KUMUDINEI DISSANAYAKE, PhD, is currently a Professor in the Department of Management and Organization Studies, Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. She has extensively engaged in teaching, evaluation and research supervision at Bachelors, Masters, Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy degree programs.
She has made around 70 publications in scholarly journals, conference proceedings, technical papers, book chapters and authored 03 books on organization theory. She has presented papers in 20 academic research sessions, and chaired sessions in National and International conferences. She has served as the Editor-in-chief, Editor, Managing Editor and Editorial Advisory Board member of international journals.
Official Affiliation:
Department of Management & Organization Studies
Faculty of Management & Finance
University of Colombo
Colombo 03
Sri Lanka
Qualification
2005 – Doctor of Business Administration, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan
2002 Master of Business Administration, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan
1997 Master of Business Administration, University of Colombo, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka
1991 Bachelor of Commerce (Special) Honors (2nd Class Upper Division)
University of Colombo, Colombo 03, Sri Lanka
She has made around 70 publications in scholarly journals, conference proceedings, technical papers, book chapters and authored 03 books on organization theory. She has presented papers in 20 academic research sessions, and chaired sessions in National and International conferences. She has served as the Editor-in-chief, Editor, Managing Editor and Editorial Advisory Board member of international journals.
She has presented her research in international conferences held in Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, India and the United Kingdom. She has received fellowships and scholarships from the Japan Foundation (2012 & 2017), Japan Institute for Labor Policy and Training (2014), Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia and Monash University (2014), and Ministry of Culture and Education of Japan (1999). She has received Best Paper Award in International Research Conferences (2009 & 2018), Most Outstanding Student Award in Japan (2005), and Most Outstanding Student Award for Counseling (2010) and Asian Education Leadership Award for Best Professor in Management and Organization Studies (2019).
