Browsing Research Units by Subject "migrant workers"

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    • Labour reforms in Qatar: continuity and change in perceptions and attitudes among citizens and migrant workers 

      Diop, Abdoulaye; Jatić, Šemsia; Trung Kien, Le; Holmes, John Lee Pratt; Madeeha, Muznah; ... more authors ( Routledge [Taylor & Francis] , 2023 , Article)
      Hosting the FIFA World Cup was a pivotal moment for Qatar and the broader Arab region, attracting attention, tourism, and economic benefits. However, it also intensified global scrutiny of Qatar's labor laws that govern ...

    • Social Capital and Citizens’ Attitudes towards Migrant Workers 

      Diop, Abdoulaye; Li, Yaojun; Al-Ansari, Majed Mohammed H. A.; Le, Kien T. ( 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 ...

    • Welfare Index of Migrant Workers in the Gulf: the Case of Qatar 

      Diop, Abdoulaye; Mustafa, Semsia Al‐Ali; Ewers, Michael; Kien Le, Trung ( Wiley , 2019 , Article)
      In December 2010, Qatar won the rights to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup games. The FIFA announcement came with increasing pressure from international human rights organizations, media and other groups for Qatar to reform ...

    • Working and living conditions of migrant workers in the GCC 

      Diop, Abdoulaye; Le, Kien Trung; Ewers, Michael C. ( Taylor and Francis , 2016 , Book chapter)
      Since Qatar was awarded the hosting of the 2022 World Cup, a great deal of media attention has focused on the conditions of the foreign workers responsible for creating and maintaining the infrastructure of the modern Gulf ...