Browsing Masters Theses by Title
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The role of leadership in the experiences of Asian international students’ hospitality studies
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)This research explores the experiences of Asian International Students (AIS) who were studying professional cookery at a private training institution after reports (Tan, 2011) indicated that AIS was being described in New ... -
The Role of Organisational Change Management in Robotic Process Automation Implementation Projects
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)Robotic Process Automation (RPA) has witnessed a significant increase in popularity since 2018, with numerous medium and large enterprises adopting RPA each year. Despite the high uptake of RPA, there are many challenges ... -
The Role of Professionality of Employee Uniform in Creating Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty in Restaurant Context
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)As a loyal customer can be the brand ambassador of an organisation, service organisations strive to enhance customer loyalty. Customer loyalty in the hospitality context does not only depend on service quality and food ... -
The role of rotational power and mobility on throwing velocity
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)The ability of players to consistently throw at high velocity with accuracy is considered to be a fundamental task influencing game outcomes in sports such as baseball and cricket. Throwing requires rotational power and ... -
The Role of Social Media in Building Value for the Reseller in B2B Marketing
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)Studies argue that the adoption of social media sites in business organisations in the Business-to-Business (B2B) environment is perceived as an irrelevant digital tool used by businesses. However, an enormous amount of ... -
The Role of Social Media in Chinese Students’ Choice of a Tertiary Education Provider in New Zealand
(Auckland University of Technology, 2022)With over 25-million subscription accounts on the platform, the official WeChat account is the home of compelling content that inspires Chinese students to study abroad. WeChat official accounts (WOAs) are widely used by ... -
The Role of Social Media in Public Relations Practice – a New Zealand Perspective
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)This study investigates the trends in the use of social media in the practice of New Zealand public relations and sheds light on how New Zealand public relations professionals evaluate the role of social media in their ... -
The role of the internet in enabling linkages between tourism and local food in Vanuatu
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)The Internet enables communities in developing countries to directly communicate with potential visitors at a relatively low cost. The Internet also plays a significant role in the development of a sustainable tourism ... -
The role of women and sanitation: a case study of Northern Kenya
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)Safe sanitation and hygiene is needed to realize the Millennium Development Goals targeting gains against diarrhoeal diseases, improving maternal health and reducing child mortality. As a result women are an important ... -
Roles and impacts of accounting and auditing organization for Islamic financial institutions (AAOIFI) in dealing with the accounting and disclosure of Zakah and Interest (Riba)
(Auckland University of Technology, 2009)The issues of zakah and interest for IFIs have been highlighted for several years and attracted many arguments among Islamic scholars and public. The increasing public interest on the Islamic Banking since 1970s has been ... -
Rolling back the years: a comparative analysis of anti-ageing advertisements in women’s magazines between the 1970s and 2000s
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)Over the last fifty or so years, advertising has become a pervasive part of many people’s lives. To persuade their customers to buy a product or service in now overcrowded markets, advertisers discursively construct a ... -
Rosie's Pigeons
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)This thesis consists of a full-length screenplay for a feature film. The Thesis is framed by an Exegesis, which is a 6000 word essay on the subject of: (a) The genre of the Thesis (b) The development process from ... -
Rotation correction for license plate recognition
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)The focus of this thesis is on reliable and robust license plate recognition (LPR). The technology is currently in operation that both the quantity and quality-based approaches are needed. The entire procedure of license ... -
Rubber based resistance and the bench press exercise: force and power outputs
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)The application of rubber based resistance (RBR) to traditional isoinertial resistance exercises as a method of manipulating exercise kinematics and kinetics has gained popularity within the strength and conditioning ... -
Rules and Rebellion: an exegesis to Gauntlet Road
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)I have taken an autoethnographic approach in my exegesis and split it into three parts. First of all, I contextualise my thesis in terms of genre and influences. My aim is to explain its conceptual framework. I give a brief ... -
Run Like You’re on Fire
(Auckland University of Technology, 2021)This thesis consists of practice-led research in the form of a full-length script for a feature film [or pilot for television, or play for the theatre]; plus a 6000-word essay (exegesis). A summary of the script is as ... -
Rupture and Reparation: In Painting
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)This practice-led project explores rupture and reparation in the process of painting whereby material interventions are influenced by the intuitive decisions, or inclinations, arising from the artist’s perception of what ... -
Rupturing vIrtual space
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)This document details the research and ideas which have informed the development of my art practice. My practice is concerned with the implications of persistent mediation by the ubiquitous technologies of the virtual ... -
Rural tourism development in the eastern Hokianga area
(Auckland University of Technology, 2008)Rural Tourism is increasingly being used as a development strategy to improve the social and economic well being of rural areas. Rural Tourism encompasses a huge range of activities, natural or manmade attractions, amenities ... -
Rwandan teachers’ enacted beliefs
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)Pajares (1992) states that “beliefs teachers hold influence their perceptions and judgments, which, in turn, affect their behavior in the classroom” (p. 307). This thesis aims to bridge the gap that exists in the literature ...