
Dr Chanaka Wijewardena
Lecturer in International Business
Adelaide Business School
Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics
I am a diligent and versatile university lecturer, co-ordinator and a researcher with 7+ years’ experience working at the University of Adelaide in Australia, Monash University Business School in Melbourne and University of Colombo in Sri Lanka.
In my current role with Adelaide Business School, I design, organize and deliver lectures as course coordinator for Internationalization of SMEs, International Business Operations and Managing Multinational Organizations. I enjoy providing academic support to students enrolled in these courses.
I research internationalization process of SMEs in developing countries with a special emphasis on the micro-foundation of internationalization decision. My PhD thesis looked into the factors that drive the export opportunity exploration behavior of domestic small- to medium-enterprise (SME) owner-managers in a small developing country, Sri Lanka. I'm also interested in pre-export behaviors in small family startups.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2022 - ongoing Lecturer in International Business University of Adelaide 2018 - 2021 Teaching Associate Monash University 2014 - 2020 Lecturer in International Business University of Colombo -
Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review Sinhala; Sinhalese Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2017 - 2021 Monash University Australia PhD in International Business 2014 - 2016 University of Colombo Sri Lanka MBA in International Business 2009 - 2013 University of Colombo Sri Lanka BBA in International Business -
Certifications
Date Title Institution name Country 2016 Certificate for Teaching in Higher Education Staff and Educational Development Association (SEDA) United Kingdom -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2019 Wijewardena, A. G. C., & Dharmadasa, P. (2019). IMPACT OF COUNTRY OF ORIGIN EFFECT (COE) ON CONSUMER PURCHASE INTENTIONS. International Journal of Business and Management, 7(1), 74-86.
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2021 Wijewardena, A. G. C., Samaratunge, R., & Prajogo, D. (2021). Export Opportunity Exploration of SME Owners in Sri Lanka: A Behavioral Approach. In Proceedings of the British Academy. On line: British Academy. -
Theses
Year Citation 2021 Wijewardena, A. G. C. (2021). Change is inevitable, growth is intentional: The behavioral roots of SMEs' export opportunity exploration in Sri Lanka. (PhD Thesis, Monash University).
Undergraduate:
INTBUS 3002 - Internationalization of SMEs
INTBUS 2001 - International Business Operations
Postgraduate:
INTBUS 7016 - Managing Multinational Corporations
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