The objective of this study was to explore the relationship between an employee's level of job satisfaction and productivity and his or her affective state. To achieve this, the following four hypotheses were formulated: ...

This thesis investigates how farmers experience and respond to the phenomenon of rural subdivision. The Selwyn District, in Canterbury, New Zealand, is employed as a case study. Forty two farmers participated in qualitative ...

The outsourcing of non-core business processes has mushroomed on a world-wide basis as organisations seek strategic business advantages in an increasingly competitive market environment. In line with this trend, there has ...

The concept of traceability in the food supply chain becomes more important each time a consumer falls ill or dies as the result of a particular problem in a food production system. This report sets out to define the ...

Audit fees decreased in the United States and Australia after professional accounting bodies removed restrictions on competition in their professional regulations. In New Zealand, the professional body amended its regulations ...

Substantial literature studied here showed the need for practical personal computing (PC) skills among accounting professionals. However, the effectiveness of PC courses designed to inculate these skills in accountants has ...

Although there are no professional guidelines or statutory regulations that permit or guide the presentation of summarised financial reports in New Zealand, a number of NZ companies provide such reports to their shareholders ...

Due to the increasing importance of the Chinese economy to the world, more researchers have been attracted to study the underlying reasons of the success of the Chinese economy. Export growth was considered to be one of ...

The New Zealand standard on foreign currency translation (FRS-21), similar to standards in the US, Australia, and Canada and the International Accounting Standard (IAS-21), requires the classification of foreign operations ...

We examine the most likely strategy of product differentiation by newly entering multinational firms when market reforms begin in a developing economy. We argue that incumbents in a non-contestable protected market do not ...