Shoba Nayar
Biographic Data
| ID | 192145 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shoba Nayar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shoba |
| FAMILY NAME | Nayar |
| SIGNATURE | NAYAR S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Auckland University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9777-5915 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 94 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Intellectual legacy of an occupational science founder: Elizabeth Yerxa
Impact of Covid-19 on the Health Response to Family Violence in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Qualitative Study
COVID-19 pandemic planning and response has resulted in unprecedented upheaval within health systems internationally. With a concern for increasing frequency and escalation of family violence, the so called "shadow pandemic," we wondered how health system violence intervention programs were operating during this time. In Aotearoa New Zealand, the Ministry of Health Violence Intervention Program (VIP), using a systems approach, seeks to reduce and…
Understanding the person-occupation enmeshment through exploring the erosion of tribal occupations in India
Increasingly, occupational science scholars are seeking to broaden understandings of occupation beyond current conceptualizations heavily embedded within a Western paradigm, with its assumptions of individualism, autonomy, and progress and dominance over the environment. Located in India, Dadra and Nagar Haveli is a union territory primarily inhabited by tribal communities for whom farming and forestry are defining cultural occupations. However, …
Re-thinking Public Health Education in Aotearoa New Zealand: Factory Model to Personalized Learning
Key drivers of change in the 21st century—pandemic, technology advance, social disparity—are shaping the public health industry, including employment and education. In 2020, COVID-19 brought rapid change to the teaching of public health in higher education. In this reflective essay, we move beyond the delivery of existing curricula shifting from classroom to online, and consider the greater agenda of a transformative educational paradigm. This is…
From individual behaviour strategies to sustainable food systems: Countering the obesity and non communicable diseases epidemic in New Zealand
Strengthening Pacific voices through Talanoa participatory action research
Approaches to health and social research and development in the Pacific are dominated by Eurocentric frameworks that fail to reflect the region’s ethnic diversity and inherent cultural knowledge and belief systems. We aimed to advance innovative, indigenous methodology with a focus on youth voice and transformative approaches that contribute to a decolonising and sustainable model of development. Talanoa—a Pacific framework for communicating and …
A Pledge to Mobilize Against Racism – Translated
The members of the Journal of Occupational Science issued a pledge to mobilize against racism in August 2020. Part of that pledge was an undertaking to “mentor and encourage authors and reviewers t
Special issue: Illuminating occupations at the heart of social problems
(2020). Special issue: Illuminating occupations at the heart of social problems. Journal of Occupational Science: Vol. 27, Special Issue: Illuminating occupations at the heart of social problems, pp. 289-293
A Pledge to Mobilize Against Racism
Dear Colleagues, The murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, USA is yet another signifier of the persistent and systemic racism that pervades communities internationally. His death at police hands i
Resettling amidst a mood of loneliness: Later-life Chinese, Indian and Korean immigrants in New Zealand
This project was a secondary hermeneutic analysis of text expressing loneliness or social isolation, gathered in an original study exploring how Chinese, Indian and Korean late-life immigrants participated in New Zealand society. It utilised the 24 interview recordings, initially transcribed in participants’ first languages from nine focus group and 15 individual interviews, and translated into English for analysis. Hermeneutic methods were used …
Stories of Home: Place, Identity, Exile
The environment has long been of interest to occupational scientists seeking to understand the ways in which notions of space and place influence individuals’ choice and engagement in occupation. H
WFOT Special Issue
In May 2018, the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) held its congress in Cape Town, South Africa. The discipline of occupational science has a longstanding relationship with occupational therapy and the congress was an exciting opportunity to come together to showcase diverse perspectives on a shared occupational lens framing our understanding of the world, and our collaboration with the communities with which we research and work…
Teacher strategies for promoting acceptance and belonging in the classroom: A New Zealand study
Acceptance and belonging are essential to human growth and development. Currently, there is limited literature regarding acceptance and belonging in the field of special education and what facilitates this experience within the classroom. This research study asks: ‘How do New Zealand school settings help or hinder a sense of acceptance and belonging in children identified as having special education needs?’ Six case studies representing a typical…
Ampliar el paradigma: Ocupación en distintos contextos
La posicionalidad es un tema central de la ciencia ocupacional. De manera muy acertada, esta edicion del Journal of Occupational Science presenta las perspectivas de algunos investigadores que se e
Extending the paradigm: Occupation in diverse contexts
Positionality is a key issue within occupational science. Appropriately, this issue of the Journal of Occupational Science brings perspectives from researchers located outside the Anglophone contexts that have dominated the discipline’s literature
Strengthening Community: Older Asian Immigrants’ Contributions to New Zealand Society
Late-life Asian immigrants managing wellness through contributing to socially embedded networks
New Zealand’s political, civic, health and social institutions have been criticised as being ill-prepared to serve the health and social needs of the country’s increasingly diverse ageing population. This grounded theory study examined how late-life Asian immigrants participate in community to influence their subjective health. Bilingual Chinese, Indian, and Korean local intermediaries and research assistants were engaged as collaborative researc…
Same-Sex Marriage: A Dilemma for Parish Clergy
Older Asian immigrants’ participation as cultural enfranchisement
Research evidence suggests that older immigrants’ resettlement in a new host country is hindered by limited opportunities to engage within communities in deeply familiar ways, using culturally meaningful occupations. A recent study concluded that older Asian immigrants contribute to social capital; yet there is little understanding of how they go about doing so. This New Zealand study examined how older Chinese, Indian, and Korean immigrants’ par…
The structural-personal interaction: Occupational deprivation and asylum seekers in Australia
Asylum seekers experience occupational deprivation in the context of restrictive social structures while awaiting refugee visa-status determination. How do social structures of citizenship status and policy shape asylum seekers’ experiences? Asylum seekers’ experiences in Australia are examined using constructivist grounded theory. Field notes from 10 months of weekly participant observation, 11 formal interviews, 34 survey responses and four pol…
Occupational experiences of Korean immigrants settling in New Zealand
For Korean immigrants, settling in New Zealand is challenging and stress-inducing. There is growing concern that feelings of alienation and loss seem to be key features in their lives. Taking the symbolic interactionism perspective that people interpret a situation through social interaction, the purpose of this study was to explore how Korean immigrants interact with their new environment, whilst re-negotiating their reality. A grounded theory m…
Resituating Models of Acculturation: An Occupational Dimension
Diverse youth voices and New Zealand public policy
This small, exploratory study, conducted in Auckland, New Zealand, followed on from an earlier review and sought the opinions of young people from diverse communities as to how their voices might be located in public health policy. A focus group was undertaken with 6 youth involving participatory research methods of mind mapping and ranking. Participants created two key themes to direct their mind mapping activity: “a beautiful world to speak in”…
Occupational Adaptation as a Social Process in Everyday Life
Whilst the term occupational adaptation is understood conceptually as both a state and a process closely linked to one's identity, few studies have considered how this concept reveals itself in everyday settings. Thus, there is merit in employing grounded theory methodology – with a focus on uncovering social process – to further understand the concept of occupational adaptation. This paper draws on findings from two grounded theory studies. Stud…
Navigating Cultural Spaces: A Transactional Perspective on Immigration
Using Occupation to Navigate Cultural Spaces: Indian Immigrant Women Settling in New Zealand
Indian immigrant women settling in New Zealand encounter new environments and occupational situations. How they navigate these situations either facilitates and enhances the experience of being in a new environment or challenges the process of settling and becoming part of New Zealand society. This study describes the significance of engagement in occupation as central to the settlement process. In-depth interviews and participant observations we…
The structural-personal interaction: Occupational deprivation and asylum seekers in Australia
Asylum seekers experience occupational deprivation in the context of restrictive social structures while awaiting refugee visa-status determination. How do social structures of citizenship status and policy shape asylum seekers’ experiences? Asylum seekers’ experiences in Australia are examined using constructivist grounded theory. Field notes from 10 months of weekly participant observation, 11 formal interviews, 34 survey responses and four pol…
Occupational experiences of Korean immigrants settling in New Zealand
For Korean immigrants, settling in New Zealand is challenging and stress-inducing. There is growing concern that feelings of alienation and loss seem to be key features in their lives. Taking the symbolic interactionism perspective that people interpret a situation through social interaction, the purpose of this study was to explore how Korean immigrants interact with their new environment, whilst re-negotiating their reality. A grounded theory m…
Occupational Adaptation as a Social Process in Everyday Life
Whilst the term occupational adaptation is understood conceptually as both a state and a process closely linked to one's identity, few studies have considered how this concept reveals itself in everyday settings. Thus, there is merit in employing grounded theory methodology – with a focus on uncovering social process – to further understand the concept of occupational adaptation. This paper draws on findings from two grounded theory studies. Stud…
Occupational Strategies for Settling in New Zealand: Learning from Indian Immigrant Men
New Zealand has a growing Indian population whose occupational experiences of settlement have been largely overlooked in favour of research regarding physical health issues and employment. In particular, the strategies by which immigrants choose how, when and to what extent to engage in occupation has not been considered. This paper builds on a beginning research programme into the settlement experiences of Indian immigrants in New Zealand. Phase…
Extending the paradigm: Occupation in diverse contexts
Positionality is a key issue within occupational science. Appropriately, this issue of the Journal of Occupational Science brings perspectives from researchers located outside the Anglophone contexts that have dominated the discipline’s literature
Late-life Asian immigrants managing wellness through contributing to socially embedded networks
New Zealand’s political, civic, health and social institutions have been criticised as being ill-prepared to serve the health and social needs of the country’s increasingly diverse ageing population. This grounded theory study examined how late-life Asian immigrants participate in community to influence their subjective health. Bilingual Chinese, Indian, and Korean local intermediaries and research assistants were engaged as collaborative researc…
Older Asian immigrants’ participation as cultural enfranchisement
Research evidence suggests that older immigrants’ resettlement in a new host country is hindered by limited opportunities to engage within communities in deeply familiar ways, using culturally meaningful occupations. A recent study concluded that older Asian immigrants contribute to social capital; yet there is little understanding of how they go about doing so. This New Zealand study examined how older Chinese, Indian, and Korean immigrants’ par…
Resettling amidst a mood of loneliness: Later-life Chinese, Indian and Korean immigrants in New Zealand
This project was a secondary hermeneutic analysis of text expressing loneliness or social isolation, gathered in an original study exploring how Chinese, Indian and Korean late-life immigrants participated in New Zealand society. It utilised the 24 interview recordings, initially transcribed in participants’ first languages from nine focus group and 15 individual interviews, and translated into English for analysis. Hermeneutic methods were used …
Grounded Theory: A Research Methodology for Occupational Science
Qualitative research methodologies are commonly used within occupational science research. One methodological approach that has, to date, been underutilised is grounded theory. This commentary provides a brief overview of grounded theory methodology and the associated theoretical perspective, symbolic interactionism. Then, drawing on Yerxa et al.'s (1990) criteria for research methodologies in occupational science, this paper argues that grounded…
Resituating Models of Acculturation: An Occupational Dimension
Understanding the person-occupation enmeshment through exploring the erosion of tribal occupations in India
Increasingly, occupational science scholars are seeking to broaden understandings of occupation beyond current conceptualizations heavily embedded within a Western paradigm, with its assumptions of individualism, autonomy, and progress and dominance over the environment. Located in India, Dadra and Nagar Haveli is a union territory primarily inhabited by tribal communities for whom farming and forestry are defining cultural occupations. However, …
Same-Sex Marriage: A Dilemma for Parish Clergy
The Treaty of Waitangi: Framing Immigrants' Occupational Practices in Aotearoa New Zealand
Signed in 1840, the Treaty of Waitangi was an agreement between Māori, the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand, and the British Crown. Consisting of three articles that symbolically represent the values of ‘protection, partnership and participation’ for all peoples in New Zealand, the Treaty is considered New Zealand's founding document. The essence of the Treaty was to establish a partnership that would allow two cultures, Māori and New Ze…
Intellectual legacy of an occupational science founder: Elizabeth Yerxa
Teacher strategies for promoting acceptance and belonging in the classroom: A New Zealand study
Acceptance and belonging are essential to human growth and development. Currently, there is limited literature regarding acceptance and belonging in the field of special education and what facilitates this experience within the classroom. This research study asks: ‘How do New Zealand school settings help or hinder a sense of acceptance and belonging in children identified as having special education needs?’ Six case studies representing a typical…
Grounded Theory: A Research Methodology for Occupational Science
Qualitative research methodologies are commonly used within occupational science research. One methodological approach that has, to date, been underutilised is grounded theory. This commentary provides a brief overview of grounded theory methodology and the associated theoretical perspective, symbolic interactionism. Then, drawing on Yerxa et al.'s (1990) criteria for research methodologies in occupational science, this paper argues that grounded…
Using Occupation to Navigate Cultural Spaces: Indian Immigrant Women Settling in New Zealand
Indian immigrant women settling in New Zealand encounter new environments and occupational situations. How they navigate these situations either facilitates and enhances the experience of being in a new environment or challenges the process of settling and becoming part of New Zealand society. This study describes the significance of engagement in occupation as central to the settlement process. In-depth interviews and participant observations we…
Occupational Strategies for Settling in New Zealand: Learning from Indian Immigrant Men
New Zealand has a growing Indian population whose occupational experiences of settlement have been largely overlooked in favour of research regarding physical health issues and employment. In particular, the strategies by which immigrants choose how, when and to what extent to engage in occupation has not been considered. This paper builds on a beginning research programme into the settlement experiences of Indian immigrants in New Zealand. Phase…
Navigating Cultural Spaces: A Transactional Perspective on Immigration
Gender, Migration and the Dual Career Household
The Treaty of Waitangi: Framing Immigrants' Occupational Practices in Aotearoa New Zealand
Signed in 1840, the Treaty of Waitangi was an agreement between Māori, the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand, and the British Crown. Consisting of three articles that symbolically represent the values of ‘protection, partnership and participation’ for all peoples in New Zealand, the Treaty is considered New Zealand's founding document. The essence of the Treaty was to establish a partnership that would allow two cultures, Māori and New Ze…
Living Together in Multi-Ethnic Neighbourhoods: The Meaning of Public Spaces for Issues of Social Integration
Living Together in Multi-Ethnic Neighbourhoods: The Meaning of Public Spaces for Issues of Social Integration." Journal of Occupational Science, 21(1), p. 102
Diverse youth voices and New Zealand public policy
This small, exploratory study, conducted in Auckland, New Zealand, followed on from an earlier review and sought the opinions of young people from diverse communities as to how their voices might be located in public health policy. A focus group was undertaken with 6 youth involving participatory research methods of mind mapping and ranking. Participants created two key themes to direct their mind mapping activity: “a beautiful world to speak in”…
Occupational Adaptation as a Social Process in Everyday Life
Whilst the term occupational adaptation is understood conceptually as both a state and a process closely linked to one's identity, few studies have considered how this concept reveals itself in everyday settings. Thus, there is merit in employing grounded theory methodology – with a focus on uncovering social process – to further understand the concept of occupational adaptation. This paper draws on findings from two grounded theory studies. Stud…
Resituating Models of Acculturation: An Occupational Dimension
Older Asian immigrants’ participation as cultural enfranchisement
Research evidence suggests that older immigrants’ resettlement in a new host country is hindered by limited opportunities to engage within communities in deeply familiar ways, using culturally meaningful occupations. A recent study concluded that older Asian immigrants contribute to social capital; yet there is little understanding of how they go about doing so. This New Zealand study examined how older Chinese, Indian, and Korean immigrants’ par…
The structural-personal interaction: Occupational deprivation and asylum seekers in Australia
Asylum seekers experience occupational deprivation in the context of restrictive social structures while awaiting refugee visa-status determination. How do social structures of citizenship status and policy shape asylum seekers’ experiences? Asylum seekers’ experiences in Australia are examined using constructivist grounded theory. Field notes from 10 months of weekly participant observation, 11 formal interviews, 34 survey responses and four pol…
Occupational experiences of Korean immigrants settling in New Zealand
For Korean immigrants, settling in New Zealand is challenging and stress-inducing. There is growing concern that feelings of alienation and loss seem to be key features in their lives. Taking the symbolic interactionism perspective that people interpret a situation through social interaction, the purpose of this study was to explore how Korean immigrants interact with their new environment, whilst re-negotiating their reality. A grounded theory m…
Late-life Asian immigrants managing wellness through contributing to socially embedded networks
New Zealand’s political, civic, health and social institutions have been criticised as being ill-prepared to serve the health and social needs of the country’s increasingly diverse ageing population. This grounded theory study examined how late-life Asian immigrants participate in community to influence their subjective health. Bilingual Chinese, Indian, and Korean local intermediaries and research assistants were engaged as collaborative researc…
Same-Sex Marriage: A Dilemma for Parish Clergy
Ampliar el paradigma: Ocupación en distintos contextos
La posicionalidad es un tema central de la ciencia ocupacional. De manera muy acertada, esta edicion del Journal of Occupational Science presenta las perspectivas de algunos investigadores que se e
Extending the paradigm: Occupation in diverse contexts
Positionality is a key issue within occupational science. Appropriately, this issue of the Journal of Occupational Science brings perspectives from researchers located outside the Anglophone contexts that have dominated the discipline’s literature
Strengthening Community: Older Asian Immigrants’ Contributions to New Zealand Society
Stories of Home: Place, Identity, Exile
The environment has long been of interest to occupational scientists seeking to understand the ways in which notions of space and place influence individuals’ choice and engagement in occupation. H
WFOT Special Issue
In May 2018, the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) held its congress in Cape Town, South Africa. The discipline of occupational science has a longstanding relationship with occupational therapy and the congress was an exciting opportunity to come together to showcase diverse perspectives on a shared occupational lens framing our understanding of the world, and our collaboration with the communities with which we research and work…
Teacher strategies for promoting acceptance and belonging in the classroom: A New Zealand study
Acceptance and belonging are essential to human growth and development. Currently, there is limited literature regarding acceptance and belonging in the field of special education and what facilitates this experience within the classroom. This research study asks: ‘How do New Zealand school settings help or hinder a sense of acceptance and belonging in children identified as having special education needs?’ Six case studies representing a typical…
Special issue: Illuminating occupations at the heart of social problems
(2020). Special issue: Illuminating occupations at the heart of social problems. Journal of Occupational Science: Vol. 27, Special Issue: Illuminating occupations at the heart of social problems, pp. 289-293
A Pledge to Mobilize Against Racism
Dear Colleagues, The murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, USA is yet another signifier of the persistent and systemic racism that pervades communities internationally. His death at police hands i
Resettling amidst a mood of loneliness: Later-life Chinese, Indian and Korean immigrants in New Zealand
This project was a secondary hermeneutic analysis of text expressing loneliness or social isolation, gathered in an original study exploring how Chinese, Indian and Korean late-life immigrants participated in New Zealand society. It utilised the 24 interview recordings, initially transcribed in participants’ first languages from nine focus group and 15 individual interviews, and translated into English for analysis. Hermeneutic methods were used …
Re-thinking Public Health Education in Aotearoa New Zealand: Factory Model to Personalized Learning
Key drivers of change in the 21st century—pandemic, technology advance, social disparity—are shaping the public health industry, including employment and education. In 2020, COVID-19 brought rapid change to the teaching of public health in higher education. In this reflective essay, we move beyond the delivery of existing curricula shifting from classroom to online, and consider the greater agenda of a transformative educational paradigm. This is…
Sociology (30 works) · Psychology (22 works) · Political science (18 works) · Occupational Therapy Practice and Research (15 works) · Occupational science (14 works) · Gender Studies (13 works) · Occupational Therapy (13 works) · Gender Studies (12 works) · Immigration (10 works) · Social science (9 works)