List of winners

2023

Māori and Pacific Researcher

Winners (joint acknowledgement):

  • Professor Jarrod Haar, Massey University Business School
    Are Bad CEOs Good for Firm Performance?
  • Dr Betty Ofe-Grant, Auckland University of Technology Business School
    Seven Strategies for Recruiting Pacific People as Research Participants in a post-Covid World

Early-Career Researcher

  • Winner: Dr Alex Plum, Auckland University of Technology Business School
    Youth Crime, Fatherhood, and the Role of Ethnicity
  • Runner-up: Dr Yat Ming Ooi, University of Auckland Business School
    Cracking the code: Unravelling how New Zealand's traditional industries commercialise technology

Mid-Career Researcher

  • Winner: Associate Professor Yuri Seo, University of Auckland Business School
    David and Goliath: Micro-Influencers versus Mega-Influencers
  • Runner-up: Associate Professor William Cheung, University of Auckland Business School
    Is upzoning a solution to housing affordability?

Senior/Established Researcher

Winners (joint acknowledgement):

  • Dr Ranjana Gupta, Auckland University of Technology Business School
    A taxation approach to reduce pollution in Auckland
  • Alice Theadom, Dr Lisa Meehan, Sandra McCallum, Gail Pacheco, Auckland University of Technology Business School
    Can a single concussion increase the risk of criminal behaviour?

2022

Māori and Pacific Researcher

  • Winner: Dr Anil Narayan, Auckland University of Technology Business School
    Enhancing Pasifika Students Success in Accounting Education

Early Career Researcher

  • Winner: Dr Lisa Callagher, University of Auckland Business School
    How do New Zealand’s agricultural cooperatives positively impact climate change?
  • Runner-up: Dr Alex Plum, Auckland University of Technology Business School
    A sobering picture: alcohol access and criminal behaviour among young Kiwis

Senior/Established Researcher

  • Winner: Dr Joya Kemper, University of Canterbury Business School, and Dr Sam White, Lincon University
    Food Fad or Future of Food? Flexitarianism and Young Adults’ Fight for Climate Autonomy
  • Runner-up: Dr Mia Pham, Massey University Business School
    Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies: Do Gender Differences Matter?

2020/2021

Māori and Pacific Researcher 

  • Winner: Dr Nimbus Staniland, Auckland University of Technology Business School
    Indigenous and boundaryless careers: Cultural boundaries in the careers of Māori academics

Early Career Researcher

  • Winner: Dr Jessica Vredenburg, Auckland University of Technology Business School
    Brand activism: What, when, where and how - translating theory into practice
  • Runner-up: Dr William Cheung, University of Auckland Business School
    A sustainable housing ladder: The entry and exit affordability of shared-equity homeownership

Senior/Established Researcher

  • Winner: Dr Lydia Cheung, Massey University Business School
    An empirical analysis of the competition in print advertising among paid and free newspapers
  • Runner-up: Dr Mathew Parackal, Otago University Business School
    Dynamic transactional model: A framework for communicating via social media

2019

Māori and Pacific Researcher

  • Winner: Dr ‘Ilaisaane Fifita, University of Auckland Business School
    The Role of Identity in Resisting Tobacco Smoking

Early Career Researcher

  • Winner: Dr Daniel Tisch, University of Auckland Business School
    Can we communicate more effectively to farmers about climate change?

Senior/Established Researcher

  • 1st prize: Associate Professor Bevan Catley, Massey University Business School
    Breaking the Badness: How to Successfully Manage a Complaint of Workplace Bullying
  • 2nd prize: Professor Emeritus Kerr Inkson, University of Auckland Business School
    Board Directors and the Swamp of Compliance
  • 3rd prize: Associate Professor Rachel Morrison, Auckland University of Technology Business School
    Gendered responses to open-plan offices: Objectification theory at work