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Examining the impact of biophilic design elements within shopping centres (malls)
The shopping centre (mall) is the central hub of modern retailing and holds a significant role in developing a first overall impression. As a result, shopping centres (malls) have focussed on creating positive customer experiences in shared public spaces. Bringing natural elements such as green plants, flowerbeds, water features, aquariums, animals, birds, and butterfly gardens into the hotel service setting, is an innovative approach known as biophilic design.The purpose of this research is to understand the impact of biophilic elements …
- Study level
- PhD, Master of Philosophy
- School
- School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations
Understanding the drivers of customer aggression
Recent work has identified outcomes of sustained customer aggression, however an opportunity lies in identifying the drivers of the specific dimensions of customer aggression. (See Mortimer, G., Wang, S., & Andrade, M. L. O. (2023). Measuring customer aggression: Scale development and validation. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 73, 103348.)Future research may also assess the extent to which each customer aggression type individually affects the different attitudinal and behavioural outcomes tested herein. Both expressive aggression forms may be stronger drivers …
- Study level
- PhD, Master of Philosophy
- School
- School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations
Can 'humanisation' reduce customer aggression?
As a direct response to increasing customer aggression, employee associations (unions) are implementing measures to keep frontline team members safe. One such tactic was an ‘under-name-badge’ message (“I’m someone’s daughter”, “I’m someone’s dad”). Concerningly, there is a dearth of research into the effect of such messaging.Does alerting an aggressive customer to the fact the frontline team member is ‘someone’s daughter/son’ mitigate aggression? Alternatively, does alerting an aggressive customer to the fact the frontline team member is ‘a local/attends a local …
- Study level
- PhD, Master of Philosophy
- School
- School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations
Examining customer responses to body worn cameras
As a direct response to increasing customer aggression, retailers are implementing measures to keep frontline team members safe – assets such as body worn cameras (BWC) and duress watches. Concerningly, there is a dearth of research into these technologies in a retail setting, with much of the earlier research being undertaken in corrective services, policing and train guards.Current research identifies, in some cases, the presence of such technologies can lead to a ‘back-firing’ effect (the aggressive individual becomes more aggressive), …
- Study level
- PhD, Master of Philosophy
- School
- School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations
The Daigou phenomenon: exploring the heterodox behaviours of entrepreneurial Chinese shoppers
As demand for Australian-made products increases, a new type of entrepreneur has emerged. Daigous, or purchasing agents, serve as important ‘middlemen’ – connecting Chinese customers with Western brands. Daigou have become a paradox. They have been associated with ‘unorthodox’ behaviours such as stockpiling highly sought after products, for example, they have previously created market-wide shortages of infant formula. On the other hand, Daigou are increasingly enacting opportunistic behaviours, boosting demand for premium Australian products such as, cosmetics, skincare and vitamins.Recently, …
- Study level
- PhD, Master of Philosophy
- School
- School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations
Re-localisation in natural environments
Re-localisation in robotics involves the process of determining a robot's current pose, consisting of its position and orientation. This can either be within a previously mapped and known environment (i.e. prior map) or relative to another robot in a multi-agent setup. Re-localisation is essential for enabling robots to perform tasks such as autonomous monitoring and exploration seamlessly, even when they encounter temporary challenges in precisely tracking their location in GPS-degraded environments. For instance, consider the 'wake-up' problem, where a robot …
- Study level
- PhD
- School
- School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics
CARQ01 - Stated preferences for Graduated Driver Licensing components; a discrete choice experiment
Young people aged 16-25 years are over-represented in road crashes, worldwide. The most effective intervention devised to reduce these crashes is Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL), which refers to the systematic and staged approach to obtaining a license (e.g., Learner, P1 and P2 licenses in Queensland). In each GDL stage, conditions are placed on the driving of young people that do not apply to fully licensed drivers, such as the display of L and P plates, limits on the number of …
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- Vacation research experience scheme
- Faculty
- Faculty of Health
- School
- School of Psychology and Counselling
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Centre for Future Mobility/CARRSQ
NURS04 - Health professionals care of wounds in rural and regional areas of Queensland
The type of wounds experienced by people living in rural and regional centres can be varied and complex. Acute care wounds in rural and regional health care sectors are often dependent upon employment and recreational pursuits, ranging from machinery injuries to shooting injuries. The propensity for an ageing population (who may struggle to secure a healthy lifestyle) positions this group as one with a greater risk of acquiring chronic conditions frequently leading to wounds with delayed healing outcomes (i.e. chronic …
- Study level
- Vacation research experience scheme
- Faculty
- Faculty of Health
- School
- School of Nursing
- Research centre(s)
- Centre for Healthcare Transformation
CMR01 - Searching for new RNA viruses
RNA viruses have many important implications on human health (e.g. coronaviruses), but our understanding of the number and diversity of them remains incomplete, to say the least. This project will build upon the recent discovery of thousands of new RNA genomes, just published this year (2023). We optimistically anticipate the discovery of many more genomes in this project, including some which do not conform to a typical viral genome structure. The project will adapt software developed at the Centre for …
- Study level
- Vacation research experience scheme
- Faculty
- Faculty of Health
- School
- School of Biomedical Sciences
- Research centre(s)
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Centre for Microbiome Research
The role of genetics in the development and mechanism of human traits
The Statistical and Genomic Epidemiology Laboratory (SGEL) studies the role of genetics in the development and mechanism of human traits, with particular emphasis on migraine, and the specific goal of identifying genetic risk factors and detecting common genetic links with other disorders, in particular depression, endometriosis, and epilepsy.
- Study level
- PhD, Master of Philosophy
- Faculty
- Faculty of Health
- School
- School of Biomedical Sciences
- Research centre(s)
- Centre for Genomics and Personalised Health
PSYC02 - 'I shouldn't have to ask': Measuring mental load in intimate relationships
Over the past few years, student researchers in the Communication, Attachment and Relationship Experiences (CARE) lab have been working on building a measure of mental load in relationships. This VRES project will involve the collation of data across the various mental load studies conducted in the CARE lab with a view to preparing a publication about this measure and the impact of mental load distribution on relationship satisfaction. The aim therefore is to pull together data from a number of …
- Study level
- Vacation research experience scheme
- Faculty
- Faculty of Health
- School
- School of Psychology and Counselling
Robotic maintenance of equipment
Think about the problem of maintaining equipment at remote work sites. How can robotic technology help human maintenance staff to work more safely and productively?
- Study level
- PhD
- Faculty
- Faculty of Engineering
- School
- School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics
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