Doctoral Candidates

Current Students

Ali Bavik - deferred

Strategic human resource management in hotels in Cyprus and Hong Kong. (Supervisors: James Higham (Tourism), Fiona Edgar, Tara Duncan (Tourism))

Cle-Anne Gabriel

Strategic renewable energy management reform in transitioning economies: The case for green entrepreneurship. (Supervisors: Jodyanne Kirkwood, Sara Walton)

Kelly Honey

Assessing the real value of the interest based approach to bargaining. (Supervisors: Ian McAndrew, Alan Geare, Cheryl Rivers)

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Barrie Irving - deferred

Career education as an inclusive practice: Locating social justice.(Supervisors: Karen Nairn (Education), Bronwyn Boon)

Irfan Kausar

The role of high involvement work systems (HIWS) in enhancing human capital and increasing operatonal outcomes (Supervisors: Alan Geare, Fiona Edgar)

Evelyn Looi

The Impact of Organisational Culture on the Performance of District Health Boards (DHBs) in New Zealand (Supervisors: Richard Greatbanks, André Everett)

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Fa Martin-Niemi

An investigation of knowledge management within online social media environments including blogs and online social networking sites addressing the question: "To what extent do virtual environments facilitate knowledge conversion within organisations?" (Supervisors: Bronwyn Boon, Richard Greatbanks, Andrew Long (Information Science - advisor))

A complete list of Fa's publications can be found at: http://otago.academia.edu/FaNiemi/Papers

Andrew Patterson

The function of deception in negotiation. (Supervisors: Ian McAndrew, Steven Grover)

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Wan Noraini Wan Mansor

Work-family policies in the Malaysian civil service: A justice for all. (Supervisors: Steven Grover, Paula O'Kane)

Babak Zahraie

Moving towards sustainable entrepreneurship. (Supervisors: Sara Walton, Jodyanne Kirkwood)

Recently Completed

Liz Ditzel (2008). A study of perceived occupational stress, burnout and sense of community among New Zealand nurses. (Supervisor: Steven Grover)

Fiona Douglas (2011). What is the relationship between the management of the work environment of career guidance practitioners, and the development of their professional identity? (Supervisors: Bronwyn Boon, Rebecca Stringer (Anthropology, Gender & Sociology))

Kirsty Dwyer (2011). Is supply chain management a discipline? A comparative content analysis of academic and practitioner knowledge to determine disciplinary identity.(Supervisors: André Everett, Jodyanne Kirkwood)

Jean-Baptiste Faucher (2010). Reconceptualizing knowledge management: Knowledge, social energy, and emergent leadership in social complex adaptive systems. (Supervisors: Rob Lawson (Marketing), André Everett)

Tresna Hunt (2011). A cognitve-relational approach to leadership studies: Finding a middle ground for leadership research.(Supervisors: Bronwyn Boon, Steven Grover, Vicky Browning)

Bernd Kupka (2007). Creation of an instrument to assess intercultural communication competence for strategic international human resource management. (Supervisors: André Everett, Steve Atkins)

Juan Pellegrino (2009). Knowledge management in New Zealand organisations. (Supervisors: Brendan Gray, Colin Campbell-Hunt)

Joe Piggin (2008). Power, politics and the policy process in New Zealand sport. (Supervisors: Steve Jackson, Phys Ed, Malcolm Lewis)

Diane Ruwhiu (2009). Maori business development: Examining the role of social, cultural and economic capital. (Supervisors: Colin Campbell-Hunt, Malcolm Cone)

Claudia Seifert (2006). The genesis of organisational crisis: Exploration and theory building. (Supervisors: Colin Campbell-Hunt, Alan Geare)

Pavel Štrach (2007). Exploring relationships between parent companies and their subsidiaries: The case of Japanese multinationals. (Supervisors: Malcolm Cone, Tony Garrett)

Raja Nerina Raja Yusof (2010). Internationalization strategies and operations of international retailers: Comparison of Asia and Europe. (Supervisors: André Everett, Malcolm Cone)

Lenny Sunaryo (2009). Chinese social institutions imitating nature? Strategic action in pursuit of self-actualisation. (Supervisors: André Everett, Malcolm Cone)

Sara Walton (2008). Contesting natures: A discourse analysis of natural resource conflicts. (Supervisors: Bronwyn Boon, Hugh Campbell)

Haina Zhang (2011). The impact of traditional Chinese cultures on work values in a comparative setting (Supervisors: André Everett, Graham Elkin)