Browsing Doctoral Theses by Title
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The Land of Milk and Honey? An Investigation into the Working Experiences of International Students in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Labour markets within New Zealand, as with other similar economies, have overcome labour shortages through worker migration schemes, seasonal work programmes, or limited entitlements to work. However, significant numbers ... -
Land Rights and Empowerment of Urban Women, Fa’afafine and Fakaleitī in Samoa and Tonga
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)The thesis addresses significant gaps in the existing knowledge on land rights in the Pacific, which are the voices of urban women, fa’afafine, and fakaleitī1. The lands concerned are customary land in Samoa, and Crown ... -
Latin American Refugees and Immigrants in New Zealand: The Impact of Migration Status on Quality of Life
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)This study explores the definitions and perceptions that Latin American refugees and immigrants have about their quality of life in New Zealand. In addition, this research explores how the immigration status of Latin ... -
Leadership Competencies of Hotel Frontline Managers and Their Effects on Subordinates: A Comparative Study of New Zealand and Vietnam
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)In the hospitality industry, high turnover has been a persistent issue. Some research has indicated that incompetent leadership is one of the major reasons and that general leadership theories may be inadequate in studying ... -
Leadership Interaction in Global Virtual Teams: Roles Models and Challenges
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Despite the value of virtual teams in delivering global public relations programmes across geographical boundaries, accessing participants from diverse cultures and providing 24-hour work cycles, global virtual teams are ... -
Leading Health Workforce Change: Insights from Experience
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)New Zealand has unique legislation that allows for the government to plan for, and to provide for, the health and wellbeing of its population. The pressures to continue to do so are enormous. This thesis describes the work ... -
Learning to Live in a Different Culture: A Phenomenographic Study of the Adaptation Experiences of Cultural-immersion Study-abroad Sojourners
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This thesis investigates the learning required for study abroad sojourners to live effectively inside another culture. To live effectively in another culture, the research participants tracked in this thesis had to learn ... -
Learning to Program: The Development of Knowledge in Novice Programmers
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)This thesis presents a longitudinal study of novice programmers during their first year learning to program at university. The purpose of this research was to gain a deeper understanding of the ways in which novice programmers ... -
“Leftover? No! I Am a Victorious Woman” Exploring the Identity of Sheng Nv in Contemporary China
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)There has been a significant rise in the number of well-educated, highly paid, and independent unmarried women who have been officially defined as ‘leftover women’ in China. The contextualization of ‘leftover women’ in ... -
Leiopelma hochstetteri Fitzinger 1861 (Anura: Leiopelmatidae) habitat ecology in the Waitakere Ranges, New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)Declines and extinctions of amphibian populations are a global dilemma with complex local causes, which should be viewed in the context of a much larger biodiversity crisis. As other animal groups, amphibians with restricted ... -
Life History of the Long-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas edwardii); Insights From Strandings on the New Zealand Coast
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Extensive research has been conducted on long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) populations in the North Atlantic, based predominantly on samples collected from drive fisheries. However, the species remains poorly ... -
Lifting the Veil: Integrated Reporting, Materiality Determination, and Stakeholder Inclusivity
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Materiality is constructed within the critical accounting literature as a fractured and disputed concept and practice. Within this literature, materiality is simultaneously re-presented as a technical-rational and objective ... -
Lightweight Composite Structure for Solar Central Receiver Heliostats
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Of all Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) technologies available today, central tower CSP systems are moving to the forefront as they have the capability to become the technology of choice for the generation of renewable ... -
Linkages between tourism and agriculture in South Pacific SIDS: the case of Niue
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)Tourism is playing a growing role in many Pacific Island economies. Even in the smallest MIRAB (Migration, Remittances, Aid and Bureaucracy) economies, tourism is seen as an area of policy significance by governments and ... -
The Lived Experience of Being Born into Grief
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)This study explores the meaning of the lived experience of being born into grief. Using a phenomenological hermeneutic methodology, informed by the writings of Martin Heidegger [1889-1976] and Hans-George Gadamer [1900-2002], ... -
The lived experience of liver transplant recipients in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)This thesis reports on phenomenological research into the lived experience of liver transplant recipients in New Zealand in 17 qualitative interviews, and a qualitative survey of 49 liver transplant recipients across New ... -
The Lived Experience of Social and Cultural Capital for Immigrant Women’s Entrepreneurship in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)This study aimed to explore the lived experiences of immigrant women entrepreneurs in New Zealand. Hermeneutic phenomenology is used to interpret how the lived experience of being a female immigrant might have influenced ... -
Living theology: the discovery, understanding, and critical revision of James Wm McClendon Jr.’s biographical method
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)James McClendon is a theologian with a small loyal following. His Biography as Theology contained the suggestion that the practice of theology could be improved by attending to narratives of current faithful lives. This ... -
Living with dementia in New Zealand: an action research study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)The aim of this study was to undertake a systematic inquiry into the question of how people who live with dementia in the community can be supported to engage in daily activities. It is well known that dementia affects ... -
Living with it: a grounded action on family involvement in compulsory treatment for severe addiction
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)This grounded action research sought to first understand the involvement of family and whānau in the process of committing a whānau member for compulsory addiction treatment under the Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Act 1966 ...