• Book review: Strategic issues management: organizations and public policy challenges 

  McKie, David (2009)

  This article reviews the book: “Strategic issues management: organizations and public policy challenges”, by Robert L. Heath & Michael J. Palenchar.

• Dangerous liaison or perfect match?: Public relations and social marketing 

  McKie, David; Toledano, Margalit (Elsevier, 2008)

  This paper considers a possible match between public relations and social marketing. It positions interchanges between the two as the strongest and most desirable partnership possibility for public relations with any aspect ...

• Desolidifying culture: Bauman, liquid theory, and race concerns in public relations 

  Xifra, Jordi; McKie, David (Routledge, 2011)

  This article examines approaches to race in public relations and seeks to reframe them through the work of Zygmunt Bauman. After a brief survey of recent race-concerned interventions in the literature, I contend that the ...

• Economics and public relations in a time of downturn: Dismal science, unseen history, and the need for dialogue 

  McKie, David; Ławniczak, Ryszard (Elsevier, 2009)

  The major originating event of this special section was the ongoing crisis that continues to cast a shadow of financial depression across the globe and has led to calls for a radical rethink of economics. In this introduction ...

• Energizing entrepreneurs: Resourceful communities and economic pathways 

  Murthy, Vikram; McKie, David (USA Info, Inc., 2006)

  INTRODUCTION This paper illustrates the relevance for the non-profit sector of moving beyond its traditional roles into entrepreneurial community economic development. Its approach aligns with conceptualizations of ...

  

• Expanding financial communication: Investor relations, crowdfunding, and democracy in the time of fintech 

  Doan, Mai Anh (The University of Waikato, 2018)

  This thesis studied financial communication in the context of a globalised, technologized, and financialised world. It arose from two seemingly opposite trends in practice and in academia. In practice, not only are technology ...

  

• Exploring Women's Leadership Journeys 

  Loeffen, Olivia (University of Waikato, 2016)

  Women comprise a very small proportion (28%) of senior managers and leaders in New Zealand organisations and statistics reveal a plateauing in their numbers over the last decade (Grant Thornton, 2012). The dearth of women ...

  

• Inspiring Innovation: An exploration of leadership and creativity in New Zealand businesses and churches 

  Suisted, Jeremy John (University of Waikato, 2015)

  This study set out from the following three observations: that there is little research about innovation leadership in New Zealand; that existing writings rely heavily on research and theory from other places (especially ...

  

• Removing the ‘Cloak of Invisibility’: New Zealand Directors Discuss Theatre Directing Praxis 

  Byrnes, Vanessa (University of Waikato, 2015)

  This thesis reveals central thematic concerns relating to directing text-based professional theatre in New Zealand. How does a select cohort of professional New Zealand theatre directors bring texts dynamically to life? ...

  

• Using the 2011 Rugby World Cup as a catalyst for the reproduction and refinement of New Zealand's national identity: Uniting a nation around a brand image. 

  Ferrier-Kerr, Hayley Margaret (University of Waikato, 2013)

  This study focuses on how the New Zealand Government used a mega sports event, the 2011 Rugby World Cup, as a catalyst for the reproduction and refinement of national identity. The ways that the government used a major ...

  

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