Arunachalam, Dr Murugesh

Dr Murugesh Arunachalam holds a PhD from the University of Waikato, a master's degree in accounting and finance from the University of Stirling in Scotland, and a bachelor (honours) degree in accounting from the University of Malaya, Malaysia.He is also ... more

Bai, Dr Min (Martin)

Teaching Award:WMS High Commendation for Excellence in Teaching Practice 2019 Finance Research Seminars CoordinatorPathway College/WMS Finance Subject ModeratorWIL ConvenorWSAFE396/399 ConvenorSAFE Research Mentor Committee ... more

Bano, Dr Sayeeda

Dr Sayeeda Bano received her PhD in Economics from Simon Fraser University in Canada. She received her MA in Economics from the University of Alberta (Edmonton), Canada; and her MPhil from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India.Her professional research ... more

Benjamin, Dr Samuel

Dr Samuel Jebaraj Benjamin joined the University of Waikato in 2019. Prior to this, he was lecturing at the University of Otago, New Zealand.He obtained his PhD from Multimedia University and also holds a Master of Business Administrative (MBA) from ... more

Bird, Professor Ron

Refereed Journal Articles:Bird, R; Huang, P; Lu, Y (2017), Board independence and the variability of firm performance: Evidence from an exogenous regulatory shock, Australian Journal of Management, online, .Bird, R; Duppati, G; Mukherjee, A (2016), Corporate social responsibility and firm ... more

Botes, Dr Vida

Vida works at Waikato University where she teaches forensic accounting and financial accounting and researches into forensic accounting and innovation in accounting education. Prior to arriving in New Zealand Vida worked in audit practice, the corporate energy sector and academia ... more

Bowden, Dr Stephen

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Brooksbank, Associate Professor Roger

Roger Brooksbank BA, MBA, Dip M, PhD is currently Associate Professor of Marketing at the University of Waikato, New Zealand, with previous experience as a Sales Executive, Sales Manager, Sales & Marketing Manager, Marketing Director and Business Owner.His research interests ... more

Cameron, Associate Professor Michael

Dr Michael Cameron is an Associate Professor in Economics. He is also a Research Fellow in the National Institute of Demographic and Economic Analysis (NIDEA). He was a PGDA Visiting Fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health ... more

Clark, Professor Delwyn

Professor Delwyn Clark teaches and does research on strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship. Her current research includes theoretical and applied projects on strategy models, entrepreneurial and innovation processes, business models and SME policies.Delwyn was the Associate Dean Research at Waikato Management ... more

Cockburn-Wootten, Dr Cheryl

Dr Cheryl Cockburn-Wootten aims to facilitate research that informs and makes a difference to our society. She adopts critical organisational communication perspectives to examine social issues within tourism and hospitality. Her work examines issues relating to stakeholders, community engagement, and ... more

Collins, Associate Professor Eva

Eva Collins is Associate Dean of Research and Postgraduate at Waikato Management School; Director of the New Zealand Institute for Business Research; Council Member, University of Waikato; Trustee of the Community Enterprise Leadership Foundation; Lifetime Member Clare Hall, Cambridge University ... more

Coltman, Professor Tim

Tim has a PhD in Strategic Management (joint award by University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney) and is currently engaged in pioneering research where he has been awarded over $13 million in research funding by the ... more

Connolly, Dr Heather

Dr Heather Connolly is the Director of Engagement and Executive Education at Waikato Management School.Prior to this position Heather was a senior lecturer in strategic management.Her academic and research interests revolve around strategy and knowledge sharing, and transfer mechanisms as ... more

Davey, Professor Howard

Professor Howard Davey is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand and a Fellow of CPA Australia. His research includes more than 200 publications, with over 55 refereed journal articles and five books, three of which have multiple ... more

Deakins, Associate Professor Eric

Eric's work experience in New Zealand, the UK, and the USA has spanned senior management, consulting, and tertiary-level academic roles. Following a merchant navy career, he completed a Bachelors degree and then managed a CAD centre at the University of ... more

Desmarais, Dr Fabrice

Dillon, Associate Professor Stuart

Associate Professor Stuart Dillon is the Head of the School of Management & Marketing, within the Waikato Management School. Most of Stuart's teaching and research is in the broad area of emerging digital business technologies. In particular, he explores how ... more

Dorner, Dr Zack

I am passionate about research in the areas of behavioural and environmental economics and am currently Deputy Director of the Waikato Experimental Economics Laboratory (WEEL). My research focuses on individual behaviours in relation to environmental and resource management, with additional ... more

Duppati, Dr Geeta

Dr. Geeta Rani Duppati had seventeen years of teaching experience in India, Ethiopia, and Eritrea, as well as Auckland University of Technology, before moving to Waikato Management School at the University of Waikato in 2010.As an academic, she taught a ... more

Dyer, Dr Suzette

As a scholar in the fields of organisational behaviour and human resource management, I research in the specialised areas of gender and diversity management, globalisation and the sustainability of small communities, management pedagogy, and career management.As a qualitative researcher, the ... more

Gibb, Dr Jenny

Jenny is a senior lecturer in entrepreneurship and strategic management at Waikato Management School, at the University of Waikato. Her research intersects the fields of entrepreneurship, psychology, strategic decision making. She is interested in the psychological antecedents of key firm ... more

Gibson, Professor John

Professor John Gibson previously taught at the University of Canterbury and Williams College, was a research visitor at the Centre for the Study of African Economies, University of Oxford and is an Associate Researcher at the LICOS Centre for Institutions ... more

Gudergan, Professor Siggi

Siggi Gudergan's research can be categorised into three areas: Business Strategy & Strategic Management (including entrepreneurship, innovation, organisational change & performance; and international business & management); Services & Customer Decision Making; and Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM).He has ... more

Harcourt, Professor Mark

Mark has studied workplace happenings in some of New Zealand’s best-known organisations – turnover at the Bank of New Zealand, stress at the Reserve Bank, commitment at the Police and Fire Services, and occupational over-use syndrome at BRANZ. Mark's research ... more

Hassan, Dr Gazi

Gazi Hassan is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Waikato. He is also a Research Associate in the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis (CAMA) at the Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, and a Visiting ... more

Hewa Wellalage, Dr Nirosha

Dr Nirosha Hewa Wellalage has had several years of experience in the finance industry before moving to the University of Waikato.Dr Nirosha’s main research centres on issues related to corporate finance practices. Her main research goal as a researcher is ... more

Holmes, Mark

Mark has research interests that relate to applied macroeconomics, international finance, housing and energy markets. He currently lectures on macroeconomics and research methods. Mark has previously served as elected President of the New Zealand of Association of Economists and as ... more

Hou, Dr Greg

The research interest of Dr. Greg Hou includes univariate and multivariate financial time series analysis, volatility models, information transmission and spillovers, derivatives markets, cryptocurrency, and energy economics. His recent works have been published in some high-quality journals including Energy Economics, ... more

Huang, Dr Peter

Dr. Huang teaches finance courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He has published in international peer-reviewed journals such as Accounting and Finance, Australian Journal of Management, International Journal of Managerial Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, Journal of International Money ... more

Khan, Dr Gohar

Gohar is a computational social scientist with expertise in digital business, digital analytics, digital business strategy, and network science. He specializes in both quantitative and qualitative research methods. His main research is focused on the link between data analytics and ... more

Kilgour, Dr Mark

Dr Mark Kilgour is serious about marketing and the role of marketers in top-level management. "Marketing is not a soft business skill at all, it's about understanding the customer in different and ever-changing environments," he says. "It's about knowing how ... more

L'Hermitte, Dr Cécile

Cécile is a senior lecturer in Supply Chain Management at the University of Waikato. Her research focuses on logistics operations in the aftermath of a disaster.Prior to joining the University of Waikato, Cécile worked for 10 years in corporate banking ... more

Larke, Roy

Roy Larke is an expert on Japanese business, retailing, and Japanese consumer markets. From 1985 to 2012 he lived and worked in Japan, becoming full Professor in 1998 at University of Marketing & Distribution Sciences in Kobe. From 2005 he ... more

Li, Assoc Prof Leon

Dr Li has been teaching finance for 20 years. He joined the University of Waikato in 2015. All the universities where Dr Li studied and taught are AACSB-accredited. He also served as the Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the University of ... more

Low, Dr Mary

Mary Low is the Accounting Subject Convenor in the School of Accounting, Finance and Economics. Mary is also the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Convenor in Accounting. She holds a Masters in Management Studies in Accounting and a Doctor of Philosophy (UoW). ... more

Lu, Dr Susanna

Dr. Susanna Lu is currently a Senior Lecturer in Finance at the School of Accounting, Finance, and Economics (SAFE) in Waikato Management School (WMS). She joined the University of Waikato in early 2015 after completing her PhD in Finance at ... more

Marsh, Associate Professor Dan

Dan is an environmental economist. He researches natural capital and the efficiency of alternative policies designed to address environmental problems. He teaches environmental economics, with a focus on the role of economic analysis in solving real-world environmental problems.In recent years ... more

McKie, Professor David

Professor David McKie teaches strategic communication and leadership and has co-authored six books, published more than 40 book chapters, 60 refereed journal articles, and/or spoken widely on the following areas: Action learning and research; change and leadership; creativity and innovation, ... more

Mohsin, Associate Professor Asad

Asad Mohsin is an Associate Professor in Tourism and Hospitality Management. Nearly half his career spent in the industry working as Executive Chef, Food and Beverage Manager, Rooms Division Manager, he has accumulated several years of industry and academic experience. ... more

Munshi, Professor Debashish

Professor Debashish Munshi is primarily a communication scholar but his research agenda spans disciplinary boundaries as he seeks answers to difficult societal questions.Recipient of the University of Waikato's Excellence in Research Award in 2019, Professor Munshi has a special interest ... more

O'Connor, Dr Huw

Refereed Journal Articles:Kilgour, Koslow, and O’Connor. (2019) Why the rejection: Understanding actor-observer differences in assessments of creative ideas. Journal of Advertising Research. July.Larke, Kilgour, and O’Connor. (2018). Build the touchpoints and they will come: Understanding the future of omnichannel retailing: ... more

Oetzel, Professor John

Originally from the United States, Professor John Oetzel previously taught at the University of New Mexico. He teaches courses in communication consulting, health communication, and research methods. He has consulted with a number of for-profit and governmental organisations including Intel, ... more

Olivia, Dr Susan

Susan is a development economist whose research and teaching interests lie at the intersection of development, public economics, economic geography, microeconometrics and spatial econometrics. She has worked as a consultant to the World Bank and has previously taught at the ... more

Oxley, Professor Les

Les Oxley is Professor in Economics at the University of Waikato's Management School; Adjunct Professor at Curtin University and an Affiliate at Motu.He is an Elected Fellow (since 2006) of the Royal Society of New Zealand (FRSNZ).His research interests include ... more

Pavlovich, Professor Kathryn

Kathryn Pavlovich is a professor of strategic management and entrepreneurship at the University of Waikato Management School, Hamilton, New Zealand. Her teaching and research focus on global systems change – through relational forms of organising, and the development of purposeful ... more

Rastrick, Dr Karyn

Karyn is the Director of Digitisation Strategy at Waikato Management School. In this role, she works with academic staff across Waikato Management School and the University of Waikato to develop a strategy and implementation plan.She is a project champion of ... more

Roche, Associate Professor Maree

Maree is a Fellow of the NZ Psychological Society, a Fellow of the Positive Organisational Behavior Insitute (USA), and her research and consultancy spans three clusters in Leadership that intersect. These are (1) leadership neuropsychology/mindset of high performance (2) the ... more

Rose, Professor Jake

Jake Rose is a leading expert in judgment and decision making research in the areas of accounting, auditing, visualisation, analytics, corporate governance, and information systems. He is one of the most widely published scholars in behavioural accounting, and his research ... more

Rose, Professor Ania

Professor Rose studies the effects of different auditing methods and information technologies on auditor judgment and investigates methods to improve fraud detection. She is a leading expert in the areas of judgment and decision making by accounting professionals, and she ... more

Ryan, Professor Chris

Professor Chris Ryan undertakes research in the field of tourism, and has developed research interests in China in the last two decades, including contractual work with Chinese partners such as Beijing Union University, Sun Yat-sen University and others. He has ... more

Samkin, Professor Grant

Grant spent a number of years as a Chartered Accountant in practice and in commerce and industry, during which time he held a senior position with a subsidiary of one of South Africa's largest construction companies. Grant works in the ... more

Scarpa, Professor Riccardo

Professor Scarpa is a leading international authority on non-market valuation and is at the forefront of developing efficient experimental design, estimating willingness to pay from random utility models of discrete/continuous choices. His research is highly interdisciplinary and has had a ... more

Scott-Kennel, Associate Professor Joanna

Scrimgeour, Professor Frank

Professor Frank Scrimgeour's research focuses on the economics of agriculture, economics of the environment, regional economics and financial economics. He has recently completed 4 years as editor-in-chief for the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (Volumes 61-64). He is ... more

Sharma, Associate Professor Umesh

Associate Professor Umesh Sharma holds a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Accounting from the University of the South Pacific (Fiji), Graduate Certificate in Management from the University of Southern Queensland (Australia) and a Doctor of Philosophy from ... more

Sharma, Professor Rajeev

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Simpson, Dr Mary

My research focuses on stakeholder participation in organisations and the changing nature of organisational membership, with most of my research concentrating on elders (people over 65yrs). My PhD looked at communication issues associated with retirement village organisations and retirement village ... more

Singh, Dr Shivendu Pratap

Shiv completed his Ph.D. at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. Previously, he worked for Wipro Technologies as a data center architect and commissioned data center projects worth 50 million USD in the United Kingdom and Germany. In Wipro Technologies, he ... more

Sinha, Dr Paresha

Associate Professor Paresha Sinha researches at the intersection of international business, strategy, and international entrepreneurship domains.Her research examines the impact of home and host institutional environments on the expansion of MNE operations and evaluates CSR strategies in the emerging or ... more

Spiller, Professor Chellie

Dr Chellie Spiller, (hapū Matawhaiti Iwitea, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairoa), is a Professor at the University of Waikato's Management School and Associate Dean Māori.Leadership. I'm especially interested in Wayfinding Leadership, Authentic Leadership, Collective/Relational Leadership, Wisdom, Leadership Development and Change, Spiritual ... more

Strutt, Professor Anna

Anna Strutt is a Professor of Economics at the University of Waikato, where she has held an academic position since 1996. She served as Chairperson of Economics (2016-2017) and is currently Waikato Management School’s Academic Director Asia Programmes and Agreements ... more

Sun, Associate Professor Peter

Associate Professor Peter Sun has degrees in mechanical and industrial engineering. He has over 15 years' experience working on a variety of projects. He worked for Coopers and Lybrand (now PWC), Unilever, and MAS Holdings, and his most recent assignment ... more

Toledano, Dr Margalit

Dr Margalit Toledano (APR) was accepted as a Fellow of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) in 2007, and as a Fellow of the Public Relations Institute of New Zealand (PRINZ) in 2012. She served as President of the ... more

Tucker, Associate Professor Steven

Steven Tucker is an Associate Professor of Economics and has been with The University of Waikato since 2012. He is also a senior research associate with the Economic Science Lab at The University of Arizona. He is an expert in ... more

Wang, Associate Professor William (Yu Chung)

With the experiences of being an IT engineer and corporate consultant, Dr William Wang has supervised research projects and provided industrial consultancy in Australasia and Asian regions regarding global supply chain planning, business process re-engineering, and health information analytics. He ... more

Wang, Dr Ou

Ou is a senior lecturer in the Agribusiness Unit, based at the School of Accounting, Finance and Economics of The University of Waikato. He has a Ph.D. in food marketing and consumer behaviour. He has completed or been working on ... more

Williamson, Dr Amanda

Amanda is a lecturer in innovation and strategy at Waikato Management School, at the University of Waikato. Her research focuses on the health of entrepreneurs and artificial intelligence.Previous to arriving to the University of Waikato she worked at the New ... more

Zhang, Dr Yingsha

Yingsha holds a PhD in hospitality management; a master’s degree in human geography; a bachelor’s degree in tourism management; a graduate certificate in applied statistics; and multiple certificates in computer programming (e.g., Python, Visual FoxPro). Yingsha is also a certified ... more