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2022 Qatar World Cup: Impact Perceptions among Qatar Residents
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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 ...
Attitudes Towards Migrant Workers in the GCC: Evidence from Qatar
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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?
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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 ...
Growing food pyramids in the sand: how sustainable are Qatar’s self-sufficiency and foreign agro-investment policies?
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Istituto Agronomico per l'Oltremare (IAO)
, 2017 , Article)
Achieving food security in the Arabian Gulf is no easy task. Fuelled by petrodollars, the countries largely rely on imports to feed their burgeoning population, making them susceptible to price and supply shocks. This paper ...
Assessing Accuracy and Coverage of Housing Units Sampling Frame using the Post-Frame Update Survey (PFS) Method
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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 ...
A Path Analysis of Student Interest in STEM, with Specific Reference to Qatari Students
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Modestum
, 2017 , Article)
ABSTRACT
This study sought to explore the factors that help predict students’ interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in Qatar. Drawing on recent work in the field, the present paper examines ...
Assessing the factor structure and measurement invariance of the eating attitude test (EAT-26) across language and BMI in young Arab women
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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 ...
Determinants of College and University Choice for High-School Students in Qatar
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Sciedu Press
, 2018 , Article)
Drawing on existing research, this paper investigates various predictors of high school students’ college and university choice decisions in Qatar. Based on a 2015 survey of 1,427 participants, this study utilized exploratory ...
Factors Shaping Qatari Students’ Career Expectations in STEM, Business or Public Sector Fields
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Modestum Limited
, 2017 , Article)
The purpose of this study was to identify factors shaping career expectations of Qatari students. The study examined individual and motivational variables likely to influence career expectations in STEM fields, the public ...
"Toxic pleasures”: A study of eating out behavior in Arab female university students and its associations with psychological distress and disordered eating
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Elsevier
, 2018 , Article)
University years are a critical period in which young people establish independence and adopt lasting health behaviors. The aim of this study was to estimate the
associations between eating out, psychological distress, ...