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Social Capital and Citizens’ Attitudes towards Migrant Workers
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Cogitatio Press
, 2017 , Article)
This study examines Qatari citizens’ attitudes toward migrant workers. While much research has been conducted on citizens’ attitudes toward the abolition, tightening, or loosening of the Kafāla system in the Gulf Cooperation ...
QATAR EDUCATION STUDY : Facilities Report 2012
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The Social and Economic Survey Research Institute, Qatar University.
, 2015 , Other)
This report examines the views of students, teachers and administrators toward K-12
education in Qatar. It is based on results from the Qatar Education Study (QES), which
is a series of surveys conducted by the Social ...
2012 SURVEY OF MIGRANT WORKERS IN THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC)COUNTRIES
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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 ...
Annual Omnibus Survey : A survey of life in Qatar 2012
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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 ...
Civil society and democratization in the Arab Gulf
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http://foreignpolicy.com/
, 2011 , Article)
qatar has been a notable exception to the wave of popular political mobilization that has struck Arab countries since January 2011. This is particularly so given the prominent role of its state-owned television station Al ...
Trusted News Sources’ Measures and their Relationships to Social and Public Attitudes: An Analysis of the First Annual Omnibus Survey of Life in Qatar
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Georgia State Univesrity
, 2013 , Article)
An overwhelming majority (77 percent) of Qatari Nationals reported television as their most
trusted local news source (87 percent for Arab/regional news and 89 percent for international
news), and 80 percent rated the ...
Antecedents of Trust among Citizens and Non-citizens in Qatar
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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 ...
Business legacy planning for mega events: The case of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
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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 ...
Migration Policies across the GCC: Challenges in Reforming the Kafala
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Gulf Research Center Cambridge
, 2018 , Book chapter)
Much of the debate over immigration policy in the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar) revolves around the kafala, or sponsorship system.
In ...
Perceptions and Impacts of the Oil Crash in Qatar
(2016 , Report)
Qatari citizens, especially those employed in the public sector, are less likely than other
people living in Qatar to be aware of the recent decline in oil prices. Among citizens
who are aware, moreover, most seem to ...