Select from the category headings below to find out more about that subject, or go to the Postgraduate Students section and select a category to find out more about current postgraduates and their chosen areas of research.
Postgraduate students
Information on the requirements and regulations for a postgraduate studying in the Commerce Faculty can be found in the Postgraduate Commerce Handbook (PDF 2,528 KB).
This page also contains tables displaying lists of postgraduate students, their chosen topic of research and their principal and associate supervisors. Tables are sorted into categories for easy reference:
Business Management
Study in Business Management offers entry into an exciting and rewarding international career for those people wanting to be challenged and who are looking for opportunities for personal growth.
Research and teaching in the field of Business Management at Lincoln University covers a wide range of management areas: those majoring in Business Management are able to focus on fields as diverse as Business and Sustainability, Business Strategy, International Management, Human Resource Management or Production and Quality Management.
Starting with Introduction to Management in the first year, course options grow through Human Resource Management, Leadership and Decision Making, Operations Management and Materials Management through to the third year options.
Students may go on to Post Graduate study at the Honours level, MCM (Master of Commerce and Management), MPS (Master of Professional Studies) and PhD. Non-commerce graduates may also enter the PG programme to take a Graduate or Post Graduate Certificate or Diploma. A PG Diploma may be converted to an entry into the MCM Programme - thesis only - if a suitable grade average is attained.
Staff are engaged in research across the full range of areas including Human Resource Management, Corporate Governance, Leadership, Manufacturing Processes, Cross Cultural Management and Sustainable Management.
Further information
To find out more about a Commerce Degree majoring in Business Management, contact Dr. Jeff Heyl.
Business Management postgraduates
Dr. Ramzi Addison
| Name (Degree) |
Other supervisor |
Research topic |
Submission date |
Fallatah, Haifa
(MCM(T)) |
David Dean |
Women entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia: Investigation strategies used by successful Saudi women entrepreneurs. |
April 2012 |
Kaur, Navdeep
(PhD) |
Jack Radford |
A behaviourally-plausible decision centred perspective on the role of Corporate Governance in Corporate Failure. |
|
Kearney, Clare
(MProfStud) |
|
Like parsley on fish: A qualitative research approach to corporate governance. |
|
Mustafa, Mazlina
(PhD) |
David A. Cohen |
Performance management and culture: A comparative exploration of the electricity generation industry in Malaysia and New Zealand. |
|
Sukhdarshan Singh, Parveen Kaur
(PhD) |
Rick Fraser |
Human resource management and skilled employee retention: Evidence from ICT companies in Malaysia. |
|
Dr. Michaela Balzarova
| Name (Degree) |
Other supervisor |
Research topic |
Submission date |
Ahmed, Hafsa
(PhD) |
David A. Cohen |
An appraisal of the evolutionary change theory based on the study of the New Zealand electricity industry. |
|
Haropoulou, Maria
(PhD) |
David Dean |
Organisational decision-making and strategic product creation in the context of business sustainability: Theoretical synthesis and empirical findings. |
|
Dr. Anthony Brien
| Name (Degree) |
Other supervisor |
Research topic |
Submission date |
Anuar, Nadiah
(PhD) |
Jo Fountain |
The factors influencing young international leisure travellers' commercial accommodation purchase decisions: a comparative study of Malaysian and New Zealand inbound tourists. |
|
Cole, Gary
(MProfStud) |
|
TBA |
|
Dr. Rick Fraser
| Name (Degree) |
Other supervisor |
Research topic |
Submission date |
Fivet, Michel
(MCM(T)) |
David A. Cohen |
A exploratory comparative study of job satisfaction between academic and non-academic university staff in New Zealand. |
|
Marketing
Marketing was first established at Lincoln University three decades ago by Professor Owen McCarthy.
During the last 20 years, the curriculum in marketing has expanded and Lincoln University now offers a full complement of marketing courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including postgraduate teaching leading to honours, postgraduate diploma, masters and PhD degrees.
While the original focus of the Marketing group was commodities, today staff are involved in teaching and researching across all marketing areas.
The group teaches courses leading to a marketing major in all of the Commerce degrees. Dr. Mark M.J. Wilson specialises in logistics and supply chain management; Michael Clemes's speciality area is services marketing; Dr. Kamal Ghose's speciality area is brand and marketing management; Dr. Sharon Forbes specialises in consumer behaviour and marketing; Dr. David Dean's specialities are sales management and international marketing; Dr. David A. Cohen specialises in promotions management; Dr. Valerie Manna specialises in product development and business ethics whilst Associate Professor Charley Lamb specialises in marketing research.
The Lincoln University BCom Supply Chain Management major is the first and only New Zealand university major accredited by CIPS, the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply.
Further information
To find out more about a Commerce Degree majoring in Marketing, contact Dr. David Dean.
Marketing postgraduates
Michael Clemes
| Name (Degree) |
Other supervisor |
Research topic |
Submission date |
Abu Bakar, Juhaida
(PhD) |
Kathryn Bicknell |
Behavioural intentions in the Malaysian retail banking industry: An empirical analysis. |
|
Channoi, Rachata
(PhD) |
David Dean |
A comprehensive hierarchical model of resort hotel stays in Thailand: An empirical analysis. |
|
Mohi Moyhi, Zurina
(PhD) |
Baiding Hu |
Analysis of restaurant patrons' experience in Malaysia: A comprehensive hierarchical modelling approach. |
April 2012 |
| Rashid, Naeem |
David A. Cohen |
Customer switching behaviour in Islamic banking sector of Pakistan. |
|
Dr. David A. Cohen
| Name (Degree) |
Other supervisor |
Research topic |
Submission date |
Alsulaiman, Khalid
(MCM(T)) |
Sharon Forbes |
The role businesses can play to influence customers' intrinsically-motivated word of mouth. |
|
Rashid, Sabrina Mohd
(PhD) |
Kamal Ghose |
Exploring and understanding the relationship between brand identity building and internal organisational cultural in the food and beverage industry. |
|
Morton, Lisa
(PhD) |
Alison Kuiper |
A stakeholder theory perspective on tertiary education in New Zealand. |
|
Tuan Ahmad, Tuan Ismail
(PhD) |
Anthony Brien |
The relationship between dining experience and hotel brand of 5, 4 and 3-star rated hotels in Malaysia. |
|
Dr. David Dean
| Name (Degree) |
Other supervisor |
Research topic |
Submission date |
Kahiya, Eldrede
(PhD) |
Jeff Heyl |
Cognitive or affective? A longitudinal exploratory study on the drivers and theoretical underpinnings of perceived export barriers for New Zealand firms. |
January 2012 |
Muslim, Noor Awanis
(PhD) |
David A. Cohen |
The impact of job characteristics on employees' attitudes in job application decision making process: PLS on multiple group comparisons. |
|
Dr. Sharon Forbes
| Name (Degree) |
Other supervisor |
Research topic |
Submission date |
Balderstone, Chloe
(BCom(Hons)) |
|
TBA |
|
Thompson, David
(MCM(T)) |
David A. Cohen |
Consumer attitudes towards sustainability and sustainable business: An exploratory study of New Zealand consumers. |
|
van Vliet, Huey
(BCom(Hons)) |
Rupert Tipples |
TBA |
|
Dr. Kamal Ghose
| Name (Degree) |
Other supervisor |
Research topic |
Submission date |
Kesseler, Tony
MProfStud |
|
Evaluating customer experience: A training provider perspective supporting operational delivery interactive with teaching in a hospitality context. |
February 2012 |
Dr. Valerie Manna
| Name (Degree) |
Other supervisor |
Research topic |
Submission date |
Grout, Rachel
(MCM(T)) |
Michaela Balzarova |
Product design: Developing a system to strengthen and facilitate relationships between NZ supermarkets and food banks. |
|
|
Hussein, Ananda Sabil
(PhD) |
David A. Cohen |
Message framing, source credibility and behavioural intention: An empirical investigation of exclusive breastfeeding in Indonesia. |
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Want more information?
Contact: Marian Pearson (Secretary)
Email: Marian.Pearson@lincoln.ac.nz
Phone: +64 3 321 8183
Extn: 8183 (within Lincoln University campus)
Room: C004
Postgraduate enquiries: Anne Welford
Email: Anne Welford@lincoln.ac.nz
Phone: +64 3 321 8250