NEW ZEALAND AMBASSADOR: Jarrod Haar (haar@mngt.waikato.ac.nz) Dr Jarrod Haar
(PhD), of Ngati Maniapoto
and Ngati Mahuta descent,
is an Associate Professor in the Department of Strategy & Human Resource
Management. Jarrod received his PhD in Organisational
Behaviour/Human Resource Management from the His research is primarily on
work and family issues, including the influence of work-family practices on
employee attitudes and the antecedents and consequences of the work-family
interface including conflict and enrichment. He has researched these aspects
in a number of cultural settings including Associate Professor Haar is the principal investigator of a Marsden Grant starting in 2009 entitled 'The Role of Maori Cultural Support for Employees and Employers' which explores the role of Maori culture (the indigenous people of New Zealand) in the workplace. This research includes the role that traditional Maori customs plays for indigenous employees and conversely, how employers respond to their needs. The study will also include the roles that cultural demands may have on employed Maori, and the effect whanau (which includes a wide inter-generational family focus) may play as a support mechanism. Associate Professor Haar teaches an undergraduate paper in business research
methods and one postgraduate paper on entrepreneurship and another entitled
competitive advantage from work-family issues. In addition to his work-family
and indigenous research, Associate Professor Haar
also researches on the strategic intent of New Zealand firms and the role of
technology in firms, and is particularly interested in corporate
entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial traits, including amongst indigenous
peoples. He is widely published in local and international journals with over
85 refereed publications including 25 refereed journal articles, most
recently in the International Journal of Human Resource Management and he
recently co-edited a special issue on work-family issues in |
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