• A Portrait of Low-Income Migrants in Contemporary Qatar 

      Gardner, Andrew; Pessoa, Silvia; Diop, Abdoulaye; Al-Ghanim, Kaltham; Le Trung, Kien; ... more authors ( Springer Singapore , 2019 , Book chapter)
      Though transnational labour migration in the Gulf States has increasingly been of scholarly interest, that scholarship has to date relied largely on qualitative ethnographic methodologies or small non-representative sampling ...
    • Contribution of Non-profit Organizations to Food Security and Sustainability in the State of Qatar 

      Abusin, Sana; Ebaidalla, Ebaidalla M.; Al-Thani, Mariam F. ( Springer Nature , 2023 , Book chapter)
      Despite the relatively long experience of charitable organizations in social and humanitarian aspects in Qatar, little is known about their role in food security and sustainability. This chapter sheds light on the issue ...
    • Expatriate mobility, firm recruitment and local context: Skilled international migration to the rapidly globalizing city of Dubai. 

      Ewers, Michael c.; Dicce, Ryan ( Routledge , 2017 , Book chapter)
      About the Book In today’s global knowledge economy, competition for the best and brightest workers has intensified. Highly skilled workers are an asset to companies, knowledge institutions, cities, and regions as they ...
    • High-skilled migration and the attractiveness of cities. 

      Ewers, Michael C.; Dicce, Ryan; Czaika, Mathias ( Oxford University Press , 2018 , Book chapter)
      Book Description: Political and scientific debates on migration policies have mostly focused on governments' efforts to control or reduce low-skilled, asylum, and irregular migration or to encourage the return migration ...
    • The Impact of Work-Family Conflict on Job Satisfaction : A Qatari Perspective 

      Lari, Noora ( Taylor and Francis Group , 2020 , Book chapter)
      The performance of employees in any organization depends on numerous factors, which can be related to job satisfaction, family life, or both. A work-family balance is highly desirable for employees as it helps to reduce ...
    • Migration Policies across the GCC: Challenges in Reforming the Kafala 

      Diop, Abdoulaye; Johnston, Trevor; Le, Kien Trung ( 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 ...
    • MOOCs and International Capacity Building in a UN Framework: Potential and Challenges 

      Lambert, Laurent A; Hassan, Hisham ( Springer, Cham , 2018 , Book chapter)
      This chapter highlights the high potential and challenges involved with developing Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) for capacity building and climate-friendly technology transfer within the United Nations (UN) system. ...
    • 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 ...
    • Working and Living Conditions of Migrant Workers in the GCC: India Migration Report 2016: Gulf Migration 

      Diop, Abdoulaye; Le, Kien T.; Ewers, Michael; Irudaya Rajan., S ( Routledge , 2016 , Book chapter)
      India Migration Report 2016 discusses migration to the Persian Gulf region. This volume: • looks at contemporary labour recruitment and policy, both in India and in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries; • ...
    • أقلية من المواطنين: التدين والتناغم الاجتماعي في قطر 

      الأنصاري, ماجد ( المركز العربي للأبحاث و دراسة السياسات - Arab Center for Research & Policy Studies , 2016 , Book chapter)
      التدين والتناغم الاجتماعي في قطر، ناقش ماجد الأنصاري، المتخصص في الثروة الاجتماعية والمجتمع المدني، المحددات القيمية للعلاقة بين المواطن والمقيم في قطر من خلال عامل الثقة، مستخدمًا نتائج مسح التناغم الاجتماعي الصادر عن ...