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Rip density and dynamics along the New Zealand coastline : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Geography, Massey University
(Massey University, 2000)
Rip currents are the most obvious component of the nearshore cell circulation system. The aim of this research was to investigate the applicability to the New Zealand coastal setting of a rip density scaling hypothesis, ...
Effectiveness of treatment for cannabis use disorder in New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Rehabilitation at Massey University
(Massey University, 2000)
This study, believed to be the first cannabis treatment outcome study in New Zealand, used a naturalistic design to examine the relationships among client characteristics and correlates of cannabis use problems, treatment ...
Conceptualisations of teaching and learning in the policies of the NZQA : critique and case studies : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Educational Administration at Massey University
(Massey University, 2000)
The study originated from a concern that the nature of teaching in polytechnics was undergoing a fundamental change. Increasingly, it seemed, teaching and learning were being seen as the means for achieving measurable ...
Te tini roto, te tini ora : health promotion : purchasing health gains for Maori : a thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Philosophy in Maori Studies at Massey University
(Massey University, 2000)
The health reforms of the 1990's were in part implemented to develop a more effective, efficient and responsive health system. The reforms were to see major changes introduced into public sector management with a growing ...
Career exploration and career decision-making self-efficacy amongst adolescents : individual and contextual factors : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology, Massey University
(Massey University, 2000)
The nature of the relationship between career exploration and self-efficacy for career decision-making amongst New Zealand adolescents has been examined. Participants in the study were 483 sixth form students from seven ...
Gender differences and writing : self-efficacy beliefs, attitudes, preferences and perceptions : thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy (Education) Massey University
(Massey University, 2000)
This present research investigated gender differences in students' writing self-efficacy beliefs, writing attitudes, writing preferences and gendered perceptions about writing in the New Zealand School Certificate English ...
This is work not your private life : a discourse analytic study of sex work in New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University
(Massey University, 2000)
The majority of previous research conducted on sex work has reflected and reinforced popular cultural constructions of sex work. This present study examines alternative constructions of sex work from the viewpoint of sex ...
Theatre of wonders : the emergence of the Southland Museum, 1869-1945 : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Museum Studies at Massey University
(Massey University, 2000)
During the last two decades of the twentieth century, international scholarship in museology began to focus on the development of museums in the colonial context, with particular emphasis on the nineteenth century. While ...
Determinants of perceived training transfer : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the degree of Masters of Science in Psychology at Massey University
(Massey University, 2000)
Organisational literature suggests that training is an area of exponential growth (Goldstein, 1986, 1991, 1993; Quinones & Ehrenstein, 1997). Despite this, and a high level of expenditure on training, the application of ...
World processed food trade : a comparative analysis of New Zealand and selected exporters : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Applied Economics in Agricultural Economics at Massey University
(Massey University, 2000)
International trade in processed food products has been a dynamic component of world economic activity over the past twenty years, with the value of world processed food trade more than tripling between 1976 and 1996. ...