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Exploring Inclusion, Support and Culture in the Workplace: A Study of Māori and European Employees
(University of Waikato, 2013)New Zealand boasts a wide range of vibrant and contrasting cultures within the workplace. This level of cultural diversity within New Zealand is set to increase substantially over the next 15 years. This increase has already ... -
Exploring individual characteristics related to community-based sentence compliance: Is there an association between neuropsychological functioning, traumatic brain injury, and non-compliance with a community-based sentence?
(The University of Waikato, 2021)Non-compliance with a community-based sentence can result in serious consequences for an individual, including imprisonment. Probation officers, who supervise those on community sentences, play an essential role in supporting ... -
Exploring Knowledge Transfer and Knowledge Building at Offshore Technical Support Centers
(University of Waikato, 2010)This is an exploratory investigation into knowledge transfer and knowledge building processes observed at offshore Technical Support Centers (TSCs) in China. Utilizing a multiple case study approach, the study examines how ... -
Exploring languaging through an ontological register
(NatureCulture, 2022-03-01)Law and Mol (2020) provide an insightful critique to dominant approaches to language, arguing that “to talk of language is to imply that it is possible to disentangle how people talk (or sign or write) from the practices ... -
Exploring leadership as a phenomenon in an educational leadership paper: An innovative pedagogical approach opens the unexpected
(International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning (ISETL), 2010)Neoliberal ideologies influence both the content and pedagogical approach of educational leadership programmes. This article proposes an alternate pedagogy, one which privileges the experiential nature of the leadership ... -
Exploring local perceptions on visual media representations of climate change and last chance tourism in Tuvalu
(The University of Waikato, 2019)This thesis seeks to explore local Tuvaluan feelings and perceptions on the visual representation of Tuvalu in international climate change media stories in conjunction with the island nation’s growing status as a last ... -
Exploring medications amongst Tongan households in New Zealand
(University of Waikato, 2010)The current thesis explores: how four related Tongan households understand, treat and use medications; and the ‘flow’ of medications into, around and out of these households. The participants for this research come from ... -
Exploring Men's Coping With Psychological Distress Within the Context of Conforming to Masculine Role Norms
(University of Waikato, 2013)The purpose of this study was to explore the relationships among masculine and coping variables with psychological distress. It also identified the extent to which masculine variables and coping styles contributed to ... -
Exploring mood in neverver
(University of Hawaii Press, 2011-06)In a preverbal position, all clauses in the Neverver language of Malakula Island (Vanuatu) are either unmarked, or carry the morpheme m- prefixed to the verb. In this paper, I explore the distribution of unmarked and mmarked ... -
Exploring mothers' experiences of separating from an abusive partner
(University of Waikato, 2010)This research explored mothers' experiences of separating from an abusive partner. It focuses on the contextual factors which support or undermine women's ability to keep their children safe. Of particular interest was the ... -
Exploring new frontiers to generate an integrated definition of workaholism
(Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2006)In general, contemporary data indicate that workaholism represents a value system about the importance of working and achieving that certainly does not meet the scientific criteria for addiction, as it is associated with ... -
Exploring orientation cues in both digital and physical books
(BISL, 2017)Electronic books (eBooks) and eReaders are now a commonplace tool in the reading experience for many readers. Yet these have long received mixed reviews. Designing suitable interactions that support successful eReading ... -
Exploring Pacific picturebooks to support the language, culture and identity of Pasifika children. A summer scholar’s perspective
(2021)Populations of Pacific People in Aotearoa New Zealand are growing, and many education documents recognise the need to support the language, culture and identity of children from these communities in educational settings. In ... -
Exploring patient experiences and power dynamics in an acute general surgical ward: A mixed methods study exploring patient and staff perceptions of the inpatient experience at Waikato Hospital
(The University of Waikato, 2022)Background: Alongside health outcomes, patient experiences are considered crucial in identifying the quality of a health care setting. General surgery comprise the largest range of pathologies and accounts for the highest ... -
Exploring Players' Perceptions About Alcohol: The Impact of Alcohol on the Rugby Team Culture.
(University of Waikato, 2011)New Zealand club rugby has had a strong tradition of alcohol consumption. Research internationally and within New Zealand has presented rugby as a sport where alcohol consumption is prolific and hazardous. This investigation ... -
Exploring pre-service teachers' understanding of statistical variation: Implications for teaching and research
(ASMJ, 2007)Concerns about the importance of variation in statistics education and a lack of research in this topic led to a preliminary study which explored pre-service teachers’ ideas in this area. The teachers completed a written ... -
Exploring Representations of Interactive Space
(University of Waikato, 2013)Space has been conceived in many different ways by as many different disciplines. Lefebvre and Harvey suggest conceptions of space as approaches to understanding human interactions within our world. These same conceptions ... -
Exploring research data management from a data user’s perspective
(The University of Waikato, 2018)Current research data management practices focus more on data col-lecting, curating and sharing than on supporting data use and reuse. This re-search studies research data management from a data user’s perspective and aims ... -
Exploring rumen microbe-derived fibre-degrading activities for improving feed digestibility
(2014)Ruminal fibre degradation is mediated by a complex community of rumen microbes, and its efficiency is crucial for optimal dairy productivity. Enzymes produced by rumen microbes are primarily responsible for degrading the ... -
Exploring scale effects of best/worst rank ordered choice data to estimate benefits of tourism in alpine grazing commons
(Oxford, 2011)In many environmental valuation applications standard sample sizes for choice modelling surveys are impractical to achieve. One can improve data quality using more in-depth surveys administered to fewer respondents. We ...
