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Impact of Conversational Agents on Customer Service Employees
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Many organisations are implementing conversational agents (CAs) such as chatbots and virtual assistants to perform customer service functions due to the technology’s cost-effectiveness and ease of use for customers. The ... -
Does Research Help Inform a Healthcare Organisation’s Purpose? A Perspective of One New Zealand District Health Board
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Background: The body of work set out to answer the question “does research overall help to inform a healthcare organisation’s purpose?” To align health care research activity to a District Health Board (DHB) organisational ... -
Ensemble Classifier Modelling for Dealing with Missing Values
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)An ensemble classifier method for life critical data classification is considered one of the most capable classifiers where data suffers from missing values. The execution of a decision tree classifier can be expanded by ... -
Upholding the Dangal (Dignity) of Biracial (Haphap) Children in Angeles City, Philippines
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)There is some literature on the situation of Filipino children relative to the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) in the Philippines. However, there is a scarcity of research ... -
Authenticity of Yum Cha in Auckland, New Zealand, As Compared With Guangzhou, China, the Country of Origin
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Food authenticity has become an important topic in recent years. Especially when a food is found far from the place of origin, its authenticity is doubted and argued over. Yum cha is the art of drinking Chinese tea and ... -
Lost in Wonderland: Policy, Education and Māori Realities
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)The history of Māori society and education shows how Māori identity and culture have not remained static, but have been subject to ongoing processes of change. Despite many decades of policy initiatives, Māori underachievement ... -
A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Tū Tahanga, a Kaupapa Māori Adapted Violence Prevention Programme, in a Forensic Mental Health Inpatient Unit
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Introduction: Forensic mental health services are tasked with rehabilitating service users with mental illness and offending behaviour. Service users are provided with a range of interventions that target mental illness ... -
Becoming Known As Whole Persons in Clinical Encounter
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)This study sought to shed light on the unique essence of the clinical encounter in a biomedical context when whaiora (those seeking wellness) and healthcare students are invited to a whole person mindbody encounter (wpmbe). ... -
Women's Identity in Management: A Qualitative Study on Non-academic Women in New Zealand Universities
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Neoliberal reforms in the 1990s have changed the way universities are managed. A more corporatised structure has impacted on the professional identity of both academic and non-academic staff. Boundaries between administration ... -
Pacific Women, Beauty and Race: The Communication of Beauty Ideals and the Experiences of Pacific Women in Contemporary Society
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Contemporary notions of beauty embedded in social ideals and values, can have a significant influence on the lived experiences of women. From social class to skin colour and ethnicity, women’s bodies have been largely ... -
The Perceived Impact on Wellbeing After Health and Wellness Coaching - a Qualitative Evaluation
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Health and wellness coaching (HWC) is an evidence-based intervention to help individuals gain the knowledge and skills to undertake health-related behaviour change in their lives. The Primary Prevention of Stroke in the ... -
Interpreting and Animating the Tāwhaki Myth Cycle in a Video Game
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This exegesis explores the ways in which the Tāwhaki myths may be interpreted in a video game. The Tāwhaki myths were chosen because of their relative obscurity in the modern era (Mead, 1996). I examine three possible ways ... -
Enhancing Readiness: an Exploration of the New Zealand Qualified Firefighter Programme
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Volunteers significantly contribute towards the operational capability of many organisations, including New Zealand's national fire service: Fire and Emergency New Zealand. Ensuring that volunteers are trained to attend ... -
Values, Employee Perceptions and Organisational Change: A Case Analysis
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The concept of values is multifaceted and one that is closely related to organisational culture constructs. Values have been conceptualised at multiple levels - individual, leader, social group, institution, inter-organisation ... -
How Then to Act? A Performance As Research Investigation Into the Potentials of Expanding an Actor's Agency
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This thesis investigates how to act in a type of theatre that honours the traditions of psychological realism and heightened Shakespearian acting and also accommodates the incorporation of a multiplicity of mediatised ... -
Wearable Resistance Technology to Enhance Swimming Performance
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Resistance training that replicates specific sport actions may optimise the transference of muscular adaptations to performance. In swimming, there are many different in-water training aids that are used by swimmers with ... -
Romanticising Market Exchange: Unpacking Cultural Meanings of Value in Home-sharing Markets
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The so-called sharing economy has disrupted the way people exchange, create, produce or transfer value. Digitally-enabled, this economy makes it easier for consumers to rent, share, barter and lend private resources to ... -
The Ecological Self — A Lens-based Inquiry
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This lens-based research project explores a deep personal connection with a familiar coastal site. I am interested in exploring the ways in which different lens-based media can facilitate a reciprocal exchange between the ... -
Technical and Economic Analysis of Solar Energy Application for a Hospital Building in Dammam, Saudi Arabia
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)An increase in energy demand is a consequence of the world’s population growth. Hence, more energy supply is needed to meet the demand. Fossil based energy can run out as well as cause air pollution. Consequently, this ... -
Painting: Adventures in a Marginal Aesthetic
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This project explores how a relationship between consonance and dissonance can operate as a dynamic interplay that is constantly at work during the process of painting. It also explores how this interaction operates as a ...