Derived from a wider study of place-based economic, social, cultural and environmental regeneration initiatives in small regional New Zealand towns, and reflecting on international research that emphasises the importance of long-term collaborative effort, effective governance and locally-based...

We discuss case studies of three South Island small towns: Ashburton, Timaru and Oamaru and their wider local authority jurisdictions, focusing on how local stake-holders are defining the issues facing these places and identifying, prioritising and investing in regeneration initiatives,...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate how company-provided smartphones and user-device attachment influence the psychological contract between employees and managers in terms of connectivity expectations and outcomes. Design/methodology/approach: Data were collected using...

This chapter draws upon humorous stories from New Zealand workers during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic that forced the entire country into a ‘stay-at-home’ lockdown for several weeks. During this extreme event, workers had to function online while demands of housebound family distracted and...