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The application of positive leadership in a New Zealand law enforcement organisation.
(University of Canterbury. Management, 2015)
This study explored the experiences of 10 leaders in their intentional six-month implementation, during the 2010-2011Christchurch earthquakes, of an adapted positive leadership model. The study concluded that the combination ...
Experiments on reciprocity, social comparisons and overconfidence.
(University of Canterbury. School of Business and Economics, 2015)
This thesis consists of three chapters focusing on negative reciprocity, transparency and job assignment, and overconfidence. To test my hypotheses I use experimental economics methods, which offer control over the data ...
Reality and Myth: The New Zealand Media and the Chilling Effect of Defamation Law
(University of Canterbury. Law, 2008)
In 2001, I began the field work in an empirical study of the laws of defamation in New Zealand. This study involved a comprehensive mail-out survey of the New Zealand media, and an adapted survey of defamation lawyers, ...
Social media usage and its effect on virtual team dynamics: a Transactive Memory System approach
(University of Canterbury, 2015)
Virtual teams (VTs) comprise knowledge workers who are geographically dispersed, may be constrained by different time zones, and primarily co-ordinate their work through suitable communication tools. Virtual teams are ...
Canadian Inuit use of caribou and Swedish Sámi use of reindeer in entrepreneurship.
(University of Canterbury. Management and Entrepreneurship, 2015)
The primary objective of this thesis was to develop knowledge and understanding about how traditional resources can be used for entrepreneurship and economic development. This was accomplished by systematically studying ...
An organisation theory perspective on choice of franchising form
(University of Canterbury, 2001)
This research addresses the issue of diversity of organisational forms in franchising, which despite its prevalence, is poorly understood. The research focuses on the choice between three categories, consisting of five ...
Movements in the Long White Cloud of Governance -Shifts in Attitudes to Governance in New Zealand
(University of Canterbury. Management, 2014)
This research interrogates a large population of shareholders, senior managers and company directors in New Zealand as to their reasons for considering board service, their competence in governance skills areas, their ...
The Association between Psychological Attributes and Organisational Performance in New Zealand Small to Medium Sized Enterprises
(University of Canterbury. Management, 2007)
This thesis reports on the association between particular psychological attributes of owner/operators and organisational financial performance in New Zealand small to medium sized enterprises (SME's). The specific ...
Stochastic utility maximising dynamic programming applied to medium-term reservoir management
(University of Canterbury. Management, 2003)
Medium-term reservoir management is a classic planning problem to which stochastic dynamic programming has been applied. An aspect of reservoir management modelling often neglected is 'risk', although it has been identified ...
The costs of community and institutional care of the dependent elderly
(University of Canterbury. Economics, 1987)
Estimates have been obtained of the cost of care of the
dependent elderly in private and public hospital and in the
community, based upon information collected on samples of
elderly in Christchurch, New Zealand. In order ...
