• Are media reports representative of host community support for mega-events? The case of Sydney world youth day 2008 

  Locke, Mirrin; Zahra, Anne Louise (Cognizant, 2011)

  World Youth Day 2008 (WYD08) held during July was the fourth mega-event to be held in Sydney in the past decade. All mega-events, such as WYD08, attract considerable media attention in the lead up to, during, and after the ...

  

• A cultural encounter through volunteer tourism: Towards the ideals of sustainable tourism? 

  McIntosh, Alison J.; Zahra, Anne Louise (Channel View Publications, 2007)

  International volunteering is increasingly recognised as a form of alternative tourism. However, the nature of the ‘alternative’ experience gained, and the ensuing narrative between host and volunteer, remains under-explored ...

• From chaos to cohesion - complexity in tourism structures: An analysis of New Zealand's regional tourism organizations 

  Zahra, Anne Louise; Ryan, Chris (Pergamon, 2007)

  This paper discusses chaos theory and provides a brief description of chaos and complexity theory. It notes past applications in tourism research with specific reference to the work of Russell and Faulkner relating to ...

• Language and cultural considerations when implementing innovative approaches to assessments: Reflective learning journals and the perception of non-English speaking students 

  Zahra, Anne Louise (Routledge, 2009)

  There is a call for hospitality educators to incorporate more reflective and critical thinking in curriculum and assessment. This paper explores if non-English speaking students, chiefly from a Confucian heritage background, ...

• Learning journals leading to authentic learning in a hospitality context 

  Zahra, Anne Louise (Taylor & Francis, 2012)

  There is a call for more reflective practices in hospitality education to deliver authentic learning. This article evaluates a learning journal assessment that stimulates both real-world relevance and experience and documents ...

• The role of values in destination decision-making: The Indian travel market 

  Dassanayake, Dassanayake Mudiyanselage Chaminda (University of Waikato, 2017)

  Destination decision-making has gained considerable attention in the field of tourism research because it relates directly to the destination selection behaviours of tourists, and thus to formulating and implementing ...

  

• The role of tourism promoting community participation in the development of Jiwaka Province in Papua New Guinea 

  Kau, Theresia Wome (University of Waikato, 2014)

  This master’s thesis explored whether or not tourism can facilitate community development in the Jiwaka Province in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea (PNG). The people of Jiwaka Province, a newly created province, could ...

  

• Sexual Harassment by Hotel Customers: Impacts on Workers, and Reactions from Management: A Thailand Study 

  Aksonnit, Prasitchai (University of Waikato, 2014)

  Sexual harassment (SH) in the hospitality industry is prevalent. This study investigates the phenomenon of sexual harassment of hotel staff by customers in Thailand. There are two main research objectives. The first is to ...

  

• Virtue Ethics and Corporate Governance 

  Grant, Patricia Louise (University of Waikato, 2013)

  The purpose of this interpretative phenomenological study was to explore directors’ lived experience of ethics in their task of corporate governance so as to capture some of the multiple facets of this phenomenon: specifically ...

  

• Strategic Planning and Management for the MICE Sector: A Case Study of the Auckland Region 

  Locke, Mirrin (University of Waikato, 2012)

  Tourism is a vital part of the economy in New Zealand, and is currently the country’s second biggest export earner (Ministry of Economic Development, 2011). The Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions (MICE) ...

  

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