Alvin Chand

Biographic Data

ID179698
NAMEAlvin Chand
GIVEN NAMESAlvin
FAMILY NAMEChand
SIGNATURECHAND A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of the South Pacific
ORCID0000-0001-6342-6699
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS17
WORKS AS AUTHOR13
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1998
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Indigenous iTaukei People’s Perceptions of the Bulubulu Method of Resolving Intimate Partner Violence in Fiji

    Open AccessAlvin Chand, Anand Chand et al.ARTICLEJournal of Contemporary Criminal…2026

    By using the restorative justice approach framework, this article examines the customary bulubulu approach of resolving intimate partner violence (IPV) in Fiji. This study employs a mixed-methods approach, combining qualitative interviews and a quantitative survey, to explore the views of 226 iTaukei people on the use of bulubulu to resolve partner violence. The research findings reveal that the decisions in the bulubulu process are made by elder…

  • Public Perceptions of Police in Fiji

    Open AccessAlvin Chand, Anand Chand et al.ARTICLEJournal of Contemporary Criminal…2022

    Members of the public may have positive, negative, or mixed perceptions of police. Previous research has demonstrated that public perceptions are shaped by their experiences and interactions with police and can influence trust, perceived legitimacy, and future cooperation. Limited research has examined public perceptions of police in small island developing states. This article explores public perceptions of police in Fiji, an island state in the…

  • E–talanoa as an Online Research Method

    Open AccessDavid Taufui Mikato Fa‘avae, Ruth Faleolo et al.ARTICLEAlterNative An International…2022

    Talanoa (Moana-centred orality) is a widely used Indigenous Pacific discursive approach within research contexts across the diaspora. In a globalised and technologically enhanced era, the online space continues to shape Moana (Oceania) peoples’ talanoa engagement and communication. e–talanoa in this article is an extension of talanoa research engagement and practice. We unpack the contexts in which e–talanoa is negotiated and made sense, and empl…

  • Policing the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessAlvin Chand, Maureen Karan et al.ARTICLEIsland Studies Journal2022References: 9

    The COVID-19 pandemic has become a global health security concern (World Health Organization, 2020), and governments have called upon police agencies to assist control the spread of the COVID-19 virus. This study looks at the new roles performed by police agencies in the context of the Fiji Islands. This study addresses two main research questions. Firstly, what are the issues and challenges faced by police officers when carrying out their COVID-…

  • Sexual Harassment at Work and E-government

    Open AccessSuwastika Naidu, Atishwar Pandaram et al.ARTICLESexuality & Culture2021References: 11

  • People’s Perceptions of the Role of Education on Sexual Behaviour of Youths in Fiji

    Open AccessSuwastika Naidu, Atishwar Pandaram et al.ARTICLESexuality & Culture2019References: 5

  • Urbanisation, local food crop production and tourism output of Pakistan

    Open AccessSuwastika Naidu, Atishwar Pandaram et al.ARTICLEInternational Social Science…2019References: 34

    The high rate of urban population growth is one of the major problems constraining the growth of urban centres. The main aim of this paper is to examine the relationship between urbanisation, local food crop production and the tourism output of Pakistan. The findings show that a 1 per cent increase in local food crop production will increase tourism output by 1.77 per cent, at the 1 per cent level of significance, holding all other variables cons…

  • Social networks, cultural orientations and e-government adoption behavior

    Fang Zhao, Suwastika Naidu et al.ARTICLEInformation Polity2018References: 15

    Research demonstrates that social networks have an intrinsic relationship with culture. However, very limited research – theoretical or empirical – has examined how social networks, along with cultural orientations, influence e-government adoption. In this paper we seek to address the gap. Based on social network theory, as well as the culture models of Hofstede (2001) and House et al. (2004), we develop a research model to study the relationship…

  • Exploring the nexus between urbanisation, inflation and tourism output

    Suwastika Naidu, Alvin Chand et al.ARTICLEAsia Pacific Journal of Tourism…2017Cited by: 2References: 6

    The main aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between urbanisation, inflation and tourism output of Fiji. This study used the Autoregressive Distributed Lag bounds test to examine the relationship between urbanisation, inflation and tourism output by using annual time series data for the period 1985–2015. This study has found that urbanisation, inflation and tourism output share a long-run relationship when urbanisation and inflat…

  • Expanding Gouldner’s Theory of Patterns of Industrial Bureaucracy

    Open AccessAlvin ChandARTICLESocial Indicators Research2017References: 12

  • National Culture, Gender Inequality and Women’s Success in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

    Open AccessSuwastika Naidu, Alvin ChandARTICLESocial Indicators Research2015Cited by: 14References: 4

  • Human resource strategies in small states

    Open AccessAlvin ChandARTICLEInternational Journal of…2001References: 2

  • Constitutional change in Fiji 1997

    Vijay Naidu, Ganesh B Chand et al.ARTICLEJournal of Pacific History1998Cited by: 1

    (1998). Constitutional change in Fiji 1997: A reply. The Journal of Pacific History: Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 295-296