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Vicarious traumatic exposure among New Zealand health professionals : An exploration of coping strategies and vicarious posttraumatic growth : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the degree of Doctor of Clinical Psychology at Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
(Massey University, 2016)
The negative effects of working with trauma survivors have been well documented. This thesis provides an exploration of the less researched positive psychological effects of such work, termed vicarious posttraumatic growth ...
From Government to Governance: Small and Medium Enterprise Policy Development in New Zealand 1978 to 2008 : A thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Management at Massey University Wellington, New Zealand
(Massey University, 2016)
Widespread recognition of the importance of SMEs and their contribution to the
economy means that successive New Zealand governments, between 1978 and
2008, placed increasing emphasis on SME policy. SME policy developed ...
Facial Expressions and Context Effects : A Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of of Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand
(Massey University, 2016)
It is common and important for us to recognise facial expressions in our daily life.
Research on recognition of facial expressions was often carried out using isolated
faces, which leads us to ignore accompanied contextual ...
Amelioration of the Impact of Physical Fatigue on Cognitive Performance by Phytochemicals: The Effect of a Blackcurrant Supplement : A thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Science in Psychology at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand
(Massey University, 2016)
Exercise-induced physical fatigue is thought to impair the cognitive functioning, and
therefore mental performance, of the brain. Intervention studies have demonstrated
that phytochemical supplementation can facilitate ...
Acceleration and Gifted Girls : A thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education at Massey University, Manawatū, New Zealand
(Massey University, 2016)
This study on Acceleration and Gifted Girls investigates acceleration as an intervention in secondary education within girls’ schools in New Zealand. It explains the extent that acceleration is being used for whom and with ...
Exploring New Zealand’s Rural Education Activities Programmes (REAPs): Social capital in a lifelong learning and community development context : A thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctorate of Education at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
(Massey University, 2016)
This research explored the extent to which social capital is an approach used by
New Zealand’s Rural Education Activities Programmes (REAPs) to contribute to rural
education. Social capital was defined for the purposes ...
“You Bring It, We’ll Bring It Out” Becoming a Soldier in the New Zealand Army : A thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Social Anthropology at Massey University Manawatū, New Zealand.
(Massey University, 2016)
The transition from civilian to soldier is a process of identity acquisition. Based on
participant-observation, this thesis follows a cohort of new soldiers through the first year
and a half of their careers in the New ...
Organising Therapists’ Emotional-Social Skills: Are Therapists that Different? : A thesis in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Clinical Psychology at Massey University, Palmerston North New Zealand
(Massey University, 2016)
Wampold and Imel (2015) argue that therapeutic outcomes may be more dependent on variables associated with therapists than treatment systems. An element of these therapist variables include the emotional and social skills ...
Whai tikanga: In pursuit of justice. Māori interactions with the criminal justice system and experiences of institutional racism : A thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University, New Zealand.
(Massey University, 2016)
The criminal justice system in Aotearoa, New Zealand has a destructive history of
interactions with Māori. Considered alongside the broader context of colonisation, this
history provides a backdrop against which to ...
Job Satisfaction and Its Relationships with Age, Gender and Educational Background in a Vietnamese Context : A thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Business Studies (Management) at Massey University, Manawatu New Zealand
(Massey University, 2016)
The present study aims at examining the reliability and validity of a Vietnamese version of the Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS) which was developed by Spector (1997). It also reveals the current overall job satisfaction and ...