PhD graduates

Completed theses by PhD research students in the School of Information Management

Most of these theses are available online via the Library.

PhDs completed in 2025

  • Dr Bayu Nuswantoro
    Exploring the Role of Visibility in Hybrid Work 
    Supervisors: Prof Alex Richter
  • Dr Alison Day
    The Collecting and connecting experiences of LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ independent archives and the GLAMU sector in Aotearoa New Zealand
    Supervisors:  Dr Maja Krtalic & AProf Chern Li Liew

PhDs Completed in 2024

  • Dr Prem Khanal
    Frugal Innovation and Digital Effectuation 
    Supervisors: Dr Jean-Gregoire Bernard,  Dr Mary Ellen Gordon
  • Dr Talitakuum Ekandjo
    Human-Ai Interaction in Regulating Productivity and Wellbeing
    Supervisors:  AProf Jocelyn Cranefield & Dr Yi-Te Chieu
  • Dr Niloofar Solhjoo
    Information Experience within Multispecies Families: Understanding shared life with companion cats and dogs
    Supervisors:  Dr Maja Krtalic & Prof Anne Goulding
  • Dr Rebecca Mines
    Student Experiences in Technology-Infused Learning Contexts: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Exploration
    Supervisors: Dr Allan Sylvester & Dr Louise Starkey
  • Dr Nancy Li
    Unveiling the Nexus of Science and Policy Communities: Studying the Science-Policy Interface Using Natural Language Processing and Network Science
    Supervisors: Prof Markus Luczak-Roesch & Dr Flavoa Donadalli

PhDs Completed in 2023

  • Dr Ngoc vu (An)
    Improving online recommendation systems - a user-centric approach
    Supervisors: Dr Mary Ellen Gordon & AProf Jocelyn Cranefield

PhDs completed in 2022

  • Dr Yevgenia (Jane) Li
    Co-evolution of social media crises.
    Supervisors: Dr Jean-Gregoire Bernard and Dr Markus Luczak-Roesch

PhDs completed in 2021

  • Dr Kingsley Ihejirika
    Social Media Strategies for Marketing in University Libraries: Undergraduate User Attitudes and Motivation for Engagement
    Supervisors: Prof Anne Goulding & Dr Philip Calvert
  • Dr Rodreck David
    Formation of inter-organisational platforms.
    Supervisors: Dr Jean-Gregoire Bernard, Dr Markus Luczak-Roesch and Professor Benoit Aubert (HRA)

PhDs completed in 2020

  • Dr Iva Seto
    Expert advisory groups: Exploring the sensemaking process during a public health crisis response
    Supervisors: Dr David Johnstone & Dr Jennifer Campbell-Meier

PhDs completed in 2019

  • Dr Lauren Bennett
    Technology in the classroom: Exploring the experience of secondary students using activity theory
    Supervisors: Associate Professor Janet Toland & Dr Bronwyn Howell
  • Dr Winifred Bentil
    Electronic Resource Management and Usage in Academic Libraries: The Ghanaian Context
    Supervisors: Dr Chern-Li Liew & Dr Brenda Chawner
  • Dr Ijeoma Ushaka
    An exploratory design science study on theory testing using crowdsourcing
    Supervisors: Associate Professor Pedro Antunes & Dr David Johnstone

PhDs completed in 2018

  • Dr Rashidah Bolhassan
    Safeguarding Sarawak's intangible cultural heritage: A knowledge management approach
    Supervisors: Dr Dan Dorner & Dr Jocelyn Cranefield
  • Dr Haibo Yang
    In a quest to solve Information System agility problems: A SaaS experience
    Supervisors: Associate Professor Pedro Antunes & Dr David Johnstone

PhDs completed in 2017

  • Dr Kay Sanderson
    Digital materiality, heritage objects, the emergence of evidence, and the design of knowledge enabling systems
    Supervisors: Dr Sydney Shep & Dr Dan Dorner

PhDs completed in 2016

  • Dr Geetha Kanaparan
    Self-efficacy and engagement as predictors of student programming performance: An international perspective
    Supervisors: Emeritus Professor Rowena Cullen & Dr David Mason
  • Dr Fahimi Md Ali
    Cross-boundary information sharing by knowledge brokers during a disaster
    Supervisors: Emeritus Professor Pak Yoong & Dr Jean-Grégoire Bernard
  • Dr Quang Nguyen
    The relationship between enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation and intellectual capital under moderating effect of organizational learning capability
    Supervisors: Dr Philip Calvert ; Professor Benoit Aubert & Associate Professor Mary Tate
  • Dr Thuan Hoang Nguyen
    Establish crowdsourcing as an organizational business process: A design science approach
    Supervisors: Associate Professor Pedro Antunes & Dr David Johnstone
    Thuan's personal page at Google Scholar
  • Dr Edgar Pacheco
    Vision impairment and the transition to University education: The role of ICTs
    Supervisors: Professor Miriam Lips & Emeritus Professor Pak Yoong
  • Dr Ahmed Shuhaiber
    Factors influencing customer trust in B2C mobile payment: A cultural study of the United Arab of Emirates
    Supervisors: Associate Professor Hans Lehmann; Senior Lecturer Tony Hooper & Associate Professor Val Hooper

PhDs completed in 2015

  • Dr Balsam Nabil Al-Dabbagh
    The effect of ICT connectivity on individual work productivity: Investigating the influence of ICT self-discipline
    Supervisors: Dr Eusebio Scornavacca; Dr Allan Sylvester & Associate Professor Val Hooper (Victoria University of Wellington Supervisor)
  • Dr Hung Van Do
    Contextual factors affecting the development of Digital Library Education in Vietnam
    Supervisors: Dr Dan Dorner & Dr Philip Calvert
  • Dr Hugo Xiaoyi GongE-campaigning: An empirical study of the utilisation of ICTs for election campaigning in the 2008 New Zealand General Election
    Supervisors: Professor Miriam Lips & Associate Professor Mary Tate
  • Dr Matthew Lewellen
    The impact of the perceived value of records on the use of electronic recordkeeping systems
    Supervisors: Associate Professor Val Hooper & Associate Professor Gillian Oliver

PhDs completed in 2014

  • Dr Jamal Al Salmi
    Electronic theses and dissertations programmes in the Arab Gulf States: Exploring factors affecting their adoption and development
    Supervisors: Dr Chern Li Liew & Dr Brenda Chawner
    Please contact Jamal to discuss any aspects of this research at alsalmij@squ.edu.om
  • Dr Eric Boamah
    Towards effective management and preservation of digital cultural heritage resources: An exploration of contextual factors in Ghana
    Supervisors: Dr Dan Dorner & Associate Professor Gillian Oliver
    Please contact Eric to discuss any aspects of this research at eaboamah@gmail.com
  • Dr Kévin Daniel André Carillo
    Participation in Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) communities: An individual learning perspective
    Supervisors: Emeritus Professor Sid Huff & Dr Brenda Chawner
  • Dr Saidatul Akmar Ismail
    Factors affecting the implementation of information literacy education in Malaysian primary schools
    Supervisors: Dr Dan Dorner & Associate Professor Gillian Oliver
  • Dr Van Tran Bao Le
    On the discovery of semantically meaningful SQL constraints from Armstrong samples: Foundations, implementation, and evaluation
    Supervisors: Professor Sebastian Link (HRA); Dr Flavio Ferrarotti (HRA) & Dr David Mason
  • Dr Nicole Kristine Henika Braun
    An exploration of the factors influencing home users' cybersecurity behaviours
    Supervisors: Associate Professor Val Hooper & Dr Dan Dorner
  • Dr Nicole Gaston
    Contextualising information behaviour: The example of Laos
    Supervisors: Dr Dan Dorner & Dr David Johnstone
    Please contact Nicole to discuss any aspects of this research at nicolegaston@gmail.com

PhDs completed in 2013

  • Dr Mohamed Kinaanath
    The use of ICT and e-Education in developing higher education for Small Island Developing States (SIDS): The case of Maldives
    Supervisors: Associate Professor Hans Lehmann & Senior Lecturer Alastair Smith
  • Dr Selenge Nergui
    Understanding the effectiveness of cross-cultural video-mediated communication
    Supervisors: Dr Brian Harmer & Senior Lecturer Alastair Smith

PhDs completed in 2012

  • Dr Allan Sylvester
    An investigation into organisational learning by public officials creating and maintaining multi-channel service delivery information systems in the New Zealand public sector
    Supervisors: Dr Beverley Hope & Professor Miriam Lips

PhDs completed in 2011

  • Dr Hartmut Hoehle
    Consumer intentions to use electronic banking channels: The role of task channel fit
    Supervisors: Associate Professor Hans Lehmann & Emeritus Professor Sid Huff
  • Dr Carmel Joe
    Retaining the knowledge of older experts in an organisational context and the role of ICT
    Supervisors: Emeritus Professor Pak Yoong & Dr Brian Harmer
  • Dr Sally Jansen van Vuuren
    Inter-organisational knowledge sharing in the public sector: The role of social capital and information and communication technology
    Supervisors:  Professor David Pauleen & Emeritus Professor Sid Huff

PhDs completed in 2010

  • Dr Jocelyn Cranefield
    Online communities of practice and professional change: A three-tier view of the knowledge embedding process
    Supervisors: Emeritus Professor Pak Yoong & Emeritus Professor Sid Huff
  • Dr Maria Molina
    Digital genre: A mechanism for knowledge sharing and reuse in business clusters
    Supervisors: Emeritus Professor Pak Yoong & Associate Professor Hans Lehmann
  • Dr Florence Muinde
    Investigation of factors affecting the adoption of Information and Communication Technologies for communication of research output in research institutions in Kenya
    Supervisors: Professor Gary Gorman & Dr Chern Li Liew
  • Dr Julie Watson
    Transitioning Peer Consulting: A technology-in-practice approach
    Supervisors: Emeritus Professor Pak Yoong & Emeritus Professor Sid Huff

PhDs completed in 2009

  • Dr Lanthom Jonjoubsong
    An integrated knowledge management model for community enterprises: A case study of a rural community enterprise in Thailand
    Supervisors: Professor Gary Gorman & Dr Brian Harmer
  • Dr Hong Sinh Nguyen
    A contextual model for planning continuing education programmes for university library practitioners in Vietnam
    Supervisors: Professor Gary Gorman & Dr Dan Dorner
  • Dr Kate Thornton
    Blended action learning: Supporting leadership learning in the New Zealand ECE sector
    Supervisors: Emeritus Professor Pak Yoong & Professor Cedric Hall

PhDs completed in 2008

  • Dr Andreas Schroeder
    KM Governance: An exploratory study of the structures, processes and relational mechanisms which guide and direct organisational KM programs
    Supervisors: Professor David Pauleen & Emeritus Professor Sid Huff

PhDs completed in 2007

  • Dr Brent Coker
    Predicting internet product purchase intention: Theoretical reasoning and empirical results
    Supervisors: Dr Beverley Hope & Associate Professor Nicholas Ashill
  • Dr Pramila Devi
    An ICT-based distance education model: An evaluation of ICT-based modes at the University of the South Pacific
    Supervisors: Emeritus Professor Rowena Cullen & Dr Lex McDonald
  • Dr Lan Anh Tran
    Public Libraries and Community Information networks in New Zealand: An assessment and evaluation of practice
    Supervisors: Dr Dan Dorner & Dr Colin Jeffcoat

PhDs completed in 2006