Browsing by Subject "public policy"
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Reformed and engaged boards – not activist shareholders
(Inderscience Enterprises, 2011)This study considers the legitimacy of shareholder activism as a means of exercising influence in the corporate decision-making process and identifies self-reformed boards as a superior solution to the issues that activists ... -
Students, patients, citizens, and believers as “customers”: A cross-national exploratory study
(Taylor & Francis, 2011)Even after 40 years of philosophical discussions about whether “customer” terminology is appropriate in the context of education, health care, religion, government, and other social institutions, virtually no research has ... -
"The Land Belongs To Those Who Work It": A Critical Evaluation of Land Redistribution Policy in South Africa, 1994-2012
(University of Waikato, 2015)Land ownership in post-apartheid South Africa carries a powerful symbolic charge for both black and white citizens. Under apartheid, state legislation denied black South Africans access to landownership rights, and confined ... -
The role of the mayor in New Zealand
(University of Waikato, 2003)This study is about local leadership and the contemporary role of mayors in New Zealand. In particular, the focus is the implications of the legally undefined role of the mayor for the exercise of local leadership, ... -
The wellbeing and social connectedness of older people in the Small Island Developing State (SIDS) of Maldives
(University of Waikato, 2016)Older people in small island developing states (SIDS) live within the context of a distinctive set of circumstances in terms of the unique geo-spatial characteristics of island nations, the typically small size and dispersed ...
