声明
摘要
ABSTRACT
CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE-INTRODUCTION
1．1 Conceptual Background of Humanitarian Logistics
1．2 Development of Humanitarian Logistics
1．3 Disaster Management in Sri Lankan Context
1．4 Literature Reviews in Humanitarian Logistics
1．5 Skills for Humanitarian Logisticians
1．6 Measuring Individuals Performances of Humanitarian Logisticians
1．7 Humanitarian Organisational Performance
1．8 Contributions of the Research
1．9 Definition of Key Concepts
1．9 Summary
CHAPTER TWO-RESEARCH PARADIGM，DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY
2．1 Introduction
2．2 Research Paradigm and the Theoretical Underpinning
2．3 Theoretical Implications towards Development of the Research
2．3．2 Measuring Individual Performances of Humanitarian Logisticians
2．3．3 Humanitarian Logistics Performance Measure
2．4 Problem Statement
2．5 Overall Research Design
2．5．1 Exploratory Study
2．5．2 Descriptive Study
2．5．3 Methodological Choice
2．5．4 Qualitative and Quantitative Applications of the Research
2．5．6 Unit of Analysis
2．5．7 Collection of Secondary Data
2．5．8 Collection of Primary Data
2．5．9 Measurement Indicators
2．5．10 Questionnaire Development
2．5．11 Reliability and Validity of Questionnaire
2．5．12 Translation Methodology of Questionnaire
2．5．13 Sample Size Calculation
2．5．14 Sampling Procedure and Questionnaire Distribution
2．6 Summary
CHAPTER THREE-REPRESENTATION OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA
3．1 Introduction
3．2 Gender Composition
3．3 Age Categories
3．4 Education
3．5 Present Organisation
3．6 Level of Representation
3．7 Years Severed in humanitarian organisations
3．8 Deployed Province
3．9 Summary
CHAPTER FOUR-CONCEPTUALIZATION AND METHODS
4．1 Introduction
4．2 Research Model
4．3 Data Analysis Techniques
4．3．1 Step one：Identifying Key Skill Sets in Humanitarian Logistics
4．3．2 Step Two： Effectiveness of Logistic Skills to Individual Performance
4．3．3 Step Three：A Structural Equation Analysis (SEM) of Individual Skills to Organisational Performance
4．4 Summary
CHAPTER FIVE-DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS OF STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
5．1 Introduction
5．2 Step One Findings：Identifying Key Skill Sets in Humanitarian Logistics
5．2．1 Scree Plot Reduction
5．2．2 Parallel Analysis
5．2．3 New Factor Analysis Data Tests
5．2．4 Components and Variables
5．3 Step Two Findings：Effectiveness of Logistic Skills to Individual Performance
5．3．1 Multiple Regression Analysis(Relationship between Skills and Performance of Humanitarian Logisticians)
5．3．2 Precision in the Multiple Regression analysis
5．3．3 Discussion of the Findings
5．4 Step Three Findings：A Structural Equation Analysis of Individual Skills to Organisational Performance
5．4．1 Multivariate Normality
5．4．2 Multicollinearity
5．4．3 Linearity
5．4．4 Homoscedasticity
5．4．5 Variance Values
5．4．6 Sample Size Adequacy
5．4．9 Cronbach’s Alpha Reliability
5．4．10 Validity
5．4．11 Goodness of Fit(GOF)and Other Indices for Measurement Models
5．4．12 Measurement Model
5．4．13 GoF Measures for the Measurement Model
5．4．14 Structural Model and Hypothesis Testing
5．4．15 Parameter Fit of the Structural Model
5．4．16 GoF of the Structural Model
5．4．17 Power Analysis
5．4．18 Results and Discussion
5．5 Summary
CHAPTER SIX-CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS
6．1 Summary and Conclusion
6．2 Limitation and future Research
References
APPENDIX
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
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