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Home / All Issues / Volume 37, Issue 1, 2017

All Issues
  • Volume 44, 2024
    • Training for Transformation: Unravelling the Dynamics of Employee Commitment and Citizenship Behaviour in Fiji’s Retail Sector
    • Māori Beekeepers: Reframing New Zealand’s Apiculture Narratives
    • Democratic transition of power and its implications on tourism growth: Insights from Fiji’s 2022 General Election
    • Public Employees’ Experience of Work-Family Conflict and Emotional Exhaustion: Lessons for Work from Home during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Fiji
    • The Introduction of Literacy and the Subsequent Stagnation of Oral Narratives in the Production of Contemporary Theatre in Rapa Nu
  • Volume 43, Issue 1, 2023
    • Analysing vessel traffic and ballasting trends in the port of Pago Pago, American Samoa from 2004 to 2021
    • Swimming against the tide?: Regulating the public sector audit space in Samoa
    • Epidemics in Fiji’s history: Stories of Power, Resistance and Contradiction
    • Assessing the Cultural Impact of the Equal Distribution Policy (EDIP) on iTaukei: A Blessing or a Curse?
  • Volume 42, Issue 1, 2022
    • Do Age and Gender Matter in SMS Marketing in Fiji?
    • Gender Perceptions towards Diversity Management Practices in the Public Sector
  • Volume 41, Issue 2, 2021 (Special Edition on COVID-19)
    • Introduction to the Volume 41, Issue 2, 2021 (Special Edition on COVID-19)
    • Investigating Asymmetry in Tourism and Growth Relationship in the Pacific Island Countries: Any Lessons for Policy Makers?
    • Urban Fijian Indigenous Families’ Positive and Negative Diet, Eating and Food Purchasing Experiences During the COVID 19 Safety Protocols
    • We Are All in This Together: Evaluating Human Rights Restrictions in Selected Pacific Island Countries During Pandemic
    • Post-COVID-19 Students’ Remote Learning Experiences from the Discipline of Tourism and Hospitality Management at The University of the South Pacific
  • Volume 41, Issue 1, 2021
    • Developing Graduate Capabilities Beyond Technical Competence – Do Undergraduate Accounting Programmes Provide Adequate Support for the Workplace?
    • Higher Education and the Indigenous Language and Culture: Samoanisation of the National University of Samoa
    • The Impact of HIV/AIDS-Related Stigma, HIV Transmission Knowledge, and Gender on Familial Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS: Implications for the “Test and Treat” Intervention in Fiji
    • An Empirical Study on Client-induced Valuation Bias – Evidence from Fiji
    • Student Health and Well-being in the Pacific: Findings from a diverse regional population
    • Making Law in Papua New Guinea | By Bruce L. Ottley, David Weisbrot, and Jean G. Zorn
  • Volume 40, Issue 2, 2020 (Special Edition on General Elections)
    • Elections and the chain of democratic choice
    • The 2019 Elections: Electoral Quality, Political Inequality and the Flames of Frustration in Honiara
    • Independent MPs, Political Party Legislation and Electoral Politics in Solomon Islands
    • 2018 Fiji Election Results: Patterns of Voting by Provinces, Rural-Urban Localities, and by Candidates
    • Religion and the New Media: Discourses and Debates in the 2018 Fiji General Election Campaign
  • Volume 40, Issue 1, 2020
    • A Residential Satisfaction Assessment of Public Rental Board Housing in the Greater Suva Urban Area, Fiji Islands
    • The Newspaper as a Vehicle for Fan Participation in Fiji Rugby Union
    • Opportunities and Challenges of Implementing the International Valuation Standards in Fiji
    • Suva Residents’ Views on Cancer, Diabetes and HIV in The Fiji Times
  • Volume 39, Issue 1, 2019
    • More than Smiles – Employee Empowerment Facilitating High-Quality, Consistent Services – The Wakaya Club, Fiji
    • Do high renewable energy targets hinder donor-funded rural electrification in Pacific island countries?
    • Tourism Development in the South Pacific: The Cases of Nauru and Tuvalu
    • Determinants of Microentrepreneurial Success in One of the Small Island Developing States of the Pacific: Evidence from Samoa
    • Gender Differences in HIV Risk Perception and Sexual Behaviour of Young Adults in Metropolitan Areas of Fiji
    • Tourism and Residents’ Quality of Life: A Critical Examination
    • Explaining Policy Change in Samoa’s Mental Health System
    • Freshwater Mussel (Batissa violacea) Fishery and its Value in Fiji
  • Volume 38, Issue 1, 2018
    • Toward a Theoretical Framework for Educational Aid and Teacher Education within the Pacific Region
    • Kiribati Game Development: Cultural Transmission, Communities of Creation, and Marketing
    • Carbon Footprinting and Mitigation Strategies for the USP Marine Campus
    • An Impact Case Study of Improved Road Infrastructure on Urban Communities in Samoa
    • The Development of Trade Arrangements in the Caribbean Island Nations and the Pacific Island Countries
    • Conference Review: International Conference on Sustainable Alternatives to Poverty Reduction and Ecological Justice (SAPREJ-18), The University of the South Pacific, 26-29 June 2018
  • Volume 37, Issue 1, 2017
    • Fiji Kava: Production, Trade, Role and Challenges
    • Competition and Regulation of Mobile Phones in Small Island Nations
    • Objecting to Objectivity: Reflecting on Evaluation in Vanuatu
    • Conference Review: Critical Tourism Studies – Asia Pacific, Yogyakarta, 3-6 March 2018
  • Volume 36, Issue 2, 2016
    • Impacts of Total Factor Productivity on Agricultural Growth in Pacific Island Countries
    • Genetic Loss in Food Crops in the Pacific: Socio-Economics Causes and Policy Issues
    • An insight into public sector readiness for change – the Fiji Experience
    • Regulations, Costs and Informality: The Case of Fiji
    • The effectiveness of the destination websites in promoting linkages between visitors and the community in Tonga
    • Hayden White and the Burden of History
    • A comparative study of stress amongst teachers of the western division in Fiji
    • Australia – A Hegemonic Power in the Pacific Region
    • The Magnus Effect and the Flettner Rotor: Potential Application for Future Oceanic Shipping
    • Irrigated ethnoagriculture, adaptation and development: a Pacific case study
  • Volume 36, Issue 1, 2016 (Special Edition on Situating the Nexus Migration, Gender and Politics of Development in Pacific Islands)
    • Introduction – JPacS Speacial Issue
    • Uncertain Belongings: Relationships, Money and Returned Migrant Workers in Port Vila, Vanuatu
    • ‘On the ship, you can do anything’: the impact of international cruiseship employment for i-Kiribati women
    • Climate change and migration: the case of the Pacific Islands and Australia
    • Australian Refugee Policy and its Impacts on Pacific Island Countries
    • Internal Migration in the Pacific Islands: a regional overview
    • Pacific migration futures: ancient solutions to contemporary and prospective challenges?
    • Review of the New Pacific Diplomacy
    • Oceanian Journeys and Sojourns. Home thoughts Abroad
All Issues
  • Volume 44, 2024
    • Training for Transformation: Unravelling the Dynamics of Employee Commitment and Citizenship Behaviour in Fiji’s Retail Sector
    • Māori Beekeepers: Reframing New Zealand’s Apiculture Narratives
    • Democratic transition of power and its implications on tourism growth: Insights from Fiji’s 2022 General Election
    • Public Employees’ Experience of Work-Family Conflict and Emotional Exhaustion: Lessons for Work from Home during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Fiji
    • The Introduction of Literacy and the Subsequent Stagnation of Oral Narratives in the Production of Contemporary Theatre in Rapa Nu
  • Volume 43, Issue 1, 2023
    • Analysing vessel traffic and ballasting trends in the port of Pago Pago, American Samoa from 2004 to 2021
    • Swimming against the tide?: Regulating the public sector audit space in Samoa
    • Epidemics in Fiji’s history: Stories of Power, Resistance and Contradiction
    • Assessing the Cultural Impact of the Equal Distribution Policy (EDIP) on iTaukei: A Blessing or a Curse?
  • Volume 42, Issue 1, 2022
    • Do Age and Gender Matter in SMS Marketing in Fiji?
    • Gender Perceptions towards Diversity Management Practices in the Public Sector
  • Volume 41, Issue 2, 2021 (Special Edition on COVID-19)
    • Introduction to the Volume 41, Issue 2, 2021 (Special Edition on COVID-19)
    • Investigating Asymmetry in Tourism and Growth Relationship in the Pacific Island Countries: Any Lessons for Policy Makers?
    • Urban Fijian Indigenous Families’ Positive and Negative Diet, Eating and Food Purchasing Experiences During the COVID 19 Safety Protocols
    • We Are All in This Together: Evaluating Human Rights Restrictions in Selected Pacific Island Countries During Pandemic
    • Post-COVID-19 Students’ Remote Learning Experiences from the Discipline of Tourism and Hospitality Management at The University of the South Pacific
  • Volume 41, Issue 1, 2021
    • Developing Graduate Capabilities Beyond Technical Competence – Do Undergraduate Accounting Programmes Provide Adequate Support for the Workplace?
    • Higher Education and the Indigenous Language and Culture: Samoanisation of the National University of Samoa
    • The Impact of HIV/AIDS-Related Stigma, HIV Transmission Knowledge, and Gender on Familial Support for People Living with HIV/AIDS: Implications for the “Test and Treat” Intervention in Fiji
    • An Empirical Study on Client-induced Valuation Bias – Evidence from Fiji
    • Student Health and Well-being in the Pacific: Findings from a diverse regional population
    • Making Law in Papua New Guinea | By Bruce L. Ottley, David Weisbrot, and Jean G. Zorn
  • Volume 40, Issue 2, 2020 (Special Edition on General Elections)
    • Elections and the chain of democratic choice
    • The 2019 Elections: Electoral Quality, Political Inequality and the Flames of Frustration in Honiara
    • Independent MPs, Political Party Legislation and Electoral Politics in Solomon Islands
    • 2018 Fiji Election Results: Patterns of Voting by Provinces, Rural-Urban Localities, and by Candidates
    • Religion and the New Media: Discourses and Debates in the 2018 Fiji General Election Campaign
  • Volume 40, Issue 1, 2020
    • A Residential Satisfaction Assessment of Public Rental Board Housing in the Greater Suva Urban Area, Fiji Islands
    • The Newspaper as a Vehicle for Fan Participation in Fiji Rugby Union
    • Opportunities and Challenges of Implementing the International Valuation Standards in Fiji
    • Suva Residents’ Views on Cancer, Diabetes and HIV in The Fiji Times
  • Volume 39, Issue 1, 2019
    • More than Smiles – Employee Empowerment Facilitating High-Quality, Consistent Services – The Wakaya Club, Fiji
    • Do high renewable energy targets hinder donor-funded rural electrification in Pacific island countries?
    • Tourism Development in the South Pacific: The Cases of Nauru and Tuvalu
    • Determinants of Microentrepreneurial Success in One of the Small Island Developing States of the Pacific: Evidence from Samoa
    • Gender Differences in HIV Risk Perception and Sexual Behaviour of Young Adults in Metropolitan Areas of Fiji
    • Tourism and Residents’ Quality of Life: A Critical Examination
    • Explaining Policy Change in Samoa’s Mental Health System
    • Freshwater Mussel (Batissa violacea) Fishery and its Value in Fiji
  • Volume 38, Issue 1, 2018
    • Toward a Theoretical Framework for Educational Aid and Teacher Education within the Pacific Region
    • Kiribati Game Development: Cultural Transmission, Communities of Creation, and Marketing
    • Carbon Footprinting and Mitigation Strategies for the USP Marine Campus
    • An Impact Case Study of Improved Road Infrastructure on Urban Communities in Samoa
    • The Development of Trade Arrangements in the Caribbean Island Nations and the Pacific Island Countries
    • Conference Review: International Conference on Sustainable Alternatives to Poverty Reduction and Ecological Justice (SAPREJ-18), The University of the South Pacific, 26-29 June 2018
  • Volume 37, Issue 1, 2017
    • Fiji Kava: Production, Trade, Role and Challenges
    • Competition and Regulation of Mobile Phones in Small Island Nations
    • Objecting to Objectivity: Reflecting on Evaluation in Vanuatu
    • Conference Review: Critical Tourism Studies – Asia Pacific, Yogyakarta, 3-6 March 2018
  • Volume 36, Issue 2, 2016
    • Impacts of Total Factor Productivity on Agricultural Growth in Pacific Island Countries
    • Genetic Loss in Food Crops in the Pacific: Socio-Economics Causes and Policy Issues
    • An insight into public sector readiness for change – the Fiji Experience
    • Regulations, Costs and Informality: The Case of Fiji
    • The effectiveness of the destination websites in promoting linkages between visitors and the community in Tonga
    • Hayden White and the Burden of History
    • A comparative study of stress amongst teachers of the western division in Fiji
    • Australia – A Hegemonic Power in the Pacific Region
    • The Magnus Effect and the Flettner Rotor: Potential Application for Future Oceanic Shipping
    • Irrigated ethnoagriculture, adaptation and development: a Pacific case study
  • Volume 36, Issue 1, 2016 (Special Edition on Situating the Nexus Migration, Gender and Politics of Development in Pacific Islands)
    • Introduction – JPacS Speacial Issue
    • Uncertain Belongings: Relationships, Money and Returned Migrant Workers in Port Vila, Vanuatu
    • ‘On the ship, you can do anything’: the impact of international cruiseship employment for i-Kiribati women
    • Climate change and migration: the case of the Pacific Islands and Australia
    • Australian Refugee Policy and its Impacts on Pacific Island Countries
    • Internal Migration in the Pacific Islands: a regional overview
    • Pacific migration futures: ancient solutions to contemporary and prospective challenges?
    • Review of the New Pacific Diplomacy
    • Oceanian Journeys and Sojourns. Home thoughts Abroad

Volume 37, Issue 1, 2017

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Research articles


Fiji Kava: Production, Trade, Role and Challenges
Manoranjan Mohanty (Email: manoranjan.mohanty@usp.ac.fj)
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Competition and Regulation of Mobile Phones in Small Island Nations
Malcolm Abbott (Email: mabbott@swin.edu.au) and Wei Chun-Wang
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Objecting to Objectivity: Reflecting on Evaluation in Vanuatu
Martha Geary Nichol (Email: mattiegn@gmail.com) and John Overton
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Conference Review


Critical Tourism Studies – Asia Pacific, Yogyakarta, 3-6 March 2018
Alexander Trupp (Email: alexander.trupp@usp.ac.fj), Apisalome Movono and Lynn Beckles
View the full conference review in PDF

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