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The effect that rounding to prototypical values has on expected duration estimation accuracy
(Massey University. Department of Management and International Business, 2006)
The scheduling component of the time management process was used as a ‘paradigm’ to investigate the estimation of duration of future tasks. Two experiments looked at the effect that the tendency to provide estimates in the ...
Irony's architecture: Reflections on a photographic research project
(Massey University. Department of Management and International Business, 2007)
This paper presents a research approach based on irony, rather than certainty. Using Richard Rorty's conception of irony, we contend that much traditional research in management presents a final language which is implicit ...
CSR and staff retention in New Zealand companies: A literature review
(Massey University. Department of Management and International Business, 2006)
This working paper examines the notion that there is a relationship between CSR and staff
retention in organisations. Studies have shown that people are becoming more aware of business activities in many countries. As ...
Tourist attraction? Or reverence – The Royal New Zealand Air Force Museum. A case study of the tensions between intent and presentation
(Massey University. Department of Management and International Business, 2007)
The military museum has in the last quarter of the 20th Century undergone a transformation in Western societies. The military museum has become less concerned with remembrance and more concerned with education and analysis. ...
The impact of The Warehouse on New Zealand small towns: A discussion paper with specific reference to Maori
(Massey University. Department of Management and International Business, 2007)
This discussion paper is based on empirical material looking at the social impact of The Warehouse (TW) on small town NZ. The results of this research show that Māori have a more positive orientation to The Warehouse than ...
Organizational downsizing and the instrumental worker: Is there a connection?
(Massey University. Department of Management and International Business, 2006)
A national population sample of 424 employees was used to explore the proposition that the widespread use of organizational downsizing by management has led employees to adopt a more instrumental orientation to the employment ...
Determiners of accuracy when making an expected duration estimation: The role of ‘past’ event/task saliency
(Massey University. Department of Management and International Business, 2006)
One of the important ‘skills’ which is associated with effective time management is the ability to accurately estimate the probable duration of a to-be-scheduled event or task. The present study explored the effect that ...
Research based yet action oriented: Developing individual level enterprising competencies
(Massey University. Department of Management and International Business, 2007)
This paper outlines an approach to teaching enterprising competencies in the university setting of Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand. It is characterised by two features. First, it has an experiential component in ...
Home-based internet businesses as drivers of variety
(Massey University. Department of Management and International Business, 2007)
The paper shows how and why Home-Based Internet Businesses are drivers of variety. This paper argues, by means of five theoretical perspectives, that because of the variety HBIBs generate, they contribute to the economy ...
The metaphorical rise of entrepreneurship
(Massey University. Department of Management and International Business, 2006)
The words that have come to be associated with innovative and creative business enterprises – entrepreneur, entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial – have their English origins in the realm of armed conflict. However over ...