Browsing Doctoral Theses by Title
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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 ... -
Improved stixels towards efficient traffic-scene representations
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Stixels are medium-level data representations used for the development of computer vision modules for self-driving cars. A stixel is a column of stacked space cubes ranging from the road surface to the visual end of an ... -
Improving Business Processes Through Enhanced Understanding of the Interactions of Lean, Waste, and Cognitive Factors in Work Places
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Over the last two decades, very few studies have identified bias influence on Lean and waste. Many operational analytical models assume people are rational, without cognitive influence, whereas research in economics, ... -
Improving pedagogical practices with undergraduate nursing students in high-fidelity simulation
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)Nurse educators are required to consider how to best prepare students in order to avoid injury to patients presenting with complex conditions. This study examined one nurse educator’s question: “How can I improve my ... -
Improving the Website Design Process for SMEs: a design science perspective
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)E-business is particularly advantageous for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) because it helps them increase the scale of their operations quickly and easily. Like all organisations, the success of SMEs in e-business ... -
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 ... -
In Situ Leaf Growth Measurements Using Digital Image Analysis
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Plant growth is a broad topic that is of interest in many different research fields from the basics of plant functioning, to agricultural research, and ecology. In this thesis, I first distinguish different aspects of plant ... -
In Vivo implantation Murine Modeling
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)Ethical and legal restrictions limit human implantation knowledge. Alternative tools, such as retrospective clinical studies, in vitro three dimensional cell culture modelling, and in vivo implantation animal modelling ... -
In Vlogs We Trust: Consumer Trust in Blog and Vlog Content
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)In the digital age we live in, consumers seek out product information from their online peers via electronic word-of-mouth information platforms such as blogs and vlogs. Vlogs (i.e. video blogs) are typically hosted on ... -
In What Ways Do Kiwi Identity and Kiwiana Hold Relevance for Non-pākehā Migrant Communities?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Identity is a contested domain within academic study. Within vernacular ways of being, identities are often taken for granted. The combination of academic contestation and taken-for-granted-ness conflates identities as ... -
The Incidence of Cardiorespiratory Fitness Training and Cardiometabolic Risk Factor Responsiveness Following Individualised and Standardised Exercise Prescription
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)There is individual variability following cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) training leading to the terminology of CRF ‘responders’ and ‘non-responders,’ yet the underlying cause of the variability is not well understood. ... -
Incidental Focus on Form in Teacher-learner Interaction and Learner-learner Interaction
(Auckland University of Technology, 2005)Current attention in L2 acquisition research has been given to the integration of message-focused and form-focused instruction. One way to accomplish this is through the incidental focus on form during meaning-focused ... -
Inclusive education a decade after democratisation: the educational needs of children with disabilities in KwaZulu-Natal
(Auckland University of Technology, 2007)Commitment to a single, inclusive education system has been the aspiration of reform in education in a democratic South Africa. The dilemma facing the democratically elected government was to write educational policy which, ... -
An indigenous kaupapa Māori approach: mother’s experiences of partner violence and the nurturing of affectional bonds with tamariki
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)This thesis examines the important relationship dynamics between Māori mothers and their tamariki (children) when exposure to partner violence is experienced. The research is contextualised within a Kaupapa Māori methodology ...