- Research in Social Sciences
- Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
- Labor Movements and Unions
- Cultural Industries and Urban Development
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Digital Economy and Work Transformation
- Place Attachment and Urban Studies
- Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
- Employment and Welfare Studies
Massey University
2023-2024
Abstract: Humanitarian Work Psychology (HWP) has challenged historical claims that wage and wellbeing are barely connected. Contradicting SDGs 1, 3, 8, 10, earlier research prioritized middle-class samples (for whom was less salient) assumed linearity (instead of actually curvilinear poverty traps). Nonetheless, even in HWP research, the wage–wellbeing connection remained modest. Has overlooked a crucial, proximal mediator between – Subjective Experience Work-related Precariousness (SEWP)?...
Many members of the precariat in Aotearoa/New Zealand (NZ) struggle to access resources for leisure. This article draws on four interview waves with five Māori (Indigenous peoples Aotearoa/NZ) households (N = 32 interviews) using mapping and photo-elicitation interviews explore participant leisure engagements. We document how precarious some is assembled agentively by participants out key elements associated their situations (e.g. financial housing insecurities) core principles processes...
Abstract: Lived experiences of in-work poverty remain under-researched in countries such as Aotearoa New Zealand NZ. Community-orientated psychologists often argue that people experiencing complex issues develop considerable expertise is invaluable efforts to reimagine effective responses. The core aim this article explore participant government alleviate the negative impacts on socioeconomically marginalized groups, including emergent Māori precariat class. From perspective assemblage...