Business Strategies and Employment Decisions: Interviews with New Zealand Firms Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 A firm’s business strategy does not exist in a vacuum; it requires employees to implement it. However, firms often say that they have difficulties hiring certain…
The Use of Evidence to Improve Education and Serve the Public Good Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 This paper explores the challenge of mobilising research to inform ongoing improvement in valued outcomes for diverse (all) learners across school systems. The context is an…
Privacy survey 2012 Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 The poll was a telephone survey by UMR of 750 New Zealanders 18 years of age and older, conducted from 22 to 27 March 2012.
To Make or Buy (Skills): An analysis of training decisions using microdata Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of skill shortages on the supply of training within New Zealand firms. The study uses a…
What does smoking fulfil for young people? Technical report Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 This report presents data on young people’s attitudes towards smoking, in terms of the functions that smoking fulfils. It shows time trends using data from the…
BES Exemplar 3 "Teacher and Student Use of Learning Goals" Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 The BES exemplars are a series of publications that make transparent the nature of: highly effective teaching professional learning and development educational leadership educationally powerful connections with families whānau, and communities…
Women’s Retirement Income: A Comparative Analysis of Four Women’s Stories Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 This report summarises the findings from interviews with four women in their midfifties. The key purpose of the interviews was to find out about the women’s…
BES Exemplar 5 "Learning Logs He kete wherawhera" Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 The BES exemplars are a series of publications that make transparent the nature of: highly effective teaching professional learning and development educational leadership educationally powerful connections with families whānau, and communities…
BES Exemplar 4 "Reciprocal Teaching" Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 The BES exemplars are a series of publications that make transparent the nature of: highly effective teaching professional learning and development educational leadership educationally powerful connections with families whānau, and communities…
A Good Worker is Hard to Find: Skills Shortages in New Zealand Firms Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2012 This paper examines the determinants of firms’ skill shortages, using a specially-designed survey, the Business Strategy and Skills (BSS) module of the Business Operations Survey. We…
