Browsing Social & Economic Survey Research Institute by Author "Shockley, Bethany"
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Attracting and retaining expatriates in Qatar during an era of uncertainty: Would you stay or would you go?
Ewers, Michael C; Shockley, Bethany ( 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 ... -
The effects of citizenship status on service utilization and general satisfaction with healthcare: a cross-cultural study
Khaled, Salama M.; Shockley, Bethany; Abdul Rahim, Hanan F. ( Oxford University Press , 2016 , Article)Objective: To explore the role of citizenship status as a predictor of general satisfaction with healthcare services in Qatar, including potential interaction with utilization and health insurance coverage type. Design: ... -
Exaggerating good governance: Regime type and score inflation among executive survey informants
Shockley, Bethany; Ewers, Michael; Nardis, Yioryos; Gengler, Justin ( Wiley , 2017 , Article)Researchers and policymakers often rely on executive surveys to understand and promote good governance. In doing so, they assume that the evaluations provided by these well‐informed respondents are not systematically ... -
Exploring Local Governance and E-Services in Qatar
Benmansour, Nada Abdelkader; Lari, Noora Ahmed; Shockley, Bethany ( IGI Global , 2019 , Article)Properly implemented, e-government enables improved government efficiency and greater engagement with citizens. The State of Qatar has implemented many e-government initiatives but little has been done to investigate their ... -
Mobility Competitiveness and Security: Expatriate Perspectives from Qatar
Ewers, Michael Christopher; Shockley, Bethany; Nardis, Yioryos ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2018 , Conference Paper)Introduction: In order to create and sustain a competitive, knowledge-based economy, Qatar must be able to continually attract, retain and integrate expatriate workers. As described in the Qatar National Development Strategy ... -
Public awareness and perceptions of taxation in a changing Gulf economy
Ewers, Michael; Ashi, Sundos; Shockley, Bethany ( SESRI , 2017 , Report)For the VAT scheme to succeed in Qatar, public awareness is necessary. Consumers need to understand how and why the VAT will affect their budgets. Perhaps more importantly, businesses need to understand how to modify ... -
Social identity and coethnic voting in the Middle East: Experimental evidence from Qatar
Shockley, Bethany; Gengler, Justin J. ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)What explains widespread coethnic voting in the Middle East? The prevailing understanding revolves around clientelism: the view that MENA citizens support coethnic parties and candidates in order to most easily or effectively ... -
Social Media Usage and Women's Empowerment in Qatar: Evidence from a National Representative Survey
Shockley, Bethany; Al-Lari, Noora; Elmaghraby, Engi; Al-Ansari, Mohammad Hassan M. A. ( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2018 , Conference Paper)Introduction Social media usage has grown in importance over the past decade, particularly in Middle East. During this period, it has come to be recognized as more than a tool for social connections between individuals, ... -
Testing Western Media Icons Influence on Arab Women’s Body Size and Shape Ideals: An Experimental Approach
Khaled, SALMA M.; Shockley, Bethany; Qutteina, Yara; Kimmel, Linda; Le Trung, Kien ( MDPI , 2018 , Article)Western media globalization is implicated in the spread of the thin body ideal to traditional societies. Qatar—a small conservative Middle-Eastern country—has recently witnessed rapid Westernization, but the influence ...