Browsing by Subject "Gender"
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Opportunities and constraints of women entrepreneurs in Jordan: an update of the 5Ms framework
( Emerald Publishing , 2021 , Article)Purpose: Drawing on the “5Ms” gender cognizant framework, this study seeks to investigate how money, motherhood, management, the market and the macro/meso environment dimensions of the 5Ms may influence women's entrepreneurship ... -
Participative decision-making and job satisfaction for teachers in the UAE
( Emerald Group Holdings Ltd. , 2015 , Article)Purpose - Knowledge of teachers' participative decision making (PDM) and job satisfaction (JS) is important, as teachers comprise most of a school's staff. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of teacher ... -
Qatari women in a corporatized higher education setting: International reforms and their local bearings
( Institute for Education Policy Studies , 2017 , Article)Discussions of the difficulties Qatari women experience in higher educational settings are unlikely to be found in international organization or government reports on the State of Qatar. Instead, recent reports have tended ... -
Secondary school students and self-efficacy in mathematics: Gender and age differences
( IGI Global Publishing , 2020 , Article)Gender differences in academic performance has received considerable attention over the years. Studies have found that even when there are no gender differences in math performance, female students exhibit larger levels ... -
Social cognitive theory and women’s career choices: an agent—based model simulation
( Springer Nature , 2020 , Article)An agent-based model is proposed and tested. This model aims to simulate agency as conceptualized in Bandura's (Am Psychol 37:122–147, 1982; Organ Behav Hum Decis Process 50:248–287; Annu Rev Psychol 52: 1–26) Social ... -
Survival in general surgery: The female surgeons' perspective
( Professional Medical Publications , 2023 , Article)Objective: Specialty choices in health profession has long been influenced by gender. The field of General Surgery remains the least preferred specialty by females, especially in Pakistan. The objective of this study was ... -
The Gender-Pay Gap and the Family in the Gulf: Root Causes, Implications and Policy Response
( Gulf Studies center - College of Arts & Sciences - Qatar University , 2020 , Conference Paper)Despite the remarkable progress in women's status in countries of the Gulf gender equality remains unfulfilled. According to evidence, the Gulf has been underperforming on the arena of women's economic participation, ... -
Training transfer intention and training effectiveness: Assessing the gender differences using multi-group structural equation modelling approach
( emerald Publishing limited , 2017 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to further the current research on the topic of the intention to transfer training and training effectiveness by examining the gender-related training intention and work behaviour ... -
Well-Being and Running Events in Qatar: The Ooredoo Doha Marathon
( Cognizant Communication Corporation , 2022 , Article)Research into participatory sport event experiences and well-being outcomes has increased; however, much of this work explores Western contexts. The purpose of the current research is to examine the well-being outcomes ... -
Women in engineering: A qualitative investigation of the contextual support and barriers to their career choice
( Elsevier , 2019 , Article)This study explores both past and current experiences of female engineering students. Women continue to be underrepresented in certain STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) fields in most countries. Using ... -
Women Leadership, Culture, and Islam: Female Voices from Jordan
( Springer Nature , 2023 , Article)This paper aims to explore the experiences of female leaders considering the interplay of gender, religion, and culture. Drawing on an inductive-qualitative study, the paper examines perceptions regarding the role of ...