Browsing Masters Dissertations by Title
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A qualitative descriptive study of youth with Crohn's disease
(Auckland University of Technology, 2005)This qualitative descriptive study explores the experience of four youth between the ages of 16-21 years who were diagnosed with Crohn’s disease within 18 months of commencement of this study. Patients with Crohn’s disease ... -
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 ... -
Re-thinking How Educators View Dyslexia. The Role School Leaders Play in Developing a Culture of Success for Dyslexic Students
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Dyslexic thinkers make up approximately ten percent of the population. Of those classified as dyslexic respective strengths and weaknesses can vary significantly from individual to individual. The perceptions that surround ... -
Reading Food in Boys’ Love Manga: a Gastronomic Study of Food and Male Homosexuality in the Manga Work of Yoshinaga Fumi
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Gastronomy is the study, not of food itself, but the relationship between food and our world. This study aims to investigate the relationship between food and homosexuality in the realm of Boys Love (BL) manga, a Japanese ... -
Rebranding of Professional Services: Three Case Studies
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)In recent decades, corporate rebranding has been receiving a lot of attention by the organizations which tend to strive on achieving a competitive advantage by developing a distinguished brand identity in the minds of their ... -
Receipts from personal exertion: mere gifts or gross income?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)This paper explores the gaps that exist with regard to the taxation of receipts from personal exertion. This research examines both the New Zealand legislation and leading cases in New Zealand and other jurisdictions in ... -
The relationship between Chinese expatriates job satisfaction and turnover intentions: An empirical study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2004)The high expatriate turnover experienced by multinational corporations (MNCs) has long been observed throughout the literature. Many factors have been identified to explain expatriate failure. Various facets of job ... -
The Relationship Between Corporate Governance Quality and Sustainability Reporting: An Analysis of Top Performing Companies and Financially Distressed Companies
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)The aim of this study is to examine to what extent corporate governance quality influences the sustainability reporting of companies listed in Malaysia. I was motivated to find out whether companies comply with the ... -
The relationship between female directorship and organizational performance: evidence from China
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)The influence of female board members on organizational performance has been an area of significant research, with some researchers finding a positive correlation between the two variables, some finding no correlation and ... -
The Relationship Between Investment and Free Cash Flow: Evidence From New Zealand Firms
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Free cash flow plays an important role in explaining firms’ investment activities. The aim of this Master dissertation is to determine whether and how free cash flow affect firm-level investments in New Zealand (NZ) listed ... -
The Relationship Between Sustainable and Ethical Supply Chain Disclosures and Competitive Advantage in the Apparel Manufacturing Sector
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Purpose – The objective of this research is to assess whether supply chain disclosures increase the values and competitive advantages for firms in the apparel manufacturing industry in Generalised Systems of Preferences ... -
Religion/spirituality as a stress coping mechanism for international students
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)The purpose of this study was to examine if religion/spirituality acts as a stress coping mechanism for a sample of international tertiary students who are often subjected to significant stressors related to acculturation ... -
Religious Diversity: The Work Experiences of Muslims in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)New Zealand is a society with growing diversity and has reached the stage where it is truly a multi-cultural society. This includes those from other cultures and countries as well as religions. One such group that has grown ... -
Repositioning: a case study of McDonald's New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)Repositioning is one of the strategic decisions commonly undertaken by today’s businesses. The purpose for businesses to reposition themselves is to close or minimise the gap between the firm’s offering and the demand from ... -
Researching the Self, the Other and their relationship in physiotherapy: a theoretical and methodological exploration of autoethnography
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)This dissertation sets out to explore the theoretical and methodological feasibility of an autoethnography situated within a theoretical framework that draws on my personal philosophical background. In doing so, the study ... -
A review, critique, and analysis of the literature concerning the likelihood of women being employed in expatriate international business management positions
(Auckland University of Technology, 2005)A gap has been identified in that women were found to have been under-represented in international business since the 1980s, when compared to their male counterparts. As international business becomes more important, the ... -
Ridesharing in Developing Countries: Perspectives From India and Thailand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)The increasing number of internet users and the adoption of cloud-based technology have significantly contributed to the growth of ridesharing across the world. Previous research in developed countries reveals that, despite ... -
The Risk-adjusted Performance of KiwiSaver Funds
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)The New Zealand government introduced a national superannuation scheme named KiwiSaver to its citizens on 1 July 2007. However, until now, KiwiSaver funds’ performance is still an under-researched topic. This study ... -
Roadnoise: The old friends tour
(Auckland University of Technology, 2006)My thesis a project that researches the part memory has on recollecting and recounting memoryas narratives, using the road trip and Jack Kerouac’s beat novel On the road (1955) as a motivation to translate Kerouac’s ... -
The Role of Big Data in Smart City Planning
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)With the development of urbanization, the rapid growth of urban population density has brought a raise in different types of services and higher demand for up-to-date infrastructures. In order to provide high-quality ...