Office of Research

The Office of Research was created in 2016 with the vision of becoming a regional leader in research, development and innovation for our learners, the community and industry.   The Office is responsible for developing research capability and supervising a wide range of research initiatives.  The following is a summary of our recent publications:

Publications by current academic staff

2022 Publications

• Covid-19 and student engagement: Perspectives of educators to abridge learning loss and engage students in the new normal learning setting (Chapter 5). In Book – Academic Voices: A Conversation on New Approaches to Teaching and Learning in the post-COVID world.

• Participatory learning culture: From spectators to creators in online learning environments (Chapter 8). In Book – Academic Voices: A Conversation on New Approaches to Teaching and Learning in the post-COVID world.

• Financial Independence of Women – The Impact of social factors on Women Empowerment in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

• Social media attachment: Conceptualization and formative index construction
• Population, the Poverty Nexus and Wellbeing of Elderly in Mauritius. In Book – Ageing Asia and the Pacific in Changing Times.

2021 Publications

• The Unprecedented Lockdown: The consequences of job loss.

• Diffusing best practices in IHRM: A qualitative case study analysis of a Mauritian multinational. In Book – International HRM and Development in Emerging Market Multinationals.

• Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) in marketing research
• Using a mixed methods approach to develop a scale in the context of social media attachment
• An evaluation of the impact of confinement on the quality of e-learning in higher education institutions
• Building and evaluating cloud robotic systems: A systematic review 
• Citizens’ Perceptions of Local Government Services and Their Trust in Local Authorities: Implications for Local Government in Mauritius
• Corporate Social Responsibility in Mauritius. In Book – Current Global Practices of Corporate Social Responsibility
• Does aid for trade diversify sub-Saharan Africa’s exports at the intensive and extensive margins?
• Social customer relationship management: a customer perspective
• Assessing the Outcomes of Organizational Politics on Employees Work Behaviors
• Household food waste: attitudes, barriers and motivations

2020 Publications

• Intersectional Religious Agency: Mauritian Muslim Women and the Negotiation of Porous Interfaces
• An Investigation into the Intertemporal Spending Path of Local Government in Mauritius
• Graduate Work-Readiness in Mauritius: A multi-stakeholder approach
• Social media-enhanced learning in a small island developing states (SIDS) setting
• Doctoral boot camps: from military concept to andragogy
• Mauritius: In Book – The Future of Work in Asia and Beyond. A Technological Revolution or Evolution?

2019 Publications

• Citation practices in tourism research: Toward a gender conscientious engagement
• Factors affecting students’ choices of tertiary institutions in small island developing economies

2018 Publications

• Residents’ perception on factors impeding sustainable tourism in SIDS
• Impact of BYOD on organizational commitment: an empirical investigation
• Social Customer Relationship Management in the Hospitality Industry
• The Effect of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Adoption on Work Performance and motivation
• A Green Information Technology governance model for large Mauritian companies
• Social customer relationship management: An integrated conceptual framework
• Cloud Robotic Architectures: Directions for Future Research from a Comparative Analysis
• Cloud robotics platforms: review and comparative analysis 
• Graduate Work-Readiness Challenges in Mauritius: In Book – The Transition from Graduation to Work. Work, Organization, and Employment
• Low-Cost Body Area Network for Monitoring of Diabetic Patient: in Book – Design and Development of Affordable Healthcare Technologies
• An assessment of good corporate governance in state owned enterprises of Mauritius
• Project #NuKapav: a Mauritian service-learning case study
• An investigation of undergraduate level academic performance mediators
• Data Reliability and Quality in Body Area Networks for Diabetes Monitoring: in Book – Body Area Network Challenges and Solutions

2017 Publications

• The Use of Social Customer Relationship Management for Optimising Business Performance in the hotel industry in Mauritius
• Women as Emotional Entities in the Hospitality Sector of Mauritius. A Case Study
• Glucose Prediction Data Analytics for Diabetic Patients Monitoring
• Pervasive mobile healthcare systems for chronic disease monitoring
• Wireless Body Area Network System Architecture for Real-Time Diabetes Monitoring

2015 Publications

• The Mauritian Insurance Industry in the next Decade: Challenges and Opportunities

2012 Publications

• A conceptual IT governance and green IT model to support large organisations

2010 Publications

• Financial Liberalization in Developing Economies: Theory and Evidence

2008 Publications

• Financial Liberation in Developing Economies: Theory and Evidence

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