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Implications Of Family Control For Corporate Governance: Evidence From Chinese Listed Firms, Liangbo Ma

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

This thesis focuses on the implications of family control for corporate governance in the Chinese markets. This research is mainly motivated by the following factors. First, although family-controlled firms represent the predominant form of businesses in both developed and developing economies, it was not until the 1980's that family businesses emerged as a field of academic study (Casillas and Acedo, 2007). Despite a "collective sense that significant progress has been made" (Litz, Pearson, and Litchfield, 2012) in family business research, whether family control is beneficial for all shareholders, however, largely remains an open question (Morck, Wolfenzon, and Yeung, 2005; Lins, …

An Examination Of The Implementation Of Class-Wide Positive Behaviour Support In A Chinese Primary School, Han Jiang

University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

Classroom misbehaviour has been a major concern for effective learning and teaching in primary schools in Mainland China. Although Chinese society endorses academic achievement, Chinese teachers often feel more responsible for academic teaching than behavioural management; without an efficacious classroom management, effectiveness of classroom teaching may be affected. It is argued that traditional classroom management overlooks environmental deficit, and attempts to extinguish problem behaviour and deal with individual students. Thus, the great difficulty of Chinese teachers has been in the practice of school-based interventions that not only minimise problem behaviour but also facilitates students’ all-round development.

This study aimed to …