Dr Jason Mika PhD, MPP

Contact details

• Ph: 06 951 9361
  Location: BSW 2.02, Business Studies Central (BSC)
  Campus: Turitea, Palmerston North

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy - Massey University (2015)
• Master of Public Policy (Merit) - Victoria University (2002)

Prizes and Awards

• Massey Business School Research Translation Competition 2017: Māori/Pasifika issues prize $1500, for paper titled 'Māori entrepreneurial success: The new ‘normal’. - Massey University (2017)
• Massey University Māori Doctoral Scholarship recipient for 2012. The award comprises a $25,000 annual scholarship for up to three years for a full time doctoral student of Māori descent. Only one award is issued annually. - (2012)
• Richard Buchanan Teaching Excellence Award - Massey Business School (2020)
• Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching for 'Sustained Commitment to Teaching Excellence in the Kaupapa Māori Criteria' - Massey University (2020)
• Finalist in the Three Minute Thesis Competition hosted by Massey University at the Turitea Campus, 28 August 2013, in the Japan Lecture Theatre. - (2013)
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• Awarded $1000 prize for research proposal entitled "Scoping the field of Māori enterprise: A study in indigenous entrepreneurial identity," by College of Business Research Committee, notified 4 May 2017 by Professor Kambiz Maani. - Massey Business School (2017)
• Fulbright-Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Senior Scholar Award 2019 - Fulbright New Zealand (2019)
• Best paper award for the Critical Management Studies Stream at the ANZAM Annual Conference, Perth Convention Centre, 5-7 December 2012; Prize shared with co-author John Gerard O'Sullivan of CPIT. - ANZAM (2012)
• Winner of the ANZAM Best Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Award Sponsored by: Macquarie University Department of Management and Marketing, 4 December 2012, Perth, Australia. - (2012)
• 2020 Massey Business School Māori Research Award - Massey Business School (2020)
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Research Interests

Indigenous and Māori entrepreneurship

Indigenous and Māori management

Indigenous entrepreneurship research methods

Thematics

21st Century Citizenship, Resource Development and Management, Design – for Commerce, Community and Culture

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Business and Management (150300): Commerce, Management, Tourism And Services (150000):
Cultural Studies (200200): Languages, Communication And Culture (200000): Maori Cultural Studies (200207)

Keywords

Māori entrepreneurship

Māori management

Māori organisational development

Completed Projects

Consultancy

• 2005- - Glenn Hawkins and Associates Limited
  Part of the management consulting team at GHA in Rotorua, New Zealand
• 2004- - QBS and Associates Limited
  Part of the consulting team, providing business mentoring and advisory services

Languages

• Māori
  Last used: Yesterday
  Spoken ability: Excellent
  Written ability: Excellent

Courses Coordinated

• 152.232 Small Business Management
• 152.233 Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• 152.270 Māori Management

Current Doctoral Supervision

Co-supervisor of:

• Miriama Cribb - Doctor of Philosophy
  Decolonising management practices in the implementation of Māori frameworks in non-Māori organisations - a case study for Te Awa Tupua
• Cain Kerehoma - Doctor of Philosophy
  Exploring indigenous models of social entrepreneurship and economic theory: the Aroha Economy
• Admiral Manganda - Doctor of Philosophy
  The 21st century indigenous entrepreneur dilemma : To preserve cultural identity and practices or to innovate and adapt to modernism?
• Lynette McCurdy - Doctor of Philosophy
  The influence of tribal, commercial and community aspirations on strategic human resource choices, decisions in indigenous organisations

Media

• 29 Mar 2019 - Newspaper
  Knowledge gap
  Knowledge gap restricting opportunity for Māori business - comment on Asia Foundation report
• 27 Jun 2018 - Newspaper
  First Pākehā put in charge of Auckland Māori orga
  First Pākehā put in charge of Auckland Māori organisation
• 27 Jul 2020 - Newspaper, Online
  NZ’s perverse ethnic wealth gap
  Comment on cultural definitions of wealth for Newsroom article by Peter McKenzie 27 July 2020
• 26 Feb 2018 - Newspaper
  Strong sense of cultural identity
  Article on Māori business
• 25 Mar 2018 - Newspaper
  Strong sense of cultural identity
  NZ Herald reports on Māori entrepreneurship research
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• 22 Apr 2019 - Newspaper
  Māori asset base
  Māori asset base now past $40 billion
• 21 Feb 2019 - Newspaper
  Five insights
  Conversation article about tourism sustainability
• 18 Nov 2020 - Newspaper
  Countdown commits to 20% Māori and Pasifika senior
  Commentary
• 17 May 2019 - Newspaper
  Different strokes
  A story by Ean Higgins of The Australian on Māori entrepreneurship
• 15 Feb 2021 - Magazine
  Careers with STEM: Indigenous 2021
  An article profiling Jason Mika and his study and academic career (p. 16)
• 12 Nov 2018 - Television
  Māori enterprise—Awakening the taniwha
  Native Affairs episode on Māori entrepreneurship
• 12 Feb 2021 - Radio
  NZ workplace dress code: Out of date?
  Comment to the Panel on RNZ National on dress code and tikanga Māori
• 11 Jul 2018 - Newspaper
  Business can set Māori and Pasifika free
  'Business can set Māori and Pasifika free, says young entrepreneur' article by Stuff reporter Liu Chen, including commentary by Dr Jason Mika on the issue of Māori and Pacific self-employment rates
• 11 Feb 2021 - Online, Newspaper
  Can employers have a say in what you wear to work?
  Comment reported by Stuff reporter Anuja Nadkarni
• 08 Jun 2021 - Newspaper
  What would sustainable tourism really mean for New
  Stuff reporting on an article "What would sustainable tourism really mean for New Zealand? Let’s ask the river"
• 08 Jun 2021 - Newspaper
  What would sustainable tourism really mean...
  Conversation article reporting Māori tourism research 13251 readers
• 08 Feb 2019 - Radio
  Iwi business on the up
  The Panel with Wallace Chapman, Dr Mika offered comments to the panel on the TDB Advisory report on iwi assets for 2019
• 03 May 2021 - Newspaper
  Giving it up for Aotearoa
  Consulted by Nicola Shepheard NBR journalist on Māori perspective to philanthropy
• 01 Oct 2018 - Radio
  Māori business poses challenges for advisors
  Māori business poses challenges for advisors interview with Dale Husband on Radio Waatea
• 01 Apr 2019 - Radio
  Paakiwaha - te ao Māori and asia report
  Massey University Wellington Senior Lecturer Dr Jason Mika on Paakiwaha
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Other Links

• Going Native: Indigenous Entrepreneurship - Stories about indigenous entrepreneurship and doctoral study