Media mentions
NZWRI is regularly mentioned in the media. A selection of articles is listed below:
An age-old conundrum
Employment Today Magazine, October 2018
Dr Barbara Myers said that the social and economic benefits of employing older workers are well established, yet little is being done at an organisational level to support them remaining in the workforce. Dr Myers is part of the NZWRI Wellbeing and Performance Research Group.
Migrant applies for 400 jobs before he finally got one
AUT Professor of Diversity Edwina Pio said migrants should learn to speak and understand Kiwi slag if they wish to increase their chances of finding employment.
It used to be that we have one career for life
TVNZ, Breakfast, 23 October 2018
Multiple careers within one's lifetime is becoming the norm. Professor Jarrod Haar said this is down to the changing nature of business, and bosses seeing employees as "more disposable".
Revealed: What New Zealand's top CEOs are paid
Survey results have been released about CEO salaries for the top 50 companies listed on the sharemarket. Only one woman was recorded in the survey. Professor Jarrod Haar says there is no good reason why there is not an equal, or nearly equal, proportion of women leading the country's largest firms. "The biggest problem is inherent bias in the workplace against women".
Auckland Council offers guidelines for healthier Diwali food
Favourite foods might taste a little different at this year's Auckland Diwali Festival. AUT Director of Diversity, Edwina Pio, said festive food had an emotional appeal, and authorities should keep their focus on larger businesses who command daily choices rather than festival vendors.
Workplace diversity up for discussion
Auckland DHB is fast-tracking Māori and Pasifika candidates to the interview stage to try increase diversity. Is it right for people to be given a leg up because of their ethnicity? AUT Professor Jarrod Haar thinks it is a positive policy change.
Māori, Pacific straight-to-interview policy likely to be copied: expert
All eligible Māori and Pacific job candidates are being automatically fast-tracked to the interview stage for openings at Auckland DHB. The change has been made to try increase workforce diversity. Jarrod Harr, Professor of Human Resources Management at AUT, said the policy is positive.
Health innovation cuts ED admissions
New research from Professor Gail Pacheco and Dr Kabir Dasgupta looked at the short-term impacts of the Health Care Homes model in Wellington. Commissioned by NZ Productivity Commission, the report showed a statistically significant decrease in Emergency Department presentations for patients at HCH practices.
Health care homes early evidence in Wellington
NZ Productivity Commission, 4 October 2018
New research from Director Gail Pacheco and Dr Kabir Dasgupta looks at the effects of a multi-disciplinary team-based model known as "Health Care Homes" implemented in Wellington. HCH involves health professionals working together in new ways with tools such as an online patient portal and GP telephone triage to tailor services to patients' needs. See the full report.
Work needed to progress gender equity
Recent research from Dr Katherine Ravenswood and Dr Julie Douglass reports on the progression toward gender equity in the public sector. Results showed that the intention is there, but middle managers are often unable to implement gender equity policies due to a lack of operational agility in their agency.
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