Knowledge Economy , 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-023-01615-z,
- Saliya, C. A " "Impact of Enterprising Personality on Individual Stock Investors in Fiji" " Psikologika, vol.28, Issue 1, 2023, pp.147-166, DOI:10.20885/psikologika.vol28.iss1.art10.,
News Papers
- Saliya, C. A " Overvaluation of Rupee on Business Today pp. 33-38 Date. July, 1997
Book Chapters
- Saliya, C. A " Abuse of Responsibility " Association of Professional Bankers, Banking in Transition; Issues and Challenges, Ed. 14th Anniversary Publication, Colombo, 2001, APA, pp.108-121,
- Saliya, C. A " Branch Banking is still Valid " Association of Professional Bankers, Emerging Trends in the Financial Sector - Impact on the Banking Industry, Ed. 15th Anniversary Publication, Colombo, 2003, APA, pp.232-239,
- Saliya, C. A " Integrated-Flexible Research Methodology: An Alternative Approach " Candauda Arachchige Saliya, Social Research Methodology and Publishing Results: A Guide to Non-Native English Speakers., 2023, IGI Global,
- Saliya, C. A " Research philosophy " Candauda Arachchige Saliya, Social Research Methodology and Publishing Results: A Guide to Non-Native English Speakers., 2023, IGI Global,
World Wide Web
- Saliya, C. A " Bad Buddhists, Good Buddhists and True Buddhists "https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3193913." By: SSRN By: 2008
- Saliya, C. A " Longitudinal Study of Seylan Bank, Sri Lanka from 1996 to 2008 "https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3193922." By: SSRN By: 2009
Conference Presentations
- Saliya, C. A " Turnaround through collective planning & monitoring, reviewing & rewarding based on the Balanced Scorecard Presentation, at Productivity Conference, 23rd June 2002, BMICH, Colombo., 2002
- Saliya, C. A " Role of bank lending in sustaining wealth/income inequality Presentation, at Honolulu, Hawaii, 2006
- Saliya, C. A and Hooper, K " The Role of bank lending in sustaining income/wealth inequality in Sri Lanka. Presentation, at Auckland, New Zealand, 2007
- Saliya, C. A " Financial Crisis in Sri Lanka: Impact of Institutional Factors on External Debts. Presentation, at 35th Asian FA 2023 Annual Conference. 26-27 June 2023. University of Economics HCMC, Vietnam, 2023
- Saliya, C. A " Is Sri Lanka Bankrupt? Is There a Way Out? Presentation, at 4th International Research Symposium on Social Sciences and Humanities (IRSSSH) 2022 SRI LANKA IN CRISIS: SEARCH FOR A WAY OUT, 2022
Conference Proceedings
- Saliya, C. A Bank capitalism in Sri Lanka favours protectionism under façade of nationalism or patriotism, as a mean to protect the affluent class. in the 6th Hawaii International Conference on Business, year 2006, Hawaii, HICBUSINESS, 2006,
- Saliya, C. A A critical Analysis of Performance of the Fiji Development Bank in The Fiji Economy Update 2011, year 2011, Suva, Fiji, at the University of the South Pacific, 16th September 2011,
Books
- Saliya, C. A " The Role of bank lending in sustaining income/wealth inequality in Sri Lanka." Auckland, AUT, 2010,
- Saliya, C. A " Doing Research and Publishing." Singapore, Springer, 2022, Edition 1st , pp.430,
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- Saliya, C. A " Social Research Methodology and Publishing Results: A Guide to Non-Native English Speakers." IGI Global, 2024, pp.https://www.igi-global.com/book/social-research-methodology-publishing-results/304430 ,
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