Browsing Doctoral Theses by Title
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Machinability and microstructural studies on phase transformations in Austempered Ductile Iron
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)Austempered Ductile Iron (ADI) is a type of nodular, ductile cast iron subjected to heat treatments - austenitising and austempering. The heat treatment gives ADI its unique ausferrite microstructure through which ADI gets ... -
A Major Left Wing Think Tank in Aotearoa: An Impossible Dream or a Call to Action?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)Despite the worldwide proliferation of think tanks since the 1970s and the development of a small number of think tanks locally, no substantial left wing think tank exists in Aotearoa. This research was driven by my desire ... -
Making sense in Zephaniah: an intertextual reading
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)The question this thesis answers is, “How does an intertextual reading contribute to interpreting the book of Zephaniah?” To answer this question the thesis examines the ways in which Zephaniah takes up other texts as it ... -
Making Sense of a Wildlife Tourism Experience: A Study of Guide-visitor Interactions
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)Interpretation plays an important role in making visitors aware of the welfare and conservation status of wildlife when participating on a wildlife tour. Guide visitor interaction during wildlife tours provides the opportunity ... -
Making Sense of Pedagogical Knowledge Media: An Analysis of How Modal Composition Influences Epistemological Beliefs
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)This doctoral thesis is about knowledge and knowing. It considers how the medium by which knowledge is stored and shared influences perceptions about the value and validity of knowledge. The analysis is based on the idea ... -
Malcolm Ross: from the peaks to the trenches
(Auckland University of Technology, 2008)In April 1915 a journalist named Malcolm Ross was appointed New Zealand’s official war correspondent to cover the actions of the country’s troops wherever they might be fighting during World War I. Few today appear to have ... -
A malu i fale le gagana, e malu fo'i i fafo. The Use and Value of the Samoan Language in Samoan Families in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)New Zealand census data indicates Samoan language use has declined rapidly in the last 20 years, particularly among the New Zealand-born Samoan population. The aims of this qualitative and family-based study were to identify ... -
Mana reo: The Learning Worlds of Endangered Language Learners - te reo Māori
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Endangered languages create learning and social contexts that are different from learning dominant majority languages. As a field with its roots in the Anglo-American tradition there is huge scope for SLA to be more inclusive ... -
Mana Wāhine in Information Technology: Ngā Kaiwhatu Kākahu Me Te Kākahu
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)This thesis argues for an Indigenous women’s cultural construction of information technology (IT). In Aotearoa New Zealand, Māori women have established Mana Wāhine discourses, principles, theories and practices (Evans, ... -
Management competence and incompetence training: theory and practice
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)Several highly regarded scholars in management claim that educational methodologies using different management paradigms serve to increase incompetency in thinking and deciding by executives. Evidence-based testing of these ... -
Management contracts and franchising: a two-study examination of non-equity entry mode choice in the hotel sector
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)This thesis examines the non-equity entry mode decisions of international hotel organisations. To date, relatively few studies have examined entry mode choice in the context of the service sector as compared with that of ... -
Managerial Perceptions of Global Talent Management Programs within Asean Subsidiaries of Scandinavian Multinational Enterprises
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Talent Management (TM) is a topic has been considered, despite some resistance, one of the 21st century’s most pressing HRM concerns by practitioners, international organisations and magazines, including the OECD and The ... -
Managing Innovative Suppliers: Exploring Company, Procurement, and Performance Variables in New Zealand Construction Supply Chains
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)The research concerned semi-dyadic relations in SMEs and large companies that managed innovative suppliers in New Zealand construction supply chains. It explored effects of (independent) company variables on (mediating) ... -
MANET Performance Analysis Through Gateway and Routing Selection Schemes in Network Disaster Recovery
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)In recent years, many natural and human-made disasters have occurred, destroying urban and rural areas worldwide. It can be devastating when existing telecommunication infrastructure is destroyed by disasters. Without ... -
Mappings of the interior: a critical discourse analysis of emotional competence
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)Discourses of emotional competence (EC) have proliferated over recent decades and increasingly are incorporated in staff training, staff selection and personal improvement endeavours throughout Western society. In the field ... -
Marine tourism as a supplemental livelihood: an exploration of remote fisheries-based communities in the Philippines
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)Remote artisanal fishing communities in the developing world remain highly dependent on declining marine resources. Despite this, many internationally funded fisheries development projects seek to increase catch rates and ... -
A market microstructure perspective on the price formation of cross-listed stocks
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)Over the past two decades, globalization in capital markets has led to the growth of equity listings in more than one market. Such growth has heightened the levels of competition among stock exchanges, especially in terms ... -
Marketing Specialist Knowledge and Its Influence
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Calls to further understand the marketing department’s role and influence (e.g., Dibb, Simões, & Wensley, 2014; Homburg, Vomberg, Enke, & Grimm, 2014; Marketing Science Institute, 2018), prompted this research to examine ... -
Match-fixing: Women’s Experiences Studying and Working in Sport Management in Aotearoa New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)This study investigates women’s experiences while studying and working in sport management in Aotearoa / New Zealand (NZ), through an intergenerational analysis of the expectations and perceptions of female students, ... -
Match-running performance of elite female soccer players: The factors affecting performance and training applications
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Due to the unpredictable nature of soccer, a match is open to a variety of different factors that may affect player movement, such as environmental or within match situational factors. When practitioners examine match ...