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Monday, 17th October, 2010

8.30-9am   Registration Open in MSB Foyer / Tea and Coffee provided from 8:15am
9-9.15am   Opening Session in MSB.1.05
Prof. Delwyn Clark,
Associate Dean (Research),
Waikato Management School

    Concurrent sessions: Paper title and presenting author

9.15-10.45am

Session 1a

 

 
Accounting and SME- MSB.1.02
Chair: Mary Low

Nor Azizah, WMS
Accountability in public-private partnerships (PPPs)
policy: The conflicts and difficulties

Chen Chen, WMS
Comparing evidence from NASDAQ-listed Chinese

Ogweyo Ranga, Unitec
The perception of small and medium enterprises on
the importance of business incubator services in
New Zealand

Samira Ibrahim, Auckland University
Connectivity within family firms

 

Session 1B

 
Sustainability / CSR and Environmental Management - MSB.1.03
Chair:Dr Eva Collins

Helen Percy, WMS
Embedding environmental sustainability within New
Zealand's agricultural communities

Dara Dimitrov, WMS
Sustainability definitions: A philosophical and theoretical
framework

Lora Vaioleti, WMS
Sharing, caring and sustainability: Integrating traditional
Tongan values into environmental policy

Florian Kaefer, WMS
Credibility at stake? Global warming news meet New
Zealand's 'clean, green' nation-brand

 


Session 1C

 
Economics - MSB.1.05
Chair: Gazi Hassan

Dinh Khoi Phan, Lincoln University
Credit accessibility of rural households in the Mekon River
Delta of Vietnam

Helen van Asch, Massey University
International competitiveness and development

Seetha Bandara, WMS
The economic impact of temporary labour migratio

     
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10.45-11.15am   Morning Tea - MSB Foyer

11.45-12.45am

Session 2a

 
Human Resources Management - MSB.1.02
Chair: Linda Twiname

Li Tian, Waikato University
Psychological ownership in Chinese work context:
Antecedents and consequences

Dara Kelly, Auckland University
Exploring northern Maori cultural continuity in
feminine ancestral leadership and Maori business
leaders today

Ruhaya Hussin, Waikato University
Work-family faciliation and psychological strain in
Malaysia: Testing the normal, reverse and
reciprocal relationships

Leslie Jones, Massey University
Whose story is it anyway? Of managers,
teleworkers and organisational controls

 
Session 2b  
Marketing and Tourism- MSB.1.03
Chair: Jenny Cave

Sivakumari Supramaniam, WMS
An investigation of support seeking value-realisation
phenomena in the social-cultural setting of assertive
people's everyday lives

Daniel Hopper, WMS
A relational framework of e-commerce brand equity

Bhoj Khanal, Lincoln University
An economic analysis of the Lao PDR tourism industry

Tatsuru Nishio, WMS
The motivation and constraints of Japanese sports
tourists

 
Session 2c  
International Management - MSB.1.05
Chair: Joanna Scott-Kennel

Mark Rodrigues, WMS
Understanding Indian philosophies and work organisation
Gaonsheng Shane Liu, Auckland University
A review of Chinese expatriation

Indu Peiris, WMS
Two decades of international entrepreneurship research:
What are we missing?

Samuel Ekundayo, AUT
Using activity theory to analyse the contribution of ICT to
higher education in universities of developing countries

 
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12.45-1.30

Session 3a

 
Strategy- MSB.1.02
Chair: Kathryn Pavlovich

Keesun Kim, Auckland University
To friend or not to friend? Connecting with
colleagues on social network sites

Dinithi Paranagama, Auckland University
The power of crowdsourcing: The effect of
managing collective intelligence on a firm's
innovation

 
Session 3b  
Research Process - MSB.1.03
Chair: Dan Marsh

Mari Ann Moss, WMS
Critical story sharing as communicative action in
organisational change

Adrian France, Wintec
The journey of developing a topic into a study

 
Session 3c  
Knowledge Management - MSB.1.05
Chair: Paul Childerhouse

Fariza Rusly, WMS
The assessment of change readiness in knowledge
management implementation: A qualitative approach

Aymen Sajjad, Massey University
Sustainable supply chain management: A conceptual
framework using diverse aspects from sustainability, supply
chain management, and other contextual factors

     
1.30-2.15pm   Lunch - MSB.4.02

2.15-3.45pm

Session 4a

 
Management Systems - MSB.1.02
Chair: John Buchanan

Wen Luo, WMS
Dynamics of triadic relationships in logistics
outsourcing

Milo Roth, WMS
Understanding decision: A multi-dimensional model of organizational decision making

 
Session 4b  
Communications - MSB.1.03
Chair:John Oetzel

Briar Thompson, WMS
Flies in their eyes: Stereotypes, poverty porn, and the
effects of the visual representation of the majority world

Ben Walker, Victoria University of Wellington
'Beyond the water cooler' in knowledge-intensive workplaces: Power, politics, and the work-alcohol
relationship

Samanthi Ekanayake, WMS
Network collaboration and the role of leadership

Kirsty Barber, WMS
Lost in translation: Constructions and negotiations of
madness and recovery

   
Session 4c  
Finance - MSB.1.05
Chair: Daniel Choi

Reuben Davis, WMS
On causes of procyclicality, systemic risk and the time
varying capital buffer

Chase Walters, WMS
An investigation into the cointegration of stock prices and exchange rates in Asia and Pacific Countries

Lula G. Mengesha, WMS
Does dollarization reduce or produce more inflation?


3.45-4.30pm

Session 5

 
Top Papers - MSB.1.05

Xin Shen, WMS
Financial wealth, housing wealth and consumption: A
regime-switching perspective

Young Hun Ji, Auckland University
The role of adaptive leadership in virtual teams

     
4.30 - 5.15pm   Tea and Coffee Break in MSB Foyer / Judges meeting in MSB.2.02
     

5.15 - 5.30pm

 
Closing Session in MSB.1.05 with Prof. Ted Zorn, Chair, PBRF Business and Economics Panel, followed by Awards Presentations
 
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