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The Mediating Role of Boundary Flexibility in the Workload and Work Fatigue Relationship among New Zealand-Based Midwives
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)This dissertation adopts an organisational behavioural (OB) and management approach to explore the effects of boundary flexibility on role demands and personal wellbeing among New Zealand (NZ) midwives. The paper reviews ... -
Exploratory Research on the Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction of Chinese Guests Towards Serviced Apartments in Auckland, New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Customer satisfaction and dissatisfaction have always been a topic of academic research, and it has increasingly been paid more attention because it directly affected customer experiences (Lu et al., 2015). Previous studies ... -
Travelling With Hanfu: A Social Media Analysis of Contemporary Chinese Travelling for Artistic Photographs
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Travelling with Hanfu is a new form of travel that has become popular among young people in contemporary China in recent years. Such travellers dress up in Hanfu (the traditional costume of the Han people) to visit tourist ... -
Satisfaction Factors of Tourists Staying in Queenstown’s Airbnbs: An Exploratory Study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Because satisfying customers is a persistent goal of the hospitality industry, many studies have aimed to determine the key factors of guest satisfaction. More recently, with the emergence of the sharing economy, Airbnb ... -
Digital Technologies and the Senior Geography Classroom: Teachers’ Perceptions of the Impact on Teaching and Learning
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)With the dawn of the 21st century, there was a great expectation that a digital revolution would take place and transform the classroom. This technological change would see students take control of their learning and the ... -
A Qualitative Descriptive Study: Understanding Flood and Storm Risk Communication, Perceptions, and Interpretations of Myanmar Migrants in the Context of Auckland, New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Migrant groups are viewed as particularly vulnerable in conditions of increased disaster risk. This represents a key consideration for disaster risk reduction planning in urban areas with large, diverse populations ... -
Historical Trauma Theory: The Implications for Nursing in Aotearoa New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Historical Trauma Theory conceptualises Indigenous distress in response to colonisation, and is unique in that it focuses on the collective and multigenerational trauma of colonisation from an Indigenous worldview. Historical ... -
Investigating Consumer’s Fear of Missing Out and Social Media Fatigue: An Extended Literature Review
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)The information age has brought about the emergence of many digital tools. One of the tools is social media network sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, that have increasingly gained popularity worldwide. A ... -
A Phenomenological Narrative Inquiry Into How People Chose Their Career in Environmental Planning
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Planning is concerned with people and places, giving consideration to environmental, social, and economic issues. Planning aims to meet current needs and to anticipate future issues, enabling people and societies to thrive. ... -
Wildlife Tourism Resources Development: A Case Study of Beijing Wildlife Park
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)In this era of mass tourism, and to produce social and economic benefits, the positive and negative aspects of animal tourism resources need to be explored. Following the principles of protecting the environment, public ... -
Seeking Shared Understanding: A Review and Lexical Analysis of the Digital Entrepreneurship
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Given the emerging prominence of digital influences across all industries, it seems likely entrepreneurial ventures that embrace digital technologies as core to their business will become even more ubiquitous in the future. ... -
Sustainable Tourism in Antarctica: A Case Study of Tourism’s Impact on the Ecosystem of Antarctica
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)With the development of technology and infrastructure and increasing interest in the polar areas, Antarctic tourism has grown fast in recent years. Antarctica is inevitably facing more difficult and complicated challenges; ... -
The Knowledge, Attitudes and Barriers amongst Health Professionals Regarding Acute and Chronic Pain Management in Children: An Integrative Review
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Pain is one of the most common causes for people to seek healthcare and the management of pain is challenging. Both acute and chronic pain is highly prevalent in children presenting to healthcare facilities. Health ... -
The Impact of Sugar-labelling on Consumer Purchase Intention for Canned Beverages
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)The increasing rates of worldwide obesity and diet-related diseases, plus the rising numbers of health conscious consumers has prompted policy makers, regulators and consumer guardians to adopt package labelling that is ... -
Impact of Differences Between Local GAAP and IFRS on Accounting Practice in an Emerging Market, Vietnam
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of the differences between International Accounting Standards (IAS) / International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Vietnamese accounting regulations in the ... -
The Sustainability Reporting of New Zealand Manufacturing Firms and Compliance with GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Purpose – This dissertation is designed to answer the question of what New Zealand manufacturing companies are currently doing to report their sustainability performance and how these reporting practices compare to the ... -
Photography in Tourism: Vietnamese Travellers’ Photographs and Narrative-sharing on the Destination Image of Northwest Vietnam
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)The internet and social media platforms have changed the way people search for travel information and share travel experiences after their journeys. As the world has become linked by a digital network, the practices of ... -
Service Recovery in Luxury Hotels and Resorts in Sri Lanka
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Hotel providers attempt to provide excellent services to guests, but as a service environment is based on human interactions, service failures due to human deficiencies are unavoidable, making service recovery strategies ... -
Exhaustion From the Emotional Labour of Frontline Employees in the Hospitality Industry in China
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)Emotional labour is the effort employees put into expressing emotions required by the organisation and curtailing the expression of those emotions that are not. The work of frontline employees in the hospitality industry ... -
Inclusive Workplace Health and Safety in Hospitality: The Models that Support Ethnic Diversity
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)According to the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (2018) New Zealand has some population groups which are at larger risk of harms in New Zealand, such as Māori, Pasifika, migrants, elderly workers, and young ...