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Mountain bikers' attitudes towards mountain biking tourism destinations

Moularde, Julie (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

This thesis, grounded in consumer culture theory, delves into the sociocultural dynamics involved in tourist attitude content and formation. It addresses gaps in special interest tourism, sports tourism and tourist attitudes ...
The Music of Organisations: an Aesthetic Ethnography

Bathurst, Ralph James (Victoria University of Wellington, 2006)

Arts-based expressions are becoming an increasingly important for understanding and improving business practice. More specifically, drama, painting and music are all artistic tools being used as ways of helping leaders ...
Navigating the tensions of flexible work: An exploration of the individual strategies employed by flexibly working parents

Andrejic, Natalija (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

The demand for workplace flexibility is growing in New Zealand. The increasing and fragmented employment participation of women has given rise to growing complexity within family lives and higher demand for flexible work. ...
The Neuroscience of Gender Bias within Organisations: Implicit and Explicit Influences

Wicks, James (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

It has been 30 years since the metaphor of a ‘glass ceiling’ was introduced, yet progress to address gender bias in organisations has been slow. Within a context in which employment is rapidly changing and technologies are ...
New Zealand public management - tensions of a model from the 1980s

Norman, Richard (Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

This year, the systems established in the late 1980s to reform the New Zealand public sector turn 21, and, as in the 1980s, economic pressures and the election of political leaders of a different generation from those they ...
Organisational identity and alcohol use among young employees: A case study of a professional services firm

Bridgman, T. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2013)

Abstract Background: Cultural influences on young people’s drinking have been the focus of much research and policy practice. Young people’s drinking is influenced by a range of institutions, including the workplace, yet ...
Organisational Identity and Alcohol Use in Knowledge-Intensive Workplaces

Walker, Benjamin Webster (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

The use of alcohol is an integral social act in many cultures and societies. The reasons for its use, as well as its mental and physical effects on people, have been a topic of academic interest for decades. This thesis ...
Overcoming the problem with solving business problems: Using theory differently to rejuvenate the case method for turbulent times

Bridgman, T. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2018)

A questioning of the neoliberal consensus in the global economic order is creating turbulence in Western democracies. Long regarded as the only viable capitalist model, neoliberalism is now subjected to increasing scrutiny. ...
Path dependency and the role of HR

Plimmer, G. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

Path dependency is used to assess the dynamics and evolution of workplace experiences in both the New Zealand Public Sector, and the marginalisation of the HRM function in the United Kingdom. In the New Zealand public ...
Paths to the Market: Distribution Channels for Community-Based Tourism. A Case Study of Banteay Chhmar CBT, Cambodia

Nhem, Sochea (Victoria University of Wellington, 2016)

This study is to investigate the structure of distribution channels for community-based tourism (CBT) in Banteay Chhmar commune. It explores the factors influencing the distribution channel structure and then examines and ...
The perceived destination image of Indonesia: An assessment on travel blogs written by the industry’s top markets

Petriana, Bernadeth (Victoria University of Wellington, 2017)

The tourist gaze theory suggests that tourists are taught by the destination marketing organisation to know how, when, and where to look. However, the birth of travel blogs has challenged this image as they offer the public ...
Possible selves and career transition: It's who you want to be, not what you want to do

Plimmer, G. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2007)

Desire for career change is the driver behind much adult study. Career change and going back to school as an adult are often stressful. For the individual, the experience often begins with a state of dissatisfaction about ...
Preaching and Practising: a Retrospective Exploration of Goals and Innovative Developments in the Administration of Intellectual Property Rights

Momoh, Ama Vivian (Victoria University of Wellington, 2012)

The management of innovation is a common phrase in many conversations about modern business management. However, management innovation has comparatively less recognition despite claims that it is one of the key components ...
Prevention of bullying in the public sector

Plimmer, Geoff (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)
Proactive crisis management tools : Ecolabel and Green Globe 21 experiences from New Zealand

Schott, C. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2006)

This article addresses the theme of crisis management in tourism by adopting a proactive rather than a reactive perspective. As such, it examines ecolabels as one of the proactive mitigation mechanisms with the capacity ...
Proactive Socialisation: a Longitudinal Investigation of Newcomer Adjustment Inside Both an Institutionalised and Individualised Workplace

Burke, Sarah Elizabeth (Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

This thesis adopted a unique approach to the exploration of proactive socialisation and the processes by which a newcomer moves from organisational outsider to insider. Although socialisation involves actions by the ...
Professional Culture Compatibility and Performance in International Joint Ventures: A Chinese Experience

Gan, Xiangfu (Victoria University of Wellington, 2008)

This research was influenced by Sirmon & Lane's (2004) model of cultural differences and international alliance performance. Sirmon & Lane's model introduced the concept and importance of partners' professional culture ...
Public servants want to make a difference

Plimmer, G (Victoria University of Wellington, 2014)

New Zealand public servants are generally satisfied with their jobs and want to make a difference to society, although they have mixed feelings about their organisations. To understand this discrepancy between what they ...
Public service dynamics

Plimmer, Geoff (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

Creating High Performing Public Service Organisations – moving from problem ID to solutions Date: Tuesday 14 April 2015 With an excellent line-up of presenters from across the Public Service this seminar brought together, ...
Publishing success of marketing academics: Antecedents and outcomes

Plimmer, G. (Victoria University of Wellington, 2015)

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between positive incentives (perceived organisational support) and negative incentives (publish or perish), on both academic publication productivity and ...