...Rakesh Pandey; Ralph Adler; Mansi Mansi Purpose This paper aims to provide a longitudinal examination of New Zealand ( NZ ) universities’ use of annual reports, sustainability reports, strategy reports and vision statements to disclose information about vulnerable staff and students over...

...Rosalind H. Whiting Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the changes in gender‐biased employment practices that it is perceived have occurred in New Zealand accountancy workplaces over the last 30 years, using Oliver's model of deinstitutionalization. Design/methodology/approach...

...Hedy Jiaying Huang; Keith Hooper Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the funding criteria adopted by funding organisations (FOs) in New Zealand. Design/methodology/approach The naturalistic inquiry paradigm is applied and qualitative interview data were collected using semi...

.../approach Research evidence has been collected via a mixed methods approach utilising 20 semi‐structured interviews with key hotel management contract stakeholders in Australia and a questionnaire survey administered to hotel general managers in Australia and New Zealand. Findings A review...

...Jennifer Grafton; Anna M Lillis; Lyn Murphy; William Maguire Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on the decision process that the authors follow in applying mixed methods research to evaluate the benefits and costs of conducting sponsored clinical trials in a publicly funded New Zealand...

...Grant Samkin; K.A. Van Peursem; A. Balme Purpose The purpose of this paper is to evaluate threats to dissolve the New Zealand Serious Fraud Office (SFO) as interpreted through the public press. Design/methodology/approach An institutional approach is adopted in this case, and the analysis...

...Manzurul Alam; Stewart Lawrence Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the implications of empowerment practices within the disability support service (DSS) sector in New Zealand. The DSS framework is designed as part of the public sector reform process to promote empowerment for people...

... involving interviews with owner‐managers of a set of 50 firms recruited from a random sample of 500 New Zealand “manufacturing” or “service” firms employing 5‐50 full‐time staff. Findings The experiences of the project team were reflected on, refined, and presented as six practical “lessons...

...Christine Byrch; Kate Kearins; Markus Milne; Richard Morgan Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the meaning of sustainable development held by New Zealand “thought leaders” and “influencers” promoting sustainability, business, or sustainable business. It seeks to compare inductively...

... of studies focusing on work‐family practices in New Zealand has increased (Haar and Spell, 2004, 2001), there is a deficit of qualitative work‐family research in New Zealand. Consequently, the present study undertakes a qualitative approach to explore employee outcomes influenced by flexitime, which has been...