Browsing Doctoral Theses by Title
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Illuminativa - The Resonance of the Unseen
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)This practice-led creative arts thesis investigates the metaphysical notion of light as an activating principle and how this is subjectively experienced. Light is phenomenologically explored as a catalytic agent that is ... -
Image and video watermarking for wireless multimedia sensor networks
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)Enormous technological growth in wireless communications and CMOS-sensor electronics has enabled the deployment of low-cost, battery-powered multifunctional embedded camera sensor at remote locations. These tiny gadgets ... -
Image Authentication and Rightful Ownership Watermarking Method for the Cloud Environment
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Cloud computing has evolved in the last five years from being an abstract idea and proposal, and into services that people use every day. In particular services that relate to mobile phone technologies have expanded in ... -
Images of public relations in New Zealand: perceptions of key stakeholders in business, education and the media
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)This thesis examines the perceptions of some of the key influencers of the practice of Public Relations in New Zealand. These influencers were chosen on the basis of their ability to influence the employment, status, and ... -
Imaginative travel: experiential aspects of user interactions with destination marketing websites
(Auckland University of Technology, 2008)In this thesis a discursive examination of backpacker attitudes towards and use of a New Zealand tourism website, based on their own accounts of their experiences of using the web for travel, offers a contribution to ... -
The impact of a nationwide mega-event on tie strength, collaborative capacity and knowledge transfer dynamics within regional destination marketing networks
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)The coordinated contributions of tourism, sports and events organisations are critical to the success of a large-scale sport event. The events network is a complex system of organisations, comprising both new and existing ... -
Impact of Agricultural Trade Liberalisation on the welfare of rural communities in Bangladesh
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)The objective of this study was to analyse the impact of agricultural trade liberalisation on the welfare of rural households in Bangladesh. The study used both primary and secondary data and employed multiple models and ... -
The Impact of High Pressure Processing and Pulsed Electric Field Processing on Physicochemical and Sensory Characteristics of Lamb Meat
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)To better understand attitude of Chinese consumers towards lamb meat, perception and purchasing behavior of Chinese consumers for red meat were investigated. Chinese consumers placed importance on nutritional and health ... -
The Impact of Individual's Identities on the Infusion of Information Systems Within an Organisation
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Organisations invest substantially in enterprise systems such as customer relationship management (CRM) systems with the planned expectation that employees will utilise these systems to enhance organisational efficiency. ... -
The impact of life events on the tourism behaviour of senior citizens in Freising, Germany
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)The senior market is a driving force in the tourism industry and one of the fastest growing market segments. Demographic changes, and the evolving travel routines of those people reaching senior age, suggest enormous ... -
The Impact of Mobile Phone-based Health Tools on Decisions Regarding Family Planning Among Indian Women
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Family planning plays a role in saving lives across the globe by preventing unwanted pregnancies. Mobile phone-based technology could be used to increase the uptake of contraceptives. In India, health-based mobile phone ... -
The Impact of Positive Behaviours on the Effectiveness of Information Systems Departments
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)An effective information system (IS) function depends to a great extent upon the perceived system quality, information quality, and service quality by business units across an organization. Effective IS departments ideally ... -
The Impact of Relational Switching Costs on the Decision to Retain or Replace IT Outsourcing Vendors
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)While the IT outsourcing market is growing in terms of the volume of business, organisations are at the same time replacing their outsourcing vendors more frequently. Replacing vendors can affect the stability and quality ... -
The Impact of the New Zealand Three Strikes Law on the Assessment of Fitness to Stand Trial by Health Assessors
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)This thesis explores the impact of the New Zealand Sentencing and Parole Reform Act (2010), colloquially known as the ‘Three Strikes Law’ (TSL), on the assessment of fitness to stand trial (FST) by health assessors located ... -
Impact of the Revenue Reform on the Vulnerable Communities in Tonga
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)The Kingdom of Tonga is a Small Island Developing State (SIDS) in the South Pacific with a population of 100,745. Tonga is a constitutional monarchy and has never been colonised. Tonga's local economy relies on subsistence ... -
The Impact of Using Partnerships to Achieve Sustainability on Firm Performance: A Series of Event Studies
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)To improve overall supply chain sustainability, firms initiate economic, environmental, and social activities. Firms often partner with other organisations to access the knowledge, skills and other resources they need. ... -
The Implementation and Impact of Sensory Modulation in Aotearoa New Zealand Adult Acute Mental Health Services: Two Organisational Case Studies
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Background: Sensory modulation is an emerging approach that aims to reduce distress and agitation in mental health service users, and potentially avoid the necessity for coercive practices such as seclusion and restraint. ... -
The Implementation of Authentic Strategy in Service Organisations: The Case of Environmental Strategies
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This study examines the research question: in what ways do service organisations implement green differentiation strategies in a way to ensure internal stakeholders perceive these as authentic strategies? This research ... -
Implementing a narrative-centred curriculum in an undergraduate midwifery programme: a hermeneutic study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)The impetus for this study was to explore the experience of using a narrative pedagogical approach in undergraduate midwifery education. A narrative-centred curriculum was implemented with the goal of facilitating midwifery ... -
Implications of Software as a Service Adoption for IT Workers’ Roles and Skill Sets from a Sociomateriality Perspective
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)This study broadly seeks to explain the implications of software as a service (SaaS) for information technology (IT) workers from a sociomateriality perspective. SaaS is a cloud-computing model based on IT capabilities of ...