Masters Dissertations
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The Masters Dissertations collection contains digital copies of AUT University masters dissertations deposited with the Library since 2007 and made available on open access. From 2007 onwards, all dissertations for masters degrees awarded are required to be deposited in Scholarly Commons unless subject to an embargo.
Dissertations submitted prior to 2007 are usually recorded in the AUT Library catalogue where the full text, if available, may be accessed with an AUT password. Other people should request an Interlibrary Loan through their library.
Dissertations are protected by the Copyright Act 1994 (New Zealand). The dissertation may be consulted by you, provided you comply with the provisions of the Act and the following conditions of use:
- Any use you make of these documents or images must be for research or private study purposes only, and you may not make them available to any other person.
- Authors control the copyright of their dissertation. You will recognise the author’s right to be identified as the author of the dissertation, and due acknowledgement will be made to the author where appropriate.
- You will obtain the author’s permission before publishing any material from the dissertation.
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To Be Seen and Heard: The Lived Experience of Pasifika Students Participating in Psychotherapy Training in Aotearoa, New Zealand an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)The focus of this research was the lived experience of self-identified Pasifika students; exploring their ethnic identity and experience of psychotherapy training. Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) was used ... -
Exploring the Impact of Millennials’ Use of Social Media on Their Attachment Experiences, and Its Possible Implications for Psychotherapy – a Thematic Analysis
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Attachment is an innate human need which is initially met from secure attachment relationships between children and parents/caregivers, and also their community relationships. Where parents buffer or gate-keep the outside ... -
Love After Incest. How Does Father/Daughter Incest Impact Survivors’ Attachment and Later Developing Romantic Love Relationships and How Can the Therapeutic Relationship Assist in Helping Survivors Heal From Maladaptive Love Patterns? A Hermeneutic Literature Review
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)The purpose of this hermeneutic literature review is to assess, critique and bridge together literature on love, father/daughter incest, and the therapeutic relationship in order to consider how psychotherapists might best ... -
Factors Affecting Women's Career Advancement in Guangzhou's 5-star Hotels
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)The objective of this research is to explore the important factors that affect women’s career advancement in the hotel industry, in particular in five-star hotels in Guangzhou, China. This study also aims to fill the ... -
Impact of Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) by Developed Countries on Less Developed Countries: The Case of Lao PDR-EU Exports
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) is a non-reciprocal preferential trade agreement where developed countries grant concessions or elimination of their tariffs on imports from developing and less developed countries ... -
Factors That Affect Employee Turnover in Five-star Hotels in Beijing, China
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)This research replicates the work done by Emiroğlu, Akova and Tanrıverdi (2015) in Istanbul and aims to determine the relationship between the demographic factors (gender, education, marital status, age) and the employment ... -
The Therapist’s Experience and Understanding of Their Client’s Secrets: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Inquiry
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Secrets and secrecy are ubiquitous phenomena that are also encountered in therapeutic relationships, with some studies indicating that over half of all clients have kept secrets from their psychological therapists. Despite ... -
The Influence of Social Media Platform Usage on Customer Equity
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)The abstract is aimed to illustrate the influences of social media platforms usage on customer equity and also to examine the roles of social media in entertaining people, advertising as well as buying and selling of the ... -
Educational Perspectives of Samoan Board Members of South Auckland Secondary Schools
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)There are many factors as to why Pasifika learners are not achieving alongside the rest of their social groups. Some factors may relate to socioeconomics, poverty, barriers to learning, and a school environment not conducive ... -
Understanding Perceptions of Human Resource Competencies and Effectiveness in the New Zealand and Australian Hotel Industry
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)Traditionally, human resource management (HRM) was focused on personnel management through policies and practices (Ulrich, Brockbank, Johnson, Sandholtz, & Younger, 2008) and was seen as a highly administrative function. ... -
The Relationship Between Corporate Governance Quality and Sustainability Reporting: An Analysis of Top Performing Companies and Financially Distressed Companies
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)The aim of this study is to examine to what extent corporate governance quality influences the sustainability reporting of companies listed in Malaysia. I was motivated to find out whether companies comply with the ... -
Online Shopping: A Comparison of New Zealand and Chinese Shoppers
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)This research paper provides a comparative analysis of New Zealand and Chinese shoppers’ online shopping behavior. The dissertation examines consumers’ frequency of shopping, with particular focus on the comparison of ... -
An Interpretive Review of Psychoanalytic Literature on Empathy in the Therapeutic Relationship
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)This dissertation is an interpretive review of psychoanalytic literature on empathy within the therapeutic relationship. The creative science of hermeneutics is used to explore the history of empathy and its function ... -
Clinical Understandings of a Mother’s Murderous Rage Towards Her Infant: A Hermeneutic Literature Review
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Mothers commonly experience non-acted out thoughts and feelings that are perhaps indicative of more or less conscious murderous rage towards their infants. In my training as a psychodynamic psychotherapist I have experienced ... -
Ngā Tāpiritanga: In What Ways Are Indigenous Māori Perspectives on Attachment Similar to and Different From Western Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Attachment and What Are the Implications for the Practice of Psychotherapy in Aotearoa New Zealand? A Kaupapa Māori Critical Literature Review
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)Western attachment theory has tended to focus on the interpersonal attachments between people; only relatively recently have western perspectives begun to explore the quality of attachments outside of the interpersonal ... -
A Path Towards Wholeness: Identifying the Experiences of Clinicians Who Practice Psychotherapy and Nichiren Buddhism
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)This research studies the experiences of clinicians who practice Psychotherapy and Nichiren Buddhism. Five people were selected from four countries, New Zealand, England, America and Japan. The study seeks to understand ... -
Dynamic Relationship Between Residential Prices and Stock Prices in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the relationship between house prices and stock prices in New Zealand, using quarterly data from 1990 to 2016. Employing Cointegration and Granger Causality tests, Variance ... -
The Risk-adjusted Performance of KiwiSaver Funds
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)The New Zealand government introduced a national superannuation scheme named KiwiSaver to its citizens on 1 July 2007. However, until now, KiwiSaver funds’ performance is still an under-researched topic. This study ... -
Career Progression of Pacific Island People in Tertiary Institutions
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Pacific Island people are generally underrepresented in senior roles across the various tertiary institutions in New Zealand. This observation is apparent for Pacific Island people employed in either an allied or academic ... -
Eye to Eye: A Hermeneutic Literature Review of Eye Contact and the Gaze in Psychoanalytically Informed Psychotherapy
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)Eye contact is such a natural part of our everyday interactions, that we may take it for granted or dismiss its value. Yet it can be one of the most powerful ways of communicating and can assist or hinder in building ...