Browsing Doctoral Theses by Title
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Land Rights and Empowerment of Urban Women, Fa’afafine and Fakaleitī in Samoa and Tonga
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)The thesis addresses significant gaps in the existing knowledge on land rights in the Pacific, which are the voices of urban women, fa’afafine, and fakaleitī1. The lands concerned are customary land in Samoa, and Crown ... -
Leadership Interaction in Global Virtual Teams: Roles Models and Challenges
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Despite the value of virtual teams in delivering global public relations programmes across geographical boundaries, accessing participants from diverse cultures and providing 24-hour work cycles, global virtual teams are ... -
Leading Health Workforce Change: Insights from Experience
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)New Zealand has unique legislation that allows for the government to plan for, and to provide for, the health and wellbeing of its population. The pressures to continue to do so are enormous. This thesis describes the work ... -
Learning to Program: The Development of Knowledge in Novice Programmers
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)This thesis presents a longitudinal study of novice programmers during their first year learning to program at university. The purpose of this research was to gain a deeper understanding of the ways in which novice programmers ... -
“Leftover? No! I Am a Victorious Woman” Exploring the Identity of Sheng Nv in Contemporary China
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)There has been a significant rise in the number of well-educated, highly paid, and independent unmarried women who have been officially defined as ‘leftover women’ in China. The contextualization of ‘leftover women’ in ... -
Leiopelma hochstetteri Fitzinger 1861 (Anura: Leiopelmatidae) habitat ecology in the Waitakere Ranges, New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)Declines and extinctions of amphibian populations are a global dilemma with complex local causes, which should be viewed in the context of a much larger biodiversity crisis. As other animal groups, amphibians with restricted ... -
Linkages between tourism and agriculture in South Pacific SIDS: the case of Niue
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)Tourism is playing a growing role in many Pacific Island economies. Even in the smallest MIRAB (Migration, Remittances, Aid and Bureaucracy) economies, tourism is seen as an area of policy significance by governments and ... -
The Lived Experience of Being Born into Grief
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)This study explores the meaning of the lived experience of being born into grief. Using a phenomenological hermeneutic methodology, informed by the writings of Martin Heidegger [1889-1976] and Hans-George Gadamer [1900-2002], ... -
The lived experience of liver transplant recipients in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)This thesis reports on phenomenological research into the lived experience of liver transplant recipients in New Zealand in 17 qualitative interviews, and a qualitative survey of 49 liver transplant recipients across New ... -
The Lived Experience of Social and Cultural Capital for Immigrant Women’s Entrepreneurship in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)This study aimed to explore the lived experiences of immigrant women entrepreneurs in New Zealand. Hermeneutic phenomenology is used to interpret how the lived experience of being a female immigrant might have influenced ... -
Living theology: the discovery, understanding, and critical revision of James Wm McClendon Jr.’s biographical method
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)James McClendon is a theologian with a small loyal following. His Biography as Theology contained the suggestion that the practice of theology could be improved by attending to narratives of current faithful lives. This ... -
Living with dementia in New Zealand: an action research study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)The aim of this study was to undertake a systematic inquiry into the question of how people who live with dementia in the community can be supported to engage in daily activities. It is well known that dementia affects ... -
Living with it: a grounded action on family involvement in compulsory treatment for severe addiction
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)This grounded action research sought to first understand the involvement of family and whānau in the process of committing a whānau member for compulsory addiction treatment under the Alcoholism and Drug Addiction Act 1966 ... -
Local and personalised modelling for renal medical Decision Support System
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)The complexity and the dynamics of real-world problems, such as large Health Informatics data processing, require sophisticated methods and tools for building adaptive and knowledge-based intelligent systems. This ... -
Local and personalised models for prediction, classification and knowledge discovery on real world data modelling problems
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)This thesis presents several novel methods to address some of the real world data modelling issues through the use of local and individualised modelling approaches. A set of real world data modelling issues such as modelling ... -
Local places for physical activity: how important are they?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)There is significant evidence for the benefits of a physically active lifestyle, including reduced risks of developing many non-communicable diseases. The identification of the local environmental determinants and the ... -
The long-term impact of stroke on cognition: Prevalence, predictors and assessment
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Stroke is indiscriminate and has the potential to erase a lifetime of experiences or abilities in an instant. Given that stroke sequelae can have long-lasting consequences, with many stroke survivors experiencing ongoing ... -
Losing weight and keeping it off: workplace and dietitian clinic settings
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)Losing weight is relatively simple; keeping it off long term is the challenge. The maintenance of lost weight has become one of the most arduous and enduring problems in the area of weight control, and is one with which ... -
Machinability and microstructural studies on phase transformations in Austempered Ductile Iron
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)Austempered Ductile Iron (ADI) is a type of nodular, ductile cast iron subjected to heat treatments - austenitising and austempering. The heat treatment gives ADI its unique ausferrite microstructure through which ADI gets ... -
A Major Left Wing Think Tank in Aotearoa: An Impossible Dream or a Call to Action?
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)Despite the worldwide proliferation of think tanks since the 1970s and the development of a small number of think tanks locally, no substantial left wing think tank exists in Aotearoa. This research was driven by my desire ...