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2012 SURVEY OF MIGRANT WORKERS IN THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC)COUNTRIES
( The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University. , 2015 , Report)This report presents the results of the 2012 GCC survey of migrant workers residing in Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The study was conducted by the Social and Economic Survey Research ... -
2022 Qatar World Cup: Impact Perceptions among Qatar Residents
( SAGE Publications , 2016 , Article)The purpose of this study was to evaluate how the impacts from the 2022 World Cup preparations in Qatar influenced local residents’ attitudes, personal and community quality of life perceptions, excitement about hosting ... -
Accuracy and Coverage Assessment of House units Frame ,using Post-Frame update survey (PFS) Method
( The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University , 2015 , Conference Paper & Presentation)Basically, the PFS is an independent survey that repeats frame update. The survey results are compared with house units frame results, permitting estimates to be made of : coverage and content errors. Coverage errors ... -
Annual Omnibus Survey : A survey of life in Qatar 2012
( The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University. , 2012 , Other)This executive summary presents the highlights of the 2012 Omnibus survey, the third in a series of Omnibus surveys, carried out by the Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) of Qatar University. The Omnibus ... -
Annual Omnibus Survey: A survey of life in Qatar 2014
( The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University. , 2015 , Other)This Executive Summary presents the highlights of the 2014 Omnibus survey, the fourth in a series of Omnibus surveys since 2010. The surveys were carried out by the Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) ... -
Antecedents and consequences of perceived student employability in Qatar: parental perspective
( Springer Verlag , 2018 , Article)The aim of this research is to examine the factors that influence parental perceptions of the image of Qatar’s national university, Qatar University. The study builds on relevant scholarship on perceptions of organizational ... -
Antecedents and Consequences of Work-Family Conflict in Qatar
( Academic Research Publishing Group , 2019 , Article)Purpose This paper examines the effect of causal factors, such as work-life harmony, work- family conflict, co-worker and supervisor support, as well as spouse support, on workload and job stress and employee psychological ... -
Antecedents of Trust among Citizens and Non-citizens in Qatar
( Springer Verlag , 2016 , Article)Utilizing new survey data on social capital, we examine the determinants and locus of generalized trust among citizens and immigrants in Qatar, a small, heterogeneous, wealthy, and non-democratic country in which immigrants ... -
Assessing Accuracy and Coverage of Housing Units Sampling Frame using the Post-Frame Update Survey (PFS) Method
( Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Studies , 2017 , Article)Survey research using nationally representative samples is growing substantially in the rapidly developing countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). However, in such countries the population and their demographic ... -
Assessing the factor structure and measurement invariance of the eating attitude test (EAT-26) across language and BMI in young Arab women
( BioMed Central , 2018 , Article)Background: The objective of the study was to determine the factorial structure and test the measurement invariance of the EAT-26 in a large probability sample of young female university students in Qatar (n = 2692), a ... -
Associations between weight loss difficulty, disordered eating behaviors and poor weight loss outcomes in Arab female university students
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)Little is known about the impact of eating behaviors on weight management efforts among college students in non-Western settings. This study aimed to explore the relationship between eating behaviors, weight loss outcomes, ... -
The Attitudes of Qatari Nationals and White-Collar Resident Workers Towards the New Traffic Law in Qatar
(2012 , Conference Paper)In 2007 the government of Qatar enacted a new traffic law with the objectives of improving the traffic flow and reducing the road traffic-related death and accident rates in the country through policy interventions, mass ... -
Attitudes Toward the Coaching Profession: Evidence from a Nation-Wide Study in Qatar
( Human Kinetics , 2018 , Article)The present study aimed to develop a scale for measuring Qataris’ attitudes toward coaching and their intentions towards this profession. The survey target population included Qataris who were 18 years or older and who ... -
Attitudes towards Female Labor Force Participation in Qatar
( Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) , 2020 , Report)This brief summarizes the results of a national survey of public attitudes toward female labor force participation (FLFP) – women working outside the home – in Qatar. The data come from a representative telephone poll ... -
Attitudes Towards Migrant Workers in the GCC: Evidence from Qatar
( Taylor & Francis (Routledge) , 2012 , Article)With the majority of Qatar’s total population made up of foreigners (high-skilled and low-skilled migrant workers), Qatari nationals may feel that there are significant challenges for their society; despite the absence ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
