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Acknowledgments
I owe my deepest gratitude to the following people, who have assisted me in one way or
another to complete this thesis successfully:
- My wife, Madlyne and my two sons Johnny and Pravin who has been very
supportive and their unconditional love for keeping me motivated which
contributed to my success;
- To my supervisor, Krassie Petrova, whose encouragement, guidance and
support from the initial to the final level that enabled me to develop an
understanding of the subject.
- To the proof reader, Diana Kassabova;
- My family and friends for understanding and support;
- To Godwin Ligo for his assistance in identifying and making arrangements
with suitable participants from government institutions;
- To the respondents to my research; without them joining to providing
research information, this study would have not been completed;
- To Pacific Internal Trust Company Ltd for financial support;
- The New Zealand government through the NZAID scholarship programme
as the main sponsor for this research; without their sponsorship, this research
would have not taken place; and above all
- To the Almighty God for his divine intervention and love, without which this
assignment would have not come to its completion
The research project which involved collecting data from human participants, was
approved by Auckland University of Technology Ethics Committee (AUTEC),
reference AUTEC 10130_1108210.
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