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Indigenous Student Participation In Higher Education: Emergent Themes And Linkages, Johnnie Aseron, Simon Wilde, Adrian Miller, Stephen Kelly
Indigenous Student Participation In Higher Education: Emergent Themes And Linkages, Johnnie Aseron, Simon Wilde, Adrian Miller, Stephen Kelly
Adjunct Professor Stephen J Kelly
Educational processes directed at Indigenous peoples have long propagated a disparity between the educational successes of Indigenous and non–Indigenous students (May 1999), a contrast which can be acutely observed in Australia. It is not surprising, then, that the educational needs of Indigenous students have been poorly served, with the extant literature clearly declaring that there is much work to be done (Malin & Maidment, 2003). Although there have been numerous studies seeking to understand (and by extension, redress) issues pertaining to participation by minority groups in education (such as Indigenous communities), many of these undertakings fail to adequately articulate and …
Expectations Identity And Affordability: The Housing Dreams Of Australia's Generation Y, Melanie Bruce, Stephen Kelly
Expectations Identity And Affordability: The Housing Dreams Of Australia's Generation Y, Melanie Bruce, Stephen Kelly
Adjunct Professor Stephen J Kelly
Australia’s generation Y has grown up believing in ‘the great Australian dream’, which is inseparable from home ownership. It embodies a sense of independence, possibly entitlement, and an expectation of economic and social advancement. In this paper Generation Y’s ‘dreams’ regarding their first home are examined with perceived risk being applied as a theoretical lens. It is found that Generation Y has expectations regarding the quality of their first home that significantly exceeds their earning capacity and that the significance of housing as an expression of identity acts as a driver of both the gap between earnings and expectations and …
Strategic Entrepreneurship: Understanding The Association Between Proactiveness, Planning And Innovation Within Complex Markets, Jennifer Harrison, Stephen Kelly
Strategic Entrepreneurship: Understanding The Association Between Proactiveness, Planning And Innovation Within Complex Markets, Jennifer Harrison, Stephen Kelly
Adjunct Professor Stephen J Kelly
Strategic entrepreneurship (SE) suggests integration of opportunity seeking and advantage seeking behaviour leads to wealth creation. However enquiry focused on associations between central SE constructs is limited and recent literature questions the appropriateness of its ontological and epistemic foundations. In this paper salient associations evident within SE are considered through examination of proactiveness, planning and innovation within a sample of information and communication technology (ICT) firms. Results indicate that planning mediates the relationship between a proactive orientation and innovation, supporting a key premise of SE. Concurrently, these findings and the SE framework are critiqued using complexity as an alternate theoretical …
Questioning The Epistemic Virtue Of Strategy: The Emperor Has No Clothes!, Steven French, Alexander Kouzmin, Stephen Kelly
Questioning The Epistemic Virtue Of Strategy: The Emperor Has No Clothes!, Steven French, Alexander Kouzmin, Stephen Kelly
Adjunct Professor Stephen J Kelly
A critical analysis of contemporary strategic management theory and practice suggests that modernist, linear thinking has facilitated the development of an abstracted reality which is misleading to managers and fundamentally flawed. It is argued that formulaic strategic tools such as those propounded by Porter fail to capture the reality of the complex environments that confront firms and falsely suggest that an answer can be derived from a predetermined toolbox. As an alternative to this dominant paradigm, the complexity of markets is presented not as something to be feared and ignored, but rather as a truth to be embraced. As a …
Exploring The Perceived Influence Of Safety Management Practices On Project Performance In The Construction Industry, Eddie Cheng, Neal Ryan, Stephen Kelly
Exploring The Perceived Influence Of Safety Management Practices On Project Performance In The Construction Industry, Eddie Cheng, Neal Ryan, Stephen Kelly
Adjunct Professor Stephen J Kelly
Although safety management is known to be vital to construction projects, very few studies have solicited views from construction practitioners about their perceptions of which safety management practices (SMPs) are important to construction projects and related to project performance. An empirical study was undertaken in Hong Kong in order to shed more light on this topic. In the study, the importance levels of 15 popular SMPs and five project performance criteria were rated by 232 respondents. An exploratory factor analysis was conducted, and three SMP categories – information, process, and committees – were extracted. Of these three categories, safety management …
Relationship Benefits: Conceptualization And Measurement In A Business-To-Business Environment, Stephen Kelly, Donald Scott
Relationship Benefits: Conceptualization And Measurement In A Business-To-Business Environment, Stephen Kelly, Donald Scott
Adjunct Professor Stephen J Kelly
This article offers both a conceptually valid measure of the relationship benefits derived from the relationship marketing, networks, services marketing and strategy literature and demonstrates the concept’s effect on business-to-business bonds. Four types of relationship benefit labelled cost, service, flexibility and image benefits are identified and their measures tested for reliability and validity. A structural model incorporating associations between a second-order relationship benefits construct and other salient relationship concepts is also tested, with significant direct associations between relationship benefits, trust and relationship investments evident, together with indirect associations between relationship benefits and instrumental, affective and normative commitment, absence of conflict, …
Housing Affordability On The Nsw North Coast: Report To Bananacoast Community Credit Union, Stephen Kelly, Quentin Croft, Pat Gillett, Allan Sheppard
Housing Affordability On The Nsw North Coast: Report To Bananacoast Community Credit Union, Stephen Kelly, Quentin Croft, Pat Gillett, Allan Sheppard
Adjunct Professor Stephen J Kelly
As a result of changes to housing policy in Australia over the last two decades the supply of affordable public rental housing has declined and its role has increasingly focused on meeting the housing needs of the most disadvantaged in the community. When combined with the dramatic increase in property prices over the past decade, which has far outstripped wages growth, the need for affordable housing for low to moderate income households has become ever more urgent.
Backpackers, Byron And Brand: The Power Of Wom, Janet Hanlan, Stephen Kelly
Backpackers, Byron And Brand: The Power Of Wom, Janet Hanlan, Stephen Kelly
Adjunct Professor Stephen J Kelly
Tourist destination brand image is a major influencing factor in traveler destination choice. This exploratory research into the information sources from which destination brand image evolves, aims to provide insights which may improve destination marketing communication strategies. Indepth interviews with 21 international backpackers on Australia’s northern New South Wales coast indicate that mainstream media played little or no part in the formation of respondents’ image of the coastal destination of Byron Bay. Research findings show word-of-mouth (WOM) and autonomous independent information sources were the key mediums through which respondents formed their image of this iconic Australian tourist destination. Findings suggest …
Electronic Retail (E-Tail) Image Components And Their Association With Variety Seeking And Avid Shoppers, Stephen Kelly, Don Scott, Simon Wilde
Electronic Retail (E-Tail) Image Components And Their Association With Variety Seeking And Avid Shoppers, Stephen Kelly, Don Scott, Simon Wilde
Adjunct Professor Stephen J Kelly
An examination of image attributes important to on-line customers of a major Australian retailer identified three e-tail store image dimensions; core demands, institutional factors and information. The three dimensions were further examined against variety seeking and avid shopper measures. Results indicated institutional factors were associated with variety seeking and avid shoppers and information with avid shoppers. From this result, it is suggested that e-tailing stores need to build their reputation and brand image via conventional media based promotional activities in order to attract variety seeking and avid shoppers and provide variety laden shopping experiences to retain variety seeking consumers. It …