Browsing Masters Dissertations by Title
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Was Freud right? Is intensive psychotherapy needed to harness the brain’s natural plasticity?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)Is intensive psychotherapy needed to harness the brain’s natural plasticity? In order to throw light on this evidence-based question this dissertation conducts reviews of three bodies of literature: First it conducts ... -
Water reporting in China: an attempt at illumination
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)This research investigated the current situation of water-related information disclosure in 50 major Chinese companies (SSE 50), which were listed on the Shanghai Exchange Market. More specifically, this research involved ... -
Web 2.0 and its implications for business: with case studies from Germany and New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)In 2004 the phenomenon Web 2.0 becomes popular – a mindset change takes place in which ‘You’ – the Internet users – are voted person of the year 2006 by TIME magazine ("Collective intelligence - The vision", 2008; Grossman, ... -
Web-based Social Network Sites for working people in China: an empirical study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)The rapid development of Internet technology has revolutionized the traditional methods of communication within the global socio-cultural context. Among all Internet developing countries, China, the nation with one of the ... -
Westpac: the Holy Grail of tax avoidance?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)In this paper the writer looks to see whether the current anti-avoidance provisions are being correctly applied. It looks at the application of these provisions in light of the judgment of Elmiger and Another v Commissioner ... -
What are the meanings of the Mātauranga Māori concept of mana and what might this concept contribute to the understanding and practice of psychodynamic psychotherapy?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)This dissertation explores the meanings of the Mātauranga Māori concept of mana and its relationship to psychodynamic psychotherapy. Using a critical review of the literature located within a Kaupapa Māori research framework ... -
What are the risk factors in the abuse and maltreatment of children with disabilities?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)This study explores the risk factors in the abuse and maltreatment of children with disabilities. From the study the best practices to support children with disabilities, who experience abuse and maltreatment, are identified. ... -
What are the themes in the psychoanalytic literature on assisting people with a terminal diagnosis? A thematic analysis
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)Abstract Terminal illness and knowledge of imminent death can evoke intensely painful and overwhelming feelings of fear, despair and terror. Accounts in the psychoanalytic literature on work with dying clients are ... -
What Are the Theories, Methods and Techniques Underpinning Vocal Psychotherapy? An Interpretive Hermeneutic Literature Review
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)This dissertation seeks to examine, through an interpretive, hermeneutic literature review, the theories, methods and techniques of vocal psychotherapy. The core techniques of toning, vocal holding and free associative ... -
What are the therapeutic implications of psychoanalytic conceptualisations of God when working psychoanalytically with Christian clients?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)This dissertation explores the question, "What are the therapeutic implications of psychoanalytic conceptualisations of God when working psychoanalytically with Christian clients?" Clients who identify as Christian are ... -
What Does the Psychotherapeutic Literature Reveal About Therapist's Experiential Responses to Working in Psychotherapy With Trans- Clients?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)“Transgender is a phenomenon that remains misunderstood, controversial, and anxiety-provoking in the culture at large, especially in the field of psychoanalysis” (Pula, 2015, p. 809) The aim of this research is to search ... -
What factors influence successful endotracheal intubation in the critically ill morbidly obese patient in the intensive care unit?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)Objectives: To determine what factors influence successful endotracheal intubation in the critically ill morbidly obese patient in the intensive care unit? Method: An English language literature search was undertaken using ... -
What impact, if any, does profound deafness have on the formation of the attachment relationship between the profoundly deaf infant and hearing mother?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)This dissertation addresses the question: what impact, if any, does profound deafness have on the formation of the attachment relationship between a profoundly deaf infant and hearing mother? A modified systematic literature ... -
What is the experience of being both Māori and Pākehā? Negotiating the experience of the hybrid cultural object
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)This dissertation addresses the question: “What is the experience of being both Māori and Pākehā?” and has as its subtitle: “Negotiating the experience of the hybrid cultural object.” The methodologies used are Kaupapa ... -
What is the relationship between meaningful work and CSR?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)The main aim of this study is to understand the relationship between meaningful work and corporate social responsibility. A major argument for CSR is that it allows employees to experience meaningfulness in and at work, ... -
What it's like how consumer staff members experience working in mental health
(Auckland University of Technology, 2007)This qualitative descriptive study is about consumer staff members’ experience working in mental health. Three participants with lived experience of mental illness and using services who have worked as staff in direct ... -
When subtle is the most effective. An analysis of product placement effectiveness in multitasking environments
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)Product placement is seen by marketers as the proverbial “golden goose,” it can do no wrong and if left alone it will prosper. Unfortunately, this is not true today as the typical consumer has access to a vast array of ... -
Which edge to work: The use of interpretation in short-term child psychotherapy: A systematic literature review with clinical illustrations
(Auckland University of Technology, 2005)This literature review examines the use of interpretation in short-term child psychotherapy. Interpretation is central to psychodynamic practice work and as such it is thought important to understand its principles and ... -
Who needs who?: Therapist dependency and its impact on the therapeutic relationship: A modified systematic review with clinical illustrations
(Auckland University of Technology, 2005)This dissertation takes an alternative view of dependency in the therapeutic relationship. Instead of viewing dependency as a client problem to be addressed by the omnipotent, healthful, altruistic therapist, this modified, ... -
Why do students decide to study culinary arts?: A case study of culinary arts students in the School of Hospitality at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2004)Culinary education has evolved over the decades in an effort to meet the needs of the hospitality industry work force. This dissertation is a research based case study which was designed to investigate the factors that ...