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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The Effect of COVID-19 on The Chinese Restaurant Industry and The Role That Third-Party Food Delivery Businesses Played in Helping Restaurants Respond to The Crisis
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)The outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Wuhan, China, in January 2020 has had an unprecedented impact on the tourism, hotel and catering industry globally. The aim of this research is to explore the impact of COVID-19 ... -
To Stay or Return? An International Graduate Dilemma
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)This study presents a microscopic part of the global migration trend down to a personal experience by focusing on Indonesian graduates’ decision either to stay in New Zealand or to return home after graduation from local ... -
Challenges in Transitioning from a Unified Accounting System to International Financial Reporting Standards: The Case of Kurdistan, Iraq
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)This dissertation investigates the primary factors affecting Kurdistan to transition from the current accounting system to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and the challenges ahead. It examines the ... -
The Importance of People and Place: Reimagining School Curriculum in Aotearoa New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Place can be defined simply as space that matters to humans, exposing their subjective and emotional attachment, transforming space into a site of human significance. This research is located in the Tairāwhiti/Gisborne ... -
Is Corporate Social Responsibility Value Adding? An Analysis for Australian Listed Firms
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)This study uses a sample of 325 firms and 2770 firm-year observations covering companies listed on the Australian Stock Exchange for the period 2000 to 2019 to examine the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibly ... -
Barriers of International Graduates Seeking Employment After Graduation: A Systematic Review
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Many international students are moving abroad to get higher qualification and obtain relevant field jobs, which help them get permanent residency. To get better study and employment opportunities, many international students ... -
COVID-19 and Remote Work: Experiences of Workers in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Given the global prevalence of Covid-19, there is a large gap around our understanding of how firms and their employees operate in such times. The present study sought to understand what firm factors shaped the way firms ... -
The Role of Business Domain Knowledge of Business Analysts in the Acquisition and Communication of Client Requirements in Information Systems Development (ISD) Projects
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Business domain knowledge of business analysts plays an important role in acquisition of client requirements and communication of requirements to the team in information systems development (ISD) projects. While working ... -
A Psychotherapist’s Experience of Self-disclosure, When Practising in the Digital Era: A Heuristic Self-study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Self-disclosure has been a topic of interest since the conception of psychoanalytic practice. Once considered a hindrance to practice, self-disclosure has developed into a tool within the therapist’s toolbox. With the rise ... -
Beyond Budgeting in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Review and Implications for Future Research
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Beyond Budgeting (BB) approach criticises traditional budgeting as costly and inappropriate for today’s dynamic and unpredictable environment (Lohan, 2010). The economic crisis in the year 2008 and the recent Covid-19 have ... -
Immigrant Teachers’ Experiences Teaching Science in Secondary Schools in Auckland, New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)The study focused on the science learning area of the New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) and how overseas-trained teachers, who were recent immigrants to New Zealand, adapted to teaching science in the Auckland classroom. It ... -
Lu sipi, a Marker of Tongan Distinction
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)National dishes and other food items play a crucial role in sustaining cultural norms as well as affirming an individual’s sense of place and identity. In Tonga, lu sipi is such a dish. In Tonga and for Tongans living ... -
Effect on customers' perceptions of dining experiences due to the promotion of sustainability practices: A qualitative content analysis of user-generated online restaurant reviews in Auckland, New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Although restaurateurs have been gradually adopting sustainability initiatives in restaurants, there is a knowledge gap in understanding the effect of these practices on customers perceptions of restaurants that promote ... -
Experiential Marketing in Retail during COVID-19
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)This research seeks to compare experiential marketing before and during COVID-19 and is among the first work to examine the evolution of experiential marketing during a pandemic. In the context of COVID-19, this research ... -
The Māori Prison Educator
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Māori are severely over-represented in the prison population of Aotearoa New Zealand, making up over half of all prisoners, despite being only about 15 percent of the national population. These Māori statistics are well ... -
Understanding an Enterprise Architect’s Business Capability Modelling Practice Through the Lens of Actor-Network Theory
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Drawing on actor-network theory, its four moments of translation, and the concept of epistemic objects, this study obtains an in-depth understanding of the actual practice of business capability modelling of an enterprise ... -
Weathering the Storm: How Parent-infant Psychotherapy Can Facilitate Transformative Communications of Maternal Distress. A Hermeneutic Literature Review
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)This study explores the way in which an infant may experience communications of maternal distress. Through work with parents and infants in a specialist psychiatric ward, I have become aware of the ways that the infant’s ... -
Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis: A Case Study of the Chinese Hotel Industry
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)The hotel industry is an industry that is extremely vulnerable to crisis. In recent years, a number of large-scale crises have taken a toll on the hotel industry, the latest being the recent COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic ... -
Turning International Students into Active Sport Tourists
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)According to International Consultants for Education and Fairs (ICEF) (2018), education export has become the fourth largest export industry in New Zealand. According to statistics from the export education industry, of ... -
An Exploratory Study of the Progress of Hospitality Graduates’ Career Pathways in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)While the hospitality industry is continuously growing, it faces critical problems. One main problem is retaining qualified hospitality graduates. This research explores the demographics and career pathways of hospitality ...