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Evolving function and competencies: assessing the changes in the literature on human resource (HR) competencies for the HR function across two decades (1990-2012)
(Global Science & Technology Forum, 2013)The purpose of this research was to examine the espoused competencies of the human resource (HR) function in the literature and to highlight the changing nature of the HR function. This empirical study examined 51 articles ... -
Examining Reflexive Institutional Work in Charity Outcome Measurement Practices
(New Zealand Management Accounting (NZMA), 2016)The purpose of this study is to examine the reflexive instituional work of charity actors in two New Zealand case study charities’ outcome measurement (OM) practices. The paper employs recent developments in neo-institutional ... -
Excellence in teaching and learning - philosophies and practices of the best lecturers in tertiary education
(The International Association of Technology, Education and Development (IATED), 2011)No abstract. -
Expanding sales and operations planning using sentiment analysis: demand and sales clarity from social media
(Australia New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM), 2013)We outline the use of sentiment analysis as a tool for demand planning in sales and operations planning (S&OP). First, we explain how S&OP functions and the reliance on cooperation or collaboration with other firms to gain ... -
Explaining actual online shopping behavior: evidences from two distinct national cultures
(Conference on Information Science Technology and Management, 2006)With increased population of online shoppers, research into online shopping behavior is starting to emerge. Much of the literature has used the technology acceptance model, innovation diffusion theory and the theory of ... -
Explaining Credit Default Swap Spreads by Means of Realized Jumps and Volatilities in the Energy Market
(Elsevier, 2016)This paper studies the relationship between credit default swap (CDS) spreads for the Energy sector and oil futures dynamics. Using data on light sweet crude oil futures from 2004 to 2013, which contains a crisis period, ... -
Exploring employee participation and work environment in hotels: case studies from Denmark and New Zealand
(ER Publishing Ltd., 2014)We explore the relative impact of direct and representative forms of participation on quality of the work environment, based on multi-method case studies of two hotels each in New Zealand and Denmark. The degree of direct ... -
Exploring qualitative comparative analysis in IS Research
(Association for Information Systems (AIS), 2013)Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) has been proposed as a promising qualitative data analysis strategy to study complex problems. QCA provides multiple conjunctural causation that can address generalizability concerns ... -
Exploring the Impact of a Sequential Lean Implementation Within a Micro-firm – a Socio-technical Perspective
(Elsevier BV, 2022)Lean implementations in large and medium-sized organisations are prominent in the literature. However, although small and micro-organisations significantly impact the countries’ economy, lean deployments in small and ... -
Exploring the influence of trust on mobile payment adoption
(Association for Information Systems (AIS), 2013)The objective of this study is to explore antecedents of trust and the influence of trust on intention to use mobile payments. The research examines three dimensions of trust antecedents including trust perceptions of the ... -
Exploring the Potential of Street Food As a Sustainable Livelihood Tourism Strategy for Developing Destinations
(The Australasian Business Ethics Network (ABEN), 2016)The fastest growing trend for international travel has been for travel to Less Developed Countries (LDC) and emerging destinations (Holden, 2013). Seraphin, Ambaye, Gowreesunkar and Bonnardel (2016) suggest that tourism ... -
External and internal influences on R&D alliance formation: evidence from German SMEs
(Elsevier, 2012)Relying on relational capital theory and transaction cost economics (TCE), this study identifies factors that impede or promote alliance formation in small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Environmental uncertainty and ... -
Facilitating internal motivation: Impacts of the Life Code Matrix model on working life
(2012)One of the key challenges of coaching is facilitating internal motivation in clients. The Life Code Matrix model (LCM) was designed to overcome this challenge. The research discussed in this paper aimed to evaluate the LCM ... -
Factor reduction and clustering for operational risk in software development
(Incisive Financial Publishing Limited, 2014)Software development failures frequently emerge as a result of the failure to understand and to identify risks. The aim of this paper is to identify the most salient risk factors during a software development project ... -
Factors contributing to IT industry success in developing countries: the case of Thailand
(Wiley Periodicals, 2005)A stream of research exists that explores a country's information technology (IT) industry success. The theoretical model used in these studies is primarily focused on small developed countries. We contend that the factors ... -
Failed, not finished: a narrative approach to understanding venture failure stigmatization
(Elsevier, 2014)This paper implements a qualitative, narrative approach to investigate entrepreneurs' personal experience of stigma associated with venture failure. Findings draw on the lived experience of 12 entrepreneurs and tell a ... -
Family Businesses and Employment Relations: Review and Suggestions for Future Research
(ER Publishing Ltd, Auckland, 2021)This paper seeks to identify and summarise the big issues at the intersection of family businesses and employment relations business literatures. Family businesses have additional complexities compared with non-family ... -
Filling the Land Tax Void: New Zealand Standpoint
(2016)This paper investigates land taxation from a New Zealand perspective and examines the principles of economic efficiency and equity behind three common property valuation methods for taxation. The primary question is whether ... -
Financial advice and asset allocation
(The New Zealand Finance Colloquium, 2013)We explore differences in portfolio composition between investors who receive financial advice and those who do not. Using proprietary data from a national investment savings scheme that contains information of 405,107 ...