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Attracting and retaining expatriates in Qatar during an era of uncertainty: Would you stay or would you go?
( Wiley , 2017 , Article)How do foreign workers navigate competing pressures when deciding to remain in a place or leave for a new destination? Here, we explore migration decision‐making across a diverse set of migrant nationalities using an ... -
Bargaining Power: A Framework for Understanding Varieties of Migration Experience
( SAGE Publications Ltd , 2021 , Article)This article introduces the concept of bargaining power as a framework for understanding varieties of migration experience and behavior. We argue that migration and settlement experiences vary according to a migrant's ... -
Barriers to formal volunteering among married Qatari youth
( Springer Nature , 2024 , Article)Purpose: This paper aims to identify key factors influencing the lack of formal volunteering among married Qatari youth. Methodology: Utilizing data from the Qatar Youth Survey with a sample of 598 married individuals, ... -
Becoming Linked In: Leveraging Professional Networks for Elite Surveys and Interviews
( Wiley-Blackwell , 2019 , Article)Finding and recruiting survey and interview participants remains an important and time-consuming process for mixed methods researchers. For those operating in cross-cultural contexts, these barriers are particularly salient ... -
Beyond vulnerability: contextualizing migrant worker views on rights and wellbeing in the Gulf Arab states
( Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH , 2023 , Article)This paper examines migrant workers' subjective views of their rights and wellbeing in the Gulf Arab state of Qatar. Since the announcement of the World Cup, Qatar has been roundly criticized for the living and working ... -
Bridging a gulf between environmental attitudes and behavior: Assessment of motivating factors for the youth in Qatar
( HBKU Press , 2016 , Conference Paper)To this day, there is a dearth of published research on environmental awareness, attitudes and behaviour in the Arabian Gulf, and there is no systematic data regarding the value people place on the environment. Understanding ... -
Business legacy planning for mega events: The case of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
( Elsevier , 2016 , Article)This study aimed to explore the processes of business networking which lays the foundation for business legacy outcomes initiated by the award of a mega event in a region. Building on the work of Spilling (1996) on mega ... -
A Century of Saudi-Qatari Food Insecurity: Paradigmatic Shifts in the Geopolitics, Economics and Sustainability of Gulf States Animal Agriculture
( Geo Publishing , 2017 , Article)In their quest for food security, the drylands of the Gulf Cooperation Council states have experienced more radical transformation over the past half century than over the previous millennium. This paper explores modern ... -
Cesarean section deliveries in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt): An analysis of the 2006 Palestinian Family Health Survey
( Elsevier , 2009 , Article)Objective Against the backdrop of a rise in cesarean section deliveries from 6.0% in 1996 to 14.8% in 2006, the objective of this study was to investigate socio-demographic, clinical and service-related factors associated ... -
Challenges to the application of research ethics: researchers' views from Lebanon and Qatar
( American University of Beriut , 2014 , Conference Paper & Presentation)The rise of academic institutions and in funding in the Arab World, poses concerns about the practice of research ethics. The influence of cultural and academic contexts on the interpretation and the application of research ... -
Challenging gender norms: women’s leadership, political authority, and autonomy
( Emerald , 2022 , Article)Purpose: In patriarchal settings, cultural barriers continue to influence women’s participation in positions of leadership and political authority. This paper aims to explore these findings in light of the theoretical ... -
Changements climatiques et essor djihadiste au Sahel: une approche critique pour des solutions plus adaptées
( GQEG , 2018 , Article)Les pays du Lac Tchad et la communauté internationale ont privilégié depuis plusieurs années la résolution des problèmes complexes du Sahel (tels que le terrorisme, la pauvreté extrême et la dégradation environnementale) ... -
Changes in the white–black house value distribution gap from 1997 to 2005
( Elsevier , 2012 , Article)This paper examines the white–black house value gap across the entire value distribution. Instead of using standard conditional mean analysis and decomposition methods (via OLS regression), we estimate and decompose the ... -
Characterizing Multimorbidity Prevalence and Adverse Outcomes in Ethnically and Culturally Diverse Sub-Populations in India: Gaps, Opportunities, and Future Directions
( MDPI , 2024 , Article Review)India is a large middle-income country and has surpassed China in overall population, comprising 20% of the global population (over 1.43 billion people). India is experiencing a major demographic shift in its aging population. ... -
Choice and expenditure: A double hurdle model of private tutoring in Qatar
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Deciding whether to use private tutoring services is now a common choice many households are facing globally. This paper presents new evidence for Qatar's case to shed light on the demand for private tutoring. The household ... -
Citizen and Resident Satisfaction with Public Services in Qatar : And the impact on quality of life
( Qatar University , 2016 , Report)In Qatar notable differences in public service satisfaction exist across individual state services, across nationality groupings, and across demographic categories. Among all citizens and residents, however, there is an ... -
Citizens and expatriates satisfaction with public services in Qatar - evidence from a survey
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze citizens’ and expatriates’ satisfaction with public service delivery in Qatar, one of the world’s highest per capita incomes countries. Design/methodology/approach The ... -
Citizenship and Surveys: Group Conflict and Nationality-of-Interviewer Effects in Arab Public Opinion Data
( Springer , 2019 , Article)More research than ever before uses public opinion data to investigate society and politics in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Ethnic identities are widely theorized to mediate many of the political attitudes and ... -
Citizens’ attitudes towards migrant workers in Qatar
( Taylor & Francis (Routledge) , 2015 , Article)Public attitudes play a critical role in shaping policies towards immigration and the status of migrant workers. Facing growing pressure from international human rights organizations, media and other groups, the Gulf ... -
Civic life and democratic citizenship in Qatar: Findings from the First Qatar World Values Survey
( Brill Academic , 2013 , Article)The present study examines the Arab nation that has remained least affected by the regional upheaval that has gripped much of the Middle East and North Africa since the beginning of 2011: the Gulf state of Qatar. Using ...