Media mentions
NZWRI is regularly mentioned in the media. A selection of articles is listed below:
5 questions: Prof Helena Cooper-Thomas
Professor of Organisational Behaviour Helena Cooper-Thomas was asked five questions about her research at the time of her Inaugural Professional Address.
Blending business skills and tertiary nous
Education Central, 24 May 2018
Is the world changing so fast that skills learned at university will be redundant in future? Jarrod Haar says returning from the corporate world to study can result in wider opportunities when students go back on the job market.
Employers nervous to "take a chance"
Professor Edwina Pio, Management, featured in Human Resources Director, speaking on employers’ unconscious biases when recruiting/promoting refugee and immigrant millennial's.
Human trafficking victims 'travelled willingly' to New Zealand
Despite global estimates that there are about 40 million human trafficking victims, AUT University Professor of Diversity Edwina Pio believes the number of true victims was much smaller.
How not to retire
While working longer is generally agreed to be a good thing, so the article, the report points to the fact that employers appear not to be prepared for the stampede.
Mothers bear financial brunt of break-ups
In a world first study AUT's Michael Fletcher has found it's mothers who are financially worse off after a relationship breaks up. Family law expert Kirsty Swadling explains why and what can be done to protect mothers financially.
Post-split parents on financial back foot
The financial fallout of relationship failure hits women with children hard, with a 19% fall in their income after a break-up, according to new research from AUT.
Divorced women end up worse off than men
In 46 per cent of the separations the man gained financially compared to their ex-spouse, after taking into account the change in their family size. Listen to Michael Fletcher talk with Mike Hosking.
Financial fallout of relationship failure hits mums the hardest
In 46 per cent of the separations the man gained financially compared to their ex-spouse, after taking into account the change in their family size.
Work's broader risk factors
Julie Douglas and Katherine Ravenswood argue that improving health and safety among aged care workers requires attending to broader factors, such as pay.
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