Masters Dissertations
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The Masters Dissertations collection contains digital copies of AUT University masters dissertations deposited with the Library since 2007 and made available open access. From 2007 onwards, all dissertations for masters degrees awarded are required to be deposited in Tuwhera Open Theses & Dissertations unless subject to an embargo.
Dissertations submitted prior to 2007 are usually recorded in the AUT Library catalogue where the full text, if available, may be accessed with an AUT password. Other people should request an Interlibrary Loan through their library.
Dissertations are protected by the Copyright Act 1994 (New Zealand). The dissertation may be consulted by you, provided you comply with the provisions of the Act and the following conditions of use:
- Any use you make of these documents or images must be for research or private study purposes only, and you may not make them available to any other person.
- Authors control the copyright of their dissertation. You will recognise the author’s right to be identified as the author of the dissertation, and due acknowledgement will be made to the author where appropriate.
- You will obtain the author’s permission before publishing any material from the dissertation.
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Lost in Wonderland: Policy, Education and Māori Realities
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)The history of Māori society and education shows how Māori identity and culture have not remained static, but have been subject to ongoing processes of change. Despite many decades of policy initiatives, Māori underachievement ... -
Authenticity of Yum Cha in Auckland, New Zealand, As Compared With Guangzhou, China, the Country of Origin
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Food authenticity has become an important topic in recent years. Especially when a food is found far from the place of origin, its authenticity is doubted and argued over. Yum cha is the art of drinking Chinese tea and ... -
Impact of Conversational Agents on Customer Service Employees
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Many organisations are implementing conversational agents (CAs) such as chatbots and virtual assistants to perform customer service functions due to the technology’s cost-effectiveness and ease of use for customers. The ... -
'Gāpatia i Fa’anoanoaga': An Art Installation Reflecting on Burden and Loss Through a Migrant Experience
(Auckland University of Technology, 2007)Gāpatia i Fa’anoanoaga is a general Samoan expression which literally means ‘burden with sadness’, which encompasses all aspects of loss and grief in relation to the burden of obligation to reciprocity. This project has ... -
How Are Green Human Resource Management Practices Promoting Employees’ Pro-environmental Behavior in the Workplace Within the New Zealand Wine Industry?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Over the last few decades, the activities of organisations and their impact on the environment have received increasing attention as well as social, political and economic pressure to both address and improve their overall ... -
The Sustainable Development of Theme Parks Tourism in China
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Studies predict that China will have the world's largest theme-park industry by 2020. After the Chinese economic reform in the 1980s, China's tourism industry, especially the theme park industry, developed significantly. ... -
Investor Sentiment and Property Prices: The Relationship between Sentiment and Auckland Property Prices
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)A body of literature has shown that investor sentiment has a role in influencing financial asset prices. This dissertation will investigate the role of sentiment, as measured by the tone of media articles, on aggregate ... -
Planned Manufactured Capital Investment Disclosures in Annual and Integrated Reports: Evidence From New Zealand and Australian Organisations
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This research examines organisations planned manufactured capital investment (PMCI) disclosure practices. This disclosure constitutes primarily forward-looking information of both a qualitative and quantitative nature. ... -
User Satisfaction With Xero Accounting Software in Auckland, New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Xero has been rated as one of the top 10 accounting software in the world (Forbes, 2016). However, there has been very little research undertaken to evaluate the cloud-based accounting software using a structured end-user ... -
The Lived Experiences of Student Representatives in a New Zealand Institute of Technology and Polytechnic: A Critical Examination
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)A common form of student voice within higher education is democratically elected student representation. These students represent the voices of their peers and participate in institutional decision making. There has been ... -
Understanding the Mental Models of Employers in the Boutique Accommodation Industry in Tonga
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Human resource management (HRM) has been traditionally viewed as an administrative function and a personnel management through policies and practices (Ulrich, Brockbank, Johnson, Sandholts, & Younger, 2008). Contrasting ... -
An Exploration of the Gender Pay Gap in the Hospitality Industry in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Women in New Zealand have been seeking equal pay for almost 60 years, and research on the gender pay gap has become an important part of research on gender equality, and is consistent with goals around sustainable development. ... -
Raising the Bar: A Story of Bean-to-bar Chocolate Production in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Chocolate is considered one of the most gratifying confections there is, and this holds as true in New Zealand as elsewhere in the world. While broader culinary traditions in New Zealand have been well documented, the food ... -
Educational Leadership Through a Pasifika Lens: Navigating Their Way in a New Zealand Secondary School Context
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)There is an under-representation of Pasifika teachers in New Zealand secondary schools. Research has shown that educational leadership should be responsive and reflective to the communities they serve, and although indigenous ... -
An Analysis of the Development of “Green” Hotels in a Small to Medium-sized City - Kunming, China
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)As the global emphasis on sustainable development has increased, several international green organisations have emerged, such as Green Global and the World Green Design Organisation. Environmental protection has become the ... -
From Glutton to Gourmet: Is Gourmandise Still a Deadly Sin?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)If the word ‘gourmandise’ appears in written documents at the end of the Middle Ages, its history is much older since it dates back to the early days of Christianity, to the first monastic communities of the third and ... -
An Exploration of Chinese Customer Satisfaction Factors in 4-star Hotels in Auckland
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)According to the New Zealand Trade and Enterprise “Regional Hotel Market Analysis and Forecasting” report from 2016, 4-star plus hotels are most popular with all markets except for the Chinese market, which currently prefers ... -
No Black-and-White Answers: Cultural Responsiveness and Māori Students
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Māori underachievement is a major and persistent leadership challenge affecting everyone in the New Zealand education system. Historical achievement statistics clearly show that over 30 years of culturally responsive ... -
Why the Slider Stuck: How a Baby Fish Burger Captured a Nation's Palate
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)If eating is an act of self-identification then what does the uptake of a new food trend by an entire country say about that nation? The slider – a baby hamburger that originated in the United States – was an unknown ... -
An Exploration of Digital Technology for Cultural Preservation in Tonga
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Cultural heritage is the legacy of our ancestors, connects us with our ancestral roots and shapes the way we live today. A society's heritage serves an essential purpose for educating people about their own culture and ...