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    • Validation of the General Self-Efficacy Scale among Qatari young women 

      Abdul Rahim, HF; Crandall, A; Yount, K.M. ( World Health Organization , 2015 , Article)
      The General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) is a measure of people’s beliefs about their capacity to cope with life’s demands. Self-efficacy may be particularly relevant in transitional stages such as in late adolescence, when ...
    • Views of the Gulf Cooperation Council among Qatari and Other Gulf Nationals 

      Gengler, Justin; Tessler, Mark ( The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University , 2016 , Report)
      Here we examine the orientations of Qatari citizens toward the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) as revealed in a pan-GCC survey conducted in 2016. We assess general attitudes toward the Council as an institution, toward ...
    • Webinars for teacher professional development: perceptions of members of a virtual professional community of practice 

      Shal, Tarek; Ghamrawi, Norma; Ghamrawi, Najah A. R. ( Routledge , 2024 , Article)
      This study explores the significance of webinars as tools for supporting teachers’ professional development and growth beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, as perceived by the teachers themselves. The study employs a mixed methods ...
    • Welfare Index of Migrant Workers in the Gulf: the Case of Qatar 

      Diop, Abdoulaye; Mustafa, Semsia Al‐Ali; Ewers, Michael; Kien Le, Trung ( Wiley , 2019 , Article)
      In December 2010, Qatar won the rights to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup games. The FIFA announcement came with increasing pressure from international human rights organizations, media and other groups for Qatar to reform ...
    • What Money Can’t Buy: Wealth, Inequality, and Economic Satisfaction in the Rentier State 

      Sage Mitchell, Jocelyn; Gengler, Justin J. ( SAGE Publications , 2018 , Article)
      How do perceived inequalities in allocation impact citizen satisfaction with state-distributed benefits in rentier societies? Resource-rich rentier regimes are widely theorized to maintain the economic and political ...
    • Who needs RDD? Combining directory listings with cell phone exchanges for an alternative telephone sampling frame 

      Guterbock, Thomas; Diop, Abdoulaye; Ellis, James; Trung Le, Kien ( Elsevier , 2011 , Article)
      Abstract The traditional Random Digit Dialing method (list-assisted RDD using a frame of landline phone numbers) is clearly under threat. The difficulty and costs of completing telephone surveys have increased due to ...
    • Who Supports Honor-Based Violence in the Middle East? Findings From a National Survey of Kuwait 

      Gengler J.J.; Alkazemi M.F.; Alsharekh A. ( SAGE Publications Inc. , 2018 , Article)
      This study reports findings from what is, to the authors' knowledge, the first nationally representative survey of public attitudes toward honor-based violence (HBV) in a Middle East country affected by such violence, and ...
    • Why Do People Participate in Surveys in Qatar? 

      Elawad, Elmogiera; Agied, Mohammed; Lee Holmes, John ( Asian Online Journal Publishing Group , 2016 , Article  &   Poster)
      In this paper, we assesses respondent participation in academic public opinion surveys in the State of Qatar. Rates of participation in SESRI’s face-to-face surveys remain at levels that far exceed those observed in Western ...
    • Why do we need to integrate the Indigenous culture to achieve Holistic Sustainability? 

      Al-Ghanim, Kaltham ( Corpus publishers , 2020 , Article Review)
      This paper proposes a vision of the re-discovery of Arabian Gulf communities’ culture and a revival of local knowledge in a bid to support, promote, and move towards a more sustainable future for the region. Information ...
    • 'Why Do You Ask?' the Nature and Impacts of Attitudes towards Public Opinion Surveys in the Arab World 

      Gengler, Justin J.; Tessler, Mark; Lucas, Russell; Forney, Jonathan ( Cambridge University Press , 2019 , Article Review)
      For the first time in an Arab country, this article examines attitudes toward public opinion surveys and their effects on survey-taking behavior. The study uses original survey data from Qatar, the diverse population of ...
    • Why Qatar Needs a Guest Worker Welfare Index 

      Ewers, Michael , [ إيورز, مايكل ] ( Qatar University , 2016 , Report)
      Ambiguity and acrimony surrounding the welfare of blue-collar guest workers in Qatar will continue in the current low-information environment devoid of comprehensive and scientific data on the status of low-income laborers. ...
    • Within-Household Sampling Conditioning on Household Size 

      Le, Kien T.; Brick, J. Michael; Diop, Abdoulaye; Alemadi, Darwish ( Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The World Association , 2012 , Article)
      We review existing methods for sampling an adult from a household and highlight the strengths and weaknesses of these methods with respect to issues relevant for sampling in the Middle East and developing countries. We ...
    • Women and Political Interest in Qatar: Moving Ahead but Not Catching Up 

      Bethany, Shockley ( Taylor & Francis (Routledge) , 2016 , Article)
      Interest in politics is an important ingredient in the formation of civil society, which in turn provides the basis for good governance. Existing research has not clarified drivers of political interest with respect to ...
    • Work-Life -Balance in Qatar: Implementing Tows Analysis as a Variant of the Classic Strategic Tool, SWOT 

      El-Kassem, Rima Charbaji ( West East Institute Journals , 2018 , Article)
      Purpose The overall goal of this paper is to explore via Gap and TOWS analysis if organizations are offering innovative benefits from the perspective of married employees that make being a working dad or mom easier ...
    • Working and living conditions of migrant workers in the GCC 

      Diop, Abdoulaye; Le, Kien Trung; Ewers, Michael C. ( Taylor and Francis , 2016 , Book chapter)
      Since Qatar was awarded the hosting of the 2022 World Cup, a great deal of media attention has focused on the conditions of the foreign workers responsible for creating and maintaining the infrastructure of the modern Gulf ...
    • Working and Living Conditions of Migrant Workers in the GCC: India Migration Report 2016: Gulf Migration 

      Diop, Abdoulaye; Le, Kien T.; Ewers, Michael; Irudaya Rajan., S ( Routledge , 2016 , Book chapter)
      India Migration Report 2016 discusses migration to the Persian Gulf region. This volume: • looks at contemporary labour recruitment and policy, both in India and in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries; • ...
    • التداعيات المالية والقانونية لجائحة كورونا والإجراءات الاحترازية 

      السيد, حسن عبد الرحيم; الجمال, محمد; الأنصاري, السيد عبد الرحمن بن عبد الله; عبد الرحيم, حنان; عبد الله, عبد الله عبد الكريم; ... more authors ( College of Business and Economics - Qatar University , 2020 , Video)
      بالتعاون مع كلية القانون وانطلاقًا من مسؤولية الجامعة الاجتماعية في الظروف الراهنة نظمت كلية الإدارة والاقتصاد بالتعاون مع كلية القانون في جامعة قطر حلقتها النقاشية بعنوان: التداعيات المالية والقانونية لجائحة كورونا ...
    • التكامل الإقليمي في مجال الغاز بين دول مجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربية: الماضي الصعب والمستقبلات الممكنة 

      لامبير, لوران; لي, جوردن ( المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات , 2018 , Article)
      يعرض هذا البحث ديناميات التكامل الإقليمي في مجال الغاز بين دول مجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربية منذ انطلاق "مشروع دولفين للطاقة" في عام 1999؛ ويقترح سيناريوهات لصادرات الغاز عبر خطوط الأنابيب حتى عام 2020. فاستنادًا إلى ...
    • الجـمعيات والـتبرعـات الـخيريـة 

      أبوسن, سناء; البوعينين, فهد ( Social & Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) , 2020 , Other)
      أجــرى معھــد الــبحوث الاجــتماعــیة والاقــتصادیــة الــمسحیة بجامعة قطر فى الــعام ۲۰۱۹ مسح لتقییم أداء الجــمعیات الــخیریــة والمؤسسات الغیر الـربـحیة عن طریق استطلاع رأي المواطنین القطریـین والمقیمین بغرض معرفة تقیمھم ...
    • العوامل المؤثرة في ظاهرة انخفاض معدلات الخصوبة في دولة قطر 

      لاري, نورة أحمد; الراكب, نوف عبدالهادي; Lari, Noora; Alrakeb, Nouf ( مجلس النشر العلمي - جامعة الكويت , 2022 , Article)
      هدف الدراسة: تهدف الدراسة إلى تعرف العوامل المؤثرة في انخفاض معدلات الخصوبة وعلاقتها بالسياسة السكانية والتحولات الديموغرافية في المجتمع القطري. المنهجية: استخدم في الدراسة المنهج الوصفي التحليلي المسحي، وبلغ عدد أفراد ...