Browsing Doctoral Theses by Thesis Supervisor "Harris, Candice"
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Career as meaning making: a hermeneutic phenomenological study of women's lived experience
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)The multifaceted nature of women’s careers has received growing interest in the career management literature. This research utilises hermeneutic phenomenology (Heidegger, 1927/2008) a methodology previously little used in ... -
Exploring Employee Creativity Behaviours at Work: The Impact of Psychological, Organisational and Work Factors
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Creativity is the crucial element for organisations to grow, survive and compete. Throughout decades, extensive research has disclosed many favourable and unfavourable predictors of creativity that can help managers and ... -
Gendered embodiment and critical tourism - exploring Italian women's sensuality
(Auckland University of Technology, 2007)This thesis is a study of Italian women’s sensual embodiment in leisure and tourism experiences (involving beautifying in the city and tanning at the beach) in, and around, the city of Rome. The central link in this thesis ... -
How the intersections of age, gender, ethnicity and class influence the longevity of a hospitality career in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)Literature on the hospitality career often portrays hospitality work as physically hard, dirty, stressful and badly paid. Much hospitality research is descriptive in nature and neglects aspects such as power relations and ... -
In Search of Consensus: A History of Employment Relations in the New Zealand Hotel Sector – 1955 to 2000
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)This thesis examines the history of employment relations in the New Zealand hotel sector from 1955 to 2000. The hotel industry is a core part of the New Zealand tourism sector, which is the largest earner of export revenue ... -
Productivity, participation and employee wellbeing in the Residential Aged Care Sector
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)The way in which employee participation, productivity and employee wellbeing interact is shaped by power relationships in the workplace and its broader political and economic environment. This thesis investigates the ... -
Whakawātea Te Huarahi Whāia Te Mātauranga: Legitimising Space for Meaningful Academic Careers for Māori in Business Schools
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Māori are currently underrepresented as academic staff in universities, but consistently defined as a national strategic priority for academic staff recruitment in New Zealand tertiary education strategy (Hall, 2014; Kidman, ...