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Integrating inclusivity in research communications workshops
(University of Newcastle, 2025-12-16) Sheridan, Brendan Daniel
This paper focuses on actions taken to promote inclusivity in workshops about communicating research both in the academy and beyond. The New Zealand Tertiary Education Commission’s 2020 statement on Ōritetanga (equity) pushed for institutions to prioritise removing barriers to education for Māori, Pacific and disabled communities. Informed by ideas of universal design for learning, cultural competency, and literature surrounding postgraduate research training, the workshops discussed in this chapter cover inclusive ideas related to research communication. They aim to provide postgraduate research students with skills and awareness for communicating research in both academic and non-academic spaces.
Supplementary notes for 2024 Moana Oceania NZ soil judging handbook
(New Zealand Society of Soil Science, 2024-11-20) Lowe, David J.
These supplementary maps and tables were compiled by David J. Lowe to accompany and enhance the NZ soil judging handbook prepared for the 2024 Moana Oceania Soil Judging competition held in the Rotorua region 29 November-1 December 2024 (prior to the joint NZSSS and SSA soils conference 2-5 December 2024 in Rotorua). They include maps of volcanic centres and explosively erupted products in North Island, the general soil pattern for tephra-derived soils, the main rhyolitic tephras deposited in the Rotorua-Tarawera region over the past c. 25,400 years, and the distribution of Taupo tephra (c. 232 AD), Kaharoa tephra (c. 1314 AD) and Tarawera tephra (10 June 1886 AD). Notes on the development of the Mamaku Plateau via ignimbrite emplacement and erosion and on the nature and formation of the nanoclay, allophane, are also included.
Eco-centric success: Stakeholder approaches to sustainable performance via green improvisation behavior and environmental orientation in the hotel industry
(Wiley, 2024) Murtaza, Syed Hussain; Khan, Adnan; Mustafa, Syed Muhammad
This study delves into the relationship between green improvisational behavior (GIB), environmental orientation (EO), a green creative climate (GCC), and how they influence the environmental (EP) and social performance (SP) in the hotel industry. Through the perspective of stakeholder theory, the study examines how these factors work together to cultivate an atmosphere. The data was carefully collected through surveys at Pearl Continental Hotels & Resorts branches, a known chain of luxury hotels in Pakistan. Using Structural Equation Modeling for analysis, the study reveals insights for the hospitality industry in promoting a culture that encourages innovative and sustainable practices through environmentally friendly actions. By understanding what drives the development of an environment, hotels can create an organizational culture that supports eco-friendly initiatives. Additionally, this research contributes to existing knowledge by investigating the role of focus in effectively implementing and utilizing practices that promote a green creative climate for improved environmental and social performance within the hotel industry. The results provide implications for practices within hotels and offer theoretical perspectives on the factors driving sustainability efforts in this sector.
Investing in green intellectual capital to enhance green corporate image under the Influence of green innovation climate: A case of Chinese entrepreneurial SMEs
(Elsevier, 2023) Khan, Adnan; Hussain, Shahbaz; Sampene, Agyemang Kwasi
Modern firms have been urged to play their role toward a sustainable business environment. The relevance of green prospects in the work environment continues to expand. Still, little research has been conducted to understand the role of green intellectual capital plays in promoting environmental behaviours and outcomes. With China's higher level of carbon emission, it has become imperative for businesses to investigate ways to improve their environmental performance. For this purpose, we collected the data from 451 entrepreneurial small and medium-sized enterprises based in Jiangsu province of China and then analyzed it through partial least square-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Based on the social cognitive theory assumptions, this research study argues that; green intellectual capital, measured with green human resource, relation capital, and structural capital, positively influences green core competence. And, Green core competence positively impacts the green corporate image (environmental performance and green innovation practices). Additionally, Green core competence was found to mediate the relationship between green intellectual capital and green corporate image. Lastly, the study's outcome delineated that innovative green climate moderates the relationship between green core competence and green corporate image. This study broadens the scope of social cognitive theory and presents a viable solution for entrepreneurial small and medium-sized enterprises stakeholders to use the knowledge generated by green intellectual capital and core competence to improve their green corporate image.
Web crippling behaviour of cold-formed steel channel sections having elongated edge-stiffened web holes under interior-two-flange loading condition
(Elsevier, 2023-11-01) Wang, Wei; Roy, Krishanu; Fang, Zhiyuan (Arthur); Beulah Gnana Ananthi, G.; Lim, James Boon Piang
In the past decade, cold-formed steel (CFS) channel sections having circular edge-stiffened web holes have been developed in New Zealand. Such edge-stiffened holes increase the strength of the CFS channel sections, compared to an equivalent section having unstiffened holes, while still allowing full service integration. In the case of web crippling, previous research has found that use of edge-stiffened holes almost results in the same strength of an equivalent channel-section having a plain web. Such circular edge-stiffened web holes can now be extended to elongated edge-stiffened web holes. However, for such elongated holes, no experimental tests have been reported in the literature. In this paper, a numerical investigation was carried out, and non-linear finite element (FE) analyses were used to investigate the web crippling behaviour of CFS channel sections having edge-stiffened web holes under the interior-two-flange (ITF) loading condition. The cases of both flange fastened and flange unfastened were considered. The FE models were validated against test results of sections having circular edge-stiffened web holes; good agreement in terms of the load–displacement curves and deformed shapes was shown. Using the validated FE models, a parametric study was carried out on CFS channel sections having elongated un-stiffened and edge-stiffened web holes, comprising 1,227 finite element analyses (FEA) results. Compared to sections having a plain web, for the case of an elongated opening, without any edge-stiffener, having an aspect ratio of two and three, the average reduction in web crippling strength was 39% and 49%, respectively. However, for an edge-stiffened hole, the reduction in the web crippling strength was reduced to only 2% and 16%, respectively. Finally, the design equations in the form of the web crippling reduction factor (Rp) and the equations based on the direct strength method (DSM) for CFS sections with elongated web holes were proposed.