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Student	Degree	School	Thesis Title	Principal Supervisor	Associate Supervisor(s)	Date Submitted
October ^top
Chooi San Beh	DBA	Graduate School of Business	Financial Accounting Disclosures and Corporate Governance in Malaysia	Dr Nick Billington	Dr Rod Turner	7 October 2008
Mahesh Singh Bhandari	PhD	Hospitality, Tourism & Marketing	Impact of Varying Service Recovery Attributes on Outcomes in Process-Based and Outcome-Based Service Failure: An Exploratory Empirical Examination	A/Professor Susan Gillet	Dr Pandora Kay, Professor Michael Polonsky	8 October 2008
Peter Gill	PhD	Psychology	The Everyday Lives of Men: An Ethnographic Investigation of Young Adult Male Identity	Dr Marion Kostanski	Dr Christopher Sonn	31 October 2008
Craig McLean	PhD	Social Sciences	R.G Casey and Australian Foreign Policy: Engaging with China and Southeast Asia, 1951-1960	Professor Phillip Deery	Dr Richard Chauvel	10 October 2008
Dragana Stanley	PhD	Molecular Sciences	Generation and Characterisation of Ethanol-Tolerant Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mutants	Dr Sarah Fraser	A/Professor Grant Stanley, Dr Paul Chambers	10 October 2008
Student	Degree	School	Thesis Title	Principal Supervisor	Associate Supervisor(s)	Date Submitted
September ^top
Emma Campbell	DPsych	Psychology	Relocation Stories: Experiences of Indigenous Footballers in the AFL	Dr Christopher Sonn	N/A	1 September 2008
Thanh Ho	DBA	Graduate School of Business	The Impact of Taxation Reforms and Other Factors on the Capital Structure of Real Estate Enterprises	Dr Stella Sofocleous	Professor Bob Clift	19 September 2008
Bruce Rasmussen	PhD	Centre for Strategic Economic Studies	Creating and Capturing Value in the Biopharmaceutical Sector	Professor Peter Sheehan	N/A	4 September 2008
Stephen Weller	PhD	Management	A Study of Organisational Justice and Participative Workplace Change in Australian Higher Education	A/Professor Bernadine VanGramberg	Mr Richard Gough	19 September 2008
Roger Wilkinson	PhD	Institute of Sustainability and Innovation	Population Dynamics and Succession Strategies of Rural Industry Producers	Professor John Cary	Dr Neil Barr	2 September 2008
Student	Degree	School	Thesis Title	Principal Supervisor	Associate Supervisor(s)	Date Submitted
August ^top
Abdul Latif Al-Balushi	PhD	Education	How Can Sultan Qaboos University Respond to the Contemporary Challenges of the Omani Labour Market Needs and Community Expectations?	Associate Professor Tony Kruger	Dr John Martino	29 August 2008
Ibrahim Abdulla Al-Rahbi	DBA	Graduate School of Business	An Empirical Study of the Key Knowledge Economy Factors for Sustainable Economic Development in Oman	Professor Bhajan Grewal	Associate Professor Shashi Sharma	29 August 2008
Ajith Bandara	PhD	Molecular Sciences	An Assessment of Ethanol Stress Tolerance Factors in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae	Associate Professor Grant Stanley	Dr Paul Chambers, Dr Sarah Fraser	21 August 2008
Nonny Basalama	PhD	Communication, Culture & Languages	English Teachers in Indonesian Senior High schools in Gorontalo: A qualitative Study of Professional Formation, Identity and Practice	Professor Helen Borland	N/A	25 August 2008
Jumpoth Boriraj	DBA	Graduate School of Business	Analysing and Modelling International Trade Patterns of the Australian Wine Industry in the World Wine Market	Dr Kandiah Jegasothy	Dr Pemasiri Gunawardana	29 August 2008
Romina Iebra Aizpurua	PhD	Psychology	Through the Women's Eyes: Latin American Women\'s Experience of Immigration to Australia	Associate Professor Adrian Fisher	N/A	29 August 2008
Chanun Rardniyom	PhD	Packaging & Polymer Research Unit	Development of Multi-Layer Films Containing Natural Antimicrobial Agents	Associate Professor Kees Sonneveld	Professor Stephen Bigger, Professor Joseph Miltz	8 August 2008
Natalie Senjov-Makohon	PhD	Education	Digital Immigrant Teachers Learning for the Information Age	Associate Professor Tony Kruger	Associate Professor Brenda Cherednichenko	29 August 2008
Gretel Taylor	PhD	Human Movement, Recreation & Performance	Locating: Place and the Moving Body	Dr Elizabeth Dempster	N/A	12 August 2008
Kim Williams	EdD	Education	An Investigation of the Professional Development Practices of Vocational Education and Training Educators in the Tourism and Hospitality Sector	Dr Bill Eckersley	N/A	6 August 2008
July ^top
Student	Degree	School	Thesis Title	Principal Supervisor	Associate Supervisor(s)	Date Submitted
Abdulaziz Al-Eissa	PhD	Accounting & Finance	Non-Audit Services and Auditor Independence. The Case of Saudi Arabia	Professor Bob Clift	Dr Albert Brooks	30 July 2008
Anthony Cappell	PhD	Institute for Community Engagement and Policy Alternatives	To be or not to be an Italian: BA Santamaria, Culture, Descent and the Social Exclusion of Italian-Australians	Dr Ilma O'Brien	N/A	14 July 2008
Kurukulasuriya Joseph T N Fernando	PhD	Electrical Engineering	Soft Computing Techniques in Power System Analysis	Professor Akhtar Kalam	N/A	24 July 2008
Kate Gartlan	PhD	Molecular Sciences	A Complementary Role for the Tetraspanins CD37 and Tssc6 in the Immune System	Dr Mark Wright	N/A	16 July 2008
Waliul Akm Islam	PhD	Communication, Culture & Languages	Ways of Becoming: South Asian Sudents in an Australian Postgraduate Environment	Professor Helen Borland	N/A	21 July 2008
Wuthi Liptapallop	EdD	Education	Using Responsive Evaluation to Change Thai Tourist Police Volunteer Programs	Dr Ian Ling	Dr Chalong Tubsre	14 July 2008
Catherine Prentice	PhD	Hospitality, Tourism & Marketing	Trait Emotional Intelligence, Personality and the Self-Perceived Performance Ratings of Casino Key Account Representatives	Dr Keis Ohtsuka	Professor Brian King	16 July 2008
Paul Stephen Ramage	PhD	Centre for International Corporate Governance Research	Factors Impacting on the Adoption and Operation of Corporate Governance Reform in Australian State Government Departments	Professor Anona Armstrong	Mr Peter Demediuk	31 July 2008
June ^top
Student	Degree	School	Thesis Title	Principal Supervisor	Associate Supervisor(s)	Date Submitted
Tanachart Raoprasert	DBA	Graduate School of Business	Factors Influencing the Adaptation and Acceptance of Japanese Management Practices in Thailand	Professor Sardar Islam	Dr Rod Turner	05 June 2008
Kittitouch Soontornwipast	EdD	Education	An Impact Evaluation of a Masters TEFL Program Operating at a Language Institute in Thailand	Dr Ian Ling	Dr Apasara Chinwonno	10 June 2008
Adrian Threlfal	PhD	Social Sciences	The Development of Australian Army Jungle Warfare Doctrine and Training, 1941-1945	Professor Phillip Deery	N/A	06 June 2008
Robert Webster	DBA	Graduate School of Business	An Investigation into the Decision-Making Processes of Transport Companies when Selecting a Warehouse Location	Dr Ian Sadler	Professor Anona Armstrong	04 June 2008
May ^top
Student	Degree	School	Thesis Title	Principal Supervisor	Associate Supervisor(s)	Date Submitted
George Hanna	PhD	Computer Science and Mathematics	Cubature Rules from a Generalized Taylor Perspective	Professor Sever Dragomir	Dr John Roumeliotis, Dr Neil Diamond, A/Prof Pietro Cerone	14 May 2008
Dzavid Haveric	PhD	Institute for Community, Ethnicity and Policy Alternatives	History of the Bosnian Muslim Community in Australia: Settlement Experience in Victoria	Professor Danny Ben-Moshe	Professor Hurriyet Babacan	23 May 2008
Akhtar Nawaz	PhD	Human Movement, Recreation & Performance	A Comparative and Historical Analysis of Elite Sport Programs in Australia and Pakistan, 1947-2007	Dr Rob Hess	Dr Richard Baka	20 May 2008
Matthew Stewart	PhD	Molecular Sciences	Computational and Experimental Investigations of Biologically Interesting Molecules	Professor John Orbell	N/A	20 May 2008
Vivienne Sullivan	PhD	Centre for Ageing, Rehabilitation, Exercise and Sport	Wasting Away: The Effects of Weight Management on Jockeys' Physical, Psychological and Social Wellbeing	Dr Gerard Kennedy	Professor Jill Astbury	16 May 2008
April ^top
Student	Degree	School	Thesis Title	Principal Supervisor	Associate Supervisor(s)	Date Submitted
Robert Bozinovski	PhD	School of Social Sciences	The Communist Party of Australia and Proletarian Internationalism, 1928-1945	Professor Phillip Deery	N/A	18 April 2008
Kim Murray Sweeny	PhD	Centre for Strategic Economic Studies	Accounting for Growth in the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme	Professor Peter Sheehan	Ms Helen Owens	11 April 2008
March ^top
Student	Degree	School	Thesis Title	Principal Supervisor	Associate Supervisor(s)	Date Submitted
Jennifer Borrell	PhD	School of Applied Economics	Developing a Framework for the Study of Gaming Machine and Associated Problematic Gambling Phenomena	Dr Jamie Doughney	Dr Jacques Boulet (External)	31 March 2008
Renee Carr	DPsych	School of Psychology	The Effects of Modulating Temporal Separation and Distractor Identity on Distractor Interference in an Older Population Sample	Dr Ada Kritikos	N/A	31 March 2008
Simone Cremona	DPsych	School of Psychology	Antenatal Predictors of Maternal Bonding for Adolescent Mothers	Professor Sandra Lancaster	N/A	31 March 2008
Patricia Everitt-Deering	PhD	School of Information Systems	The Adoption of Information and Communication Technologies in Rural General Practitioners: A Socio-Technical Analysis	Associate Professor Arthur Tatnall	Dr Stephen Burgess	31 March 2008
David Fitrio	PhD	School of Electrical Engineering	Power Management Schemes for Ultra Low Power Biomedical Devices	Dr Alex Stojcevski	Professor Greg Baxter	31 March 2008
Sudinna kulangana Hewakapuge	PhD	School of Molecular Sciences	Prediction of age from DNA	Dr Swati Baindur-Hudson	Dr Roland Van Oorsehot (External)	18 March 2008
Dariusz Kutyna	PhD	School of Molecular Sciences	Isolation of Low Ethanol Producing Yeast Strains Using Adaptive Evolution	Associate Professor Grant Stanley	Dr Paul Chambers (External)<	31 March 2008
Christopher Larner	PhD	School of Human Movement, Recreation & Performance	On Making Warriors Out of Worriers: The Management of Trait Anxiety in Competitive Sports	Professor Tony Morris	Dr Daryl Marchant	17 March 2008
Felicity Morris	PhD	School of Human Movement, Recreation & Performance	The Adoption and Maintenance of Physical Activity for Mid-Life,Sedentary Women	Dr Daryl Marchant	A/Professor Denis Coleman	20 March 2008
Evaristo Nsenduluka	PhD	School of Management	Organizational and Group Antecedents of Workgroup Innovativeness in a Service Industry	Professor Michael Muetzelfeldt	Dr Himanshu Shee	31 March 2008
Lynette O'Grady	DPsych	School of Psychology	The World of Adolescence: Using Photovoice to Explore Psychological Sense of Community and Wellbeing in Adolescents with and without an Intellectual Disability	Associate Professor Adrian Fisher	N/A	31 March 2008
Helen Power	DPsych	School of Psychology	Factors Influencing the Psychological Adjustment of Young Patients with Type 1 Diabetes in the First Year after Diagnosis	Professor Sandra Lancaster	N/A	31 March 2008
Priya Raghavan	PhD	School of Communication, Culture & Languages	Family, Politics and Popular Television: An Ethnographic Study of Viewing an Indian Serial Melodrama	Dr Jane Landman	Professor John Sinclair	31 March 2008
Ludmilla Salonda	PhD	School of Education	Exploration of University Culture: A Papua New Guinea Case Study	Dr Margaret Malloch	Dr Jane Menzie	March 2008
Elvira Sammut	PhD	School of Education	"Sugared Placebos"? The Effects of Satire and Farce in the Plays of David Williamson	Dr Tarquam McKenna	Dr Mary Weaven	20 March 2008
Anuphak Saosaovaphak	DBA	Graduate School of Business	Electronic Distribution Augmented by All Types of Collaboration: A Study between a Distributor and Dealers in the Motorcycle Industry in Thailand	Dr Ian Sadler	Dr Himanshu Shee	14 March 2008
Georgia Whiting	PhD	School of HMRP	Identity and Practice Among Australian Horse Racing Punters	Associate Professor Chris Hallinan	Dr Michael Burke	31 March 2008
Guandong Xu	PhD	School of Computer Science and Mathematics	Web Mining Techniques for Recommendation and Personalization	Professor Yanchun Zhang	Dr Bailing Zhang, Professor Xiaofang Zhou (external)	31 March 2008
Wusheng Zhang	PhD	School of Information Systems	Developing a Knowledge Model to Support the Management of Hotel Customer Complaints	Professor John Zeleznikow	Dr Emilia Bellucci and Professor Brian King	7 March 2008