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(Thesis, Master of Business, 2013)Ever since laws were formed to protect intellectual property, disputes have raged over their impact. The rapid onslaught of “patent wars”, where companies turn to intellectual property litigation as a means to attack rivals, ...
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(Thesis, Master of Business, 2013)This paper examines the ‘outcomes’ of employing internal cleaning employees versus contract cleaning employees, employed in similar roles, in parallel organisations. In particular the focus of this research is in the areas ... -
(Thesis, Master of Commerce, 2012)Because of the prevalence of workplace stress in present organisations (Kalia, 2002), and because of the costs it incurs for individuals, organisations and society at large, workplace stress has been studied extensively ... -
(Thesis, Master of Business, 2012)The present study examined the use of Social Networking Sites (SNSs) in selection procedures. Using qualitative research methods, 15 participants with involvement in selection were interviewed. These were aimed at ... -
(Thesis, Master of Business, 2012)The purpose of this study was to investigate the increasing importance of person-organisation fit in organisations and how this might be attained during the recruitment and selection process. It achieved this aim by examining ...
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(Thesis, Master of Commerce, 2012)How can New Zealand businesses best manage collaborative relationships with Chinese partners so as to contribute to competitive advantage? Business interaction between New Zealand and China has become a focus for the New ... -
(Thesis, Master of Business, 2012)NZ rugby has been confronted with the unenviable situation where competitions have become too predictable, making it increasingly hard to maintain fan support and to attract new fans. This is further complicated by many ... -
(Thesis, Master of Business, 2012)With growing international business opportunities the practice of employing expatriates is becoming widespread among New Zealand companies. New Zealanders are commonly selected or seek out expatriate assignments with ... -
(Thesis, Master of Commerce, 2012)This research examines the relationship that is known to exist between leadership and culture. In an increasingly seamless world where boundaries are constantly being renegotiated on a number of levels, such an investigation ... -
(Thesis, Master of Business, 2012)Work-life balance is an important topic that is worthy of study and is becoming increasingly popular among researchers. There is a lack of knowledge contributing to the work-life balance issues for new graduates. This study ... -
(Thesis, Master of Commerce, 2012)This research, first explores what is retirement and what will it mean in 2025? Researchers have put forward many definitions of retirement, but there is no agreed definition. The lack of a definition is itself a barrier ... -
(Thesis, Master of Business, 2011)The impact of international trade fairs on the internationalisation process of small businesses participating in global value chains remains quite an unstudied field, so are trade fairs’ network-building properties. To ... -
(Thesis, Master of Commerce, 2011)“Grounded in Heritage” is a Master’s project derived from part of the researcher’s Post-Graduate Diploma research based on the Jingdezhen porcelain cluster, which challenges Michael Porter’s “Competitive Advantage of ... -
Contemporary Leadership Approaches in Chinese Business: A Philosophical and Sociological Perspective (Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2011)China’s remarkable growth is seen as an economic phenomenon with impacts on the whole world. The distinctive Chinese context warrants focused research on leadership, in order to understand the uniqueness of Chinese leadership. ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2011)Career advice, guidance and counselling practitioners focus their gaze outward to their clients, helping them with their career development. Little research exists on how they construct their own occupational identity. In ...
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(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2011)This thesis uses the New Zealand Police as a case study to answer the question “how can a cognitive-relational theoretical perspective provide a middle ground between the conventional Objectivist and Subjectivist polarities ...
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(Thesis, Master of Commerce, 2011)Quality and costs of healthcare have become a focus for the public and governments alike. Not only are the public rightly concerned with the relative risk to them of both of these issues; governments and insurers are ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2011)This thesis holds in tension two perspectives on the conceptual framing of supply chain management (SCM): one as a discipline, the other as a domain of practice. It provides a unique appraisal into the conflict existing ... -
(Thesis, Doctor of Philosophy, 2010)The field of knowledge management struggles among apparent paradoxical standpoints. Beyond the facts that knowledge remains poorly defined, and is also not easily ‘managed’, theories of knowledge management propose opposing ... -
(Thesis, Master of Commerce, 2010)Employment adjudicators are charged with the task of determining personal grievance cases on the merits of each case and with regard to both statute and common law. Scholarly interest in their decision making is widespread ...
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