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Abdulla, Fatma. "Emirati Women: Conceptions of Education and Employment." Diss., Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona, 2005. http://etd.library.arizona.edu/etd/GetFileServlet?file=file:///data1/pdf/etd/azu%5Fetd%5F1048%5F1%5Fm.pdf&type=application/pdf.
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Shaheem, Samineh. "Emirati students in the UK : cultural identity transformation." Thesis, University of East London, 2014. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/4011/.
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The number of Gulf students, particularly those from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), who travel specifically to the United Kingdom (UK) for tertiary educational purposes, are continuously increasing. Immigration and sojourning discussions have been informed by concepts of globalisation, postmodern identity and cultural nationalism. This work discusses and draws on such concepts to inform the study, which focuses on acculturation experiences of Emirati student sojourners. Reflecting upon sojourner identities during their time abroad, as well as repatriation experiences when back in the UAE, this study explores cultural identity transformation for Emiratis between two different locations. The samples were of 25 participants in total. Of those, there were 16 UK based sojourners (4 as pilot studies) and 9 UAE repatriates. Different sets of students were interviewed and therefore the sojourners were not the same repatriated students. Their interviews were collected, coded, analysed using deductive thematic analysis, guided by research questions and the theoretical framework, that resulted in the identification of five themes: Emirati cultural identity, Emirati cultural identity affected through acculturation, sojourner acculturative strategies used in the UK, repatriation difficulties and repatriation strategies used upon return to the UAE. A stronger connectivity to the cultural dimensions of Emirati identity resulted in a more successful acculturative outcome, with fewer repatriation challenges for Emirati students. The study aims to extend understanding of cultural identity and acculturation through the data emerging from this investigation. Implications of the study for support of Emirati students in higher education are also explored.
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O'Neill, K. Kathleen. "Communication Channels Utilized by Emirati Females to Enact Leadership." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1322493547.
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Wright, Janette Maria. "Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies Reported by Emirati Learners Enrolled in Post-Secondary Education in the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, Griffith University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365837.
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Skilled readers are often characterised as more metacognitively aware than less skilled readers. This thesis reports on findings from a study that explored metacognitive awareness of reading strategy usage of Emirati learners of English as a foreign language (EFL) enrolled in post-secondary educational institutions in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The research had two key goals: first, to identify participants’ metacognitive awareness of the reading strategies they use when reading academic texts in English and, second, to establish whether there were any identified differences between male and female participants. Together, these goals allow the study to contribute to the development of effective L2 English language development in the UAE.
Located within the pragmatic research paradigm, the study involved a mixed methodology and an explanatory sequential design. It consisted of two phases: the first, quantitative phase surveyed 386 students’ metacognitive awareness using the Survey of Reading Strategies (SORS; Mokhtari & Sheorey, 2002) consisting of a 28-item questionnaire. The next, qualitative phase involved a total of 40 participants, who were required to read a selected passage and reflect on their reading and thinking process using a think aloud protocol.Thesis (Professional Doctorate)
Doctor of Education (EdD)
School of Education and Professional Studies
Arts, Education and Law
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Weston, Helen E. "The cultural dimensions of information use among Emirati postgraduate students." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2018. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/118759/1/Helen_Weston_Thesis.pdf.
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This thesis explored the cultural dimensions of information use of post graduate Emirati students in order to understand how information use is experienced in light of what is revealed when national culture is explored. Seven cultural dimensions of information use became evident in this mixed methods study. This research provides empirical data contributing to the discussion of how culture intersects with information use in higher education. New contributions are provided which underpin the relationship between culture and information use. They also support the design and implementation of pedagogical approaches that recognise cultural diversity of learners.
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Radwan, Hadia. "Influences and determinants of breastfeeding and weaning practices of Emirati mothers." Thesis, Teesside University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10149/315376.
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This study explored the factors which affect the feeding and weaning practices of Emirati mothers as well as the experiences and perceptions which influence their breastfeeding decisions. It used both quantitative and qualitative methods to examine Emirati mothers’ understanding of infant feeding and to identify the factors which appeared to have a relevant effect and locate them in their cultural context. n the survey, a convenientce sample of 593 mothers with infants aged up to 2 years was interviewed face to face in the maternal and child healthcare centers in Al Ain, Dubai and Abu Dhabi. The interview was based on a pretested structured questionnaire. The results of multiple logistic analysis showed that the time of initiation of the first breastfeed was significantly associated with the infant’s birth weight (OR=2.007; P<0.023), parity (OR=2.139; P<0.001) and rooming in (OR=21.70; P<0.001). As for the feeding patterns, the results of the multiple logistic analysis revealed that rooming in (OR=4.485; P<0.001), feeding on demand (OR=2.290; P<0.005) and feeding more frequently at night (P<0.001) emerged as significant factors associated with exclusive or almost exclusive breastfeeding practices. The duration of breastfeeding rate was significantly influenced by many variables. Concerning the duration of lactational amenorrhea, the, the multiple logistic analysis showed that mother's age, breastfeeding duration and the early introduction of formula milk and solid food emerged as significant variables. Among the 593 infants in the study, 24.1% were predominantly breastfed,25% of the infants were exclusively breastfed, and 49.4% were almost exclusively breastfed since birth. Fifteen Emirati mothers from each city were interviewed about their breastfeeding practices, beliefs and perceptions. The following themes emerged: the influence of others, the sources of information, infants’ behavior, knowledge of and attitudes towards current WHO recommendations and mothers’ perception of the benefits of breastfeeding. Health promotions and healthcare facilities failed to deliver the message of the importance of exclusive breastfeeding. Grandmothers and mothers-in-law appeared to influence the mother's breastfeeding practices. In conclusion, there is a need for a national community-based breastfeeding intervention programme for the promoting exclusive breastfeeding practices as part of a primary public health strategy.
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Al, Shomely Karima Mohammed Abdelaziz. "An intimate object : a practice-based study of the Emirati Burqa." Thesis, Kingston University, 2016. http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/36327/.
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This practice-based thesis focuses on the Emirati burqa or ‘mask’, a form of face covering worn by the majority of Emirati women in the United Arab Emirates until the late 1960s that reveals the eyes but does not cover the hair or body. Framed by Daniel Miller and Aida Kanafani’s theories of material culture and embodiment that focus on dress as an intimate sensory object, this practice-based thesis is the first in-depth study of the Emirati burqa that engages with the histories and materiality of the burqa as an intimate object once made and worn by Emirati women. At the core of this thesis is women’s practice: the practices of women burqa makers, the diverse female practices of burqa wearing and my practice as a woman artist from the UAE. Through experiments with traditional craft materials, inscription methods, workshop initiatives, film, photography and installation, my engagement is with performing the material culture of the female burqa as a response to its disappearing practices and its previously little recorded history. The thesis first analyses the history of the burqa face covering in the Arabian peninsula through a specific focus on the written and visual accounts of mid-nineteenth and mid-twentieth-century British travellers in Arabia. It then examines and records the material craft of Emirati burqa-making based upon interviews with burqa makers and textile producers and accompanying ethnographic fieldwork conducted in the UAE and India. This includes photographic documentation of the processes involved in the production of the burqa textile, a study of burqa manufacturing brands and packaging, and an analysis of the material construction of the burqa and how it is worn in the UAE. Based on interviews in the UAE, Bahrain and Qatar and a variety of visual and textual sources, the thesis identifies the different types of Emirati burqa in relation to age, status, and regional identities. It further shows that the Emirati burqa differs from those worn in the neighbouring Gulf States of Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia, and focuses on burqa wearing practices and associated uses of the burqa textile in the UAE. Engaging with these research findings, the culmination of the thesis is the body of art works exhibited in the 2014 London exhibition, ‘An Intimate Object’, that re-animates the burqa as a living object with its own history and new contemporary meanings. Focusing on the significance of the body and senses in knowledge production, the art practice shows the burqa has ‘a voice’ in a conversation that draws upon past traditions referencing protection and its value as a personal and precious object. The burqa speaks, its indigo residue bleeds as an active witness to its lost past. It also plays a part in rediscovery or keeping the past of this material object alive through contemporary art practice as an aesthetic and political strategy.
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Doyle, Ciaran. "Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour and Psychological Wellbeing in Emirati University Students." Thesis, Griffith University, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/385556.
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The university years often overlap with young adulthood which is a key life stage when health behaviours and wellbeing may be compromised. To inform culturally appropriate interventions to address this, there is a need for more research in Arabic speaking populations as research with university students in Western countries may not be generalizable in the Arab world due to socio cultural differences. The aim of this thesis was to understand physical activity, sedentary behaviour and psychological wellbeing in Emirati university students.
Study one was a psychometric study of a self-administered version of the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire-Arabic (GPAQ-Arabic). A total of 93 Emirati university students completed the instrument on two occasions 7 days apart, and 48 also wore an accelerometer for 7 days. Test-retest reliability and criterion validity were assessed using Spearman’s rho and Bland-Altman plots. Test-retest reliability was acceptable for moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA), but fair for sedentary behaviour. Criterion validity of the MVPA measure was fair.
Study two involved the development and psychometric assessment of a domain specific, self-administered, Arabic language, sedentary behaviour questionnaire (The Sitting and Reclining Time Questionnaire-Arabic [SART-A]). A total of 61 Emirati university students completed the instrument on two occasions 7 days apart, and 26 also wore an accelerometer for 7 days. Test-retest reliability and criterion validity were assessed using Spearman’s rho and Bland-Altman plots. Test-retest reliability of the SART-A was acceptable for weekday, weekend day and usual day sedentary behaviour, however the criterion validity of the instrument was less promising.
Studies three, four and five used data from a cross-sectional survey study of Emirati university students. A total of 628 participants completed Arabic language questionnaires assessing physical activity; sedentary behaviour; psychological wellbeing; knowledge of physical activity guidelines and mental health benefits, and preferences for activity type and context. Generalised linear modelling was used to assess potential differences in prevalence by gender. Bivariate associations using explanatory variables of age, gender and BMI were also explored for knowledge of physical activity guidelines and mental health benefits, and preferences for activity type and contexts. Almost three-quarters (74%) of students met guidelines of >150 minutes of MVPA/week. Median time spent in sedentary behaviour was 10 hours/day on a usual day, weekday, and weekend day. A total of 69% reported high or very high satisfaction with life. However, 65% also reported depressive symptoms, 69% reported anxiety symptoms, and 46% reported stress. No significant gender differences were found. Only 3% of respondents correctly identified activity guidelines as 150 mins/week MVPA. Most respondents believed that exercise could improve wellbeing (69%), and help manage depression (71%) and anxiety/stress (74%). Women were more likely than men to view exercise as a way to manage depression (p=0.003) and anxiety/stress (p=0.002). A fun element was the most preferred context for physical activities (87.1%). Walking (66.7%) and swimming (61.7%) were the most preferred activity types. Men had significantly higher odds to prefer competitive activities; and football, weights, and jogging. Women had significantly higher odds to prefer activities with people of the same gender, with supervision and done at home; and walking, aerobics, cycling, squash, and yoga.
Study six involved five focus groups with female Emirati university students (n=25) to explore barriers to and enablers of physical activity. Emergent themes were identified and analysed using Nvivo software. The main barriers were lack of family support, gender roles associated with family responsibilities, social media use, lack of convenient access to female only facilities, and hot weather. The main enablers were low cost and convenient female only gyms; support via friends, family and social media; and physical activity timetabled within the academic schedule.
Study seven was a systematic review and meta-analysis study to assess the efficacy of physical activity interventions to promote wellbeing in university students. Five databases were systematically searched to identify randomised controlled trials. Methodological quality of studies was assessed using Downs and Black scale and quantitative analysis was performed using Revman 5.3 software. A total of 6,138 studies were identified and 11 were included in the final review. Overall, there was a small significant effect of physical activity for depression (standardised mean difference (SMD) 0.47), and anxiety (SMD 0.28). There was no significant effect of physical activity for quality of life.
This research program indicates that Emirati university students have high levels of sedentary behaviour, depression and anxiety. Physical activity interventions could be an acceptable and effective way to manage depression and anxiety, however, the majority of students lack knowledge of physical activity guidelines. Interventions should be tailored by gender for context and type and should also consider specific socio-cultural barriers and enablers related to female students’ participation. More research is needed to identify valid self-report measures of MVPA for this population.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Applied Psychology
Griffith Health
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Erogul, Murat Sakir. "Designing self-organising collectives and support systems for aspiring Emirati female entrepreneurs." Thesis, University of Lincoln, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.580324.
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Hedley-Brown, Laurence. "Exploring a transformative pedagogy with blended learning for Emirati higher education students." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2008. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/185.
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Titled: Exploring a Transformative Pedagogy with Blended Learning for Emirati Higher Education Students, this portfolio relates a process of reflective praxis with the development of a pedagogy which was co-constructed with Emirati students. These students were studying in the first cycle of a bachelor's degree in Communications and Media Management at the United Arab Emirate's Higher Colleges of Technology between 2001 and 2004. The portfolio describes this collaborative instructional design project using English as a Second Language (ESL) and constructivist theory, exploratory and web based learning within the formation of a community of !earners via asynchronous !earning networks. Dilemmas of cultural synergy are discussed that may face sojourning Western educators working within the Higher Colleges of Education: the portfolio proposes strategies for the development of an appropriate methodology, responding to the question: I. How to develop a functional pedagogy that is culturally sensitive and relevant to Emirati students? Information technologies provide the opportunity for faculty to develop and augment instructional course design. Within the functional pedagogy proposed in this portfolio is rationalised the requirement to supplement aspects of the pedagogy online. Therefore, the portfolio also propose strategies for the development of a supportive e-learning portal appropriate to this cohort of students, responding to the question: 2. How to develop an e-learning aspect that is supportive of the pedagogy? The portfolio uses two case studies to make a comparative evaluation of the receptivity of students to contrasting modes of teaching approaches, reporting the pedagogic development of a two year undergraduate degree program. Reflective practice and cohort feedback over a two year period produced thick longitudinal feedback from the gender-separated Emirati cohort. This feedback took the form of daily email communication, focus groups, tutorials and questionnaire responses. The portfolio investigation added a major retrospective response with a questionnaire adapted from the established Barker and King model of 1993. (See Appendix H for further academic validation of this model and Appendix F for the developmental feedback from students), Pertinent research and theory are discussed through analysis of the learning outcomes for both the students and faculty participants. Recommendations are made that expatriate Western staff develop awareness to the culturally defined learning needs of the HCT Emirati students. The pedagogy and online learning support were perceived by the cohort as a new style, which responded particularly well to their needs, interest and expectations.
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Osman, Kamil Bashir. "Emirati Nursing Students Perception and Experiences of Studying Nursing and Science through English." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.531675.
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Mynard, Joanne. "Synchronous computer-mediated communication and learner autonomy in female Emirati learners of English." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.288249.
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Kawanzaruwa, Gallie. "Lived experiences of Emirati senior women managers in higher education : a narrative analysis." Thesis, Durham University, 2015. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/10993/.
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Over the last four decades, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has sought to ensure the full, comprehensive inclusion of women in both education and the workplace. Motivated by my own rise from a relatively humble upbringing to later professional success achieved largely against the odds, this thesis aims, through the use of narrative analysis, to establish the reasons behind the accomplishments of five Emirati women managers in Higher Education (HE). The thesis contextualises their testimony by providing a historical overview of the UAE and a comprehensive examination of the literature; and setting out the critical feminist perspective at the heart of this study, which influenced the research paradigm: linking this with the narrative analysis method adopted. The life stories of the five women are analysed in detail, in order to identify key themes and commonalities. These key themes are: support received from different individuals at different times; opportunities provided by political, cultural and structural change in the UAE; personal resilience and resolve to succeed; and the importance of the Islamic faith. Taken together, the women’s testimony justifies the use of narrative analysis; it provides lessons for policymakers to learn (as well as recommendations set out at the end of the thesis, which seek to nourish an environment based on genuine equality of opportunity for all) and inspiration for future generations of Emirati women and girls seeking to follow in their footsteps.
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Kamhieh, C. "The leisure reading habits of first-year, female Emirati university students : an investigation." Thesis, Canterbury Christ Church University, 2012. http://create.canterbury.ac.uk/11359/.
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Educators the world over are concerned about a perceived lack of interest in leisure reading among tertiary level students, particularly in the Gulf Arab states where indigenous cultures have always been predominantly oral. This thesis provides the first in-depth exploration of the leisure reading habits of a convenience sample of first-year female university students in the United Arab Emirates, using data which was gathered through interviews, journal entries, snapshot surveys, questionnaires, conversations and emails and analyzed using a grounded theory approach. Its contribution to the research is that it provides a better theoretical understanding of many key factors related to leisure reading among this particular group. We find their reader identities shaped by their reading habitus which readers are continually developing, in a Bourdieuian sense. It was found that while there is a keen interest in reading the Holy Qura’n, there is a generally low incidence of reading in Arabic, which has serious implications for the current policy on the teaching of Arabic in the region. Two distinct subcategories of reasons for reading were also found, which I refer to as purposes and qana’a. Readers regularly refer to what I labeled qana’a for reading, which are distinct from attitude in that they do not appear to stem from reasoned action or purposes for reading. It is one key factor which distinguishes readers from non-readers. Other findings include: • a three-stage reading journey showing how students become readers; • an expansion of our understanding of encouragement as two distinct factors; • the conditional element of attitudes toward reading whereby attitudes which were previously considered negative or positive are really conditional; • an exploration of the importance of affect vis-à-vis beliefs in bringing about reading.
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Gallant, Monica. "Five case studies of Emirati working women in Dubai - their personal experiences and insights." University of Southern Queensland, Faculty of Education, 2006. http://eprints.usq.edu.au/archive/00001425/.
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This ethnographic case study explored the insights and experiences of a small selection of working graduates from Dubai Women's College. Based on a literature review and a preliminary study, the following themes were identified and employed as stimuli for discussion: the balance between work and family responsibilities, gender issues in the workplace, issues of power relationships for women, coping with restrictions in an Arabic Islamic environment, reasons for work, and sources of influence and satisfaction. The research utilized feminist post-structural theory to collect the data and then analyze and interpret the comments made by the women. Self-reflexivity and transparency of the positionality of the researcher were critical in this research that relied on an unstructured personal interview approach. The research resulted in a rich description of the thoughts and concerns of five diverse women. Through discourse analysis, the dominant socio-cultural discourses in the areas of gender, marriage, kinship, ethnicity, meritocracy, materialism and religion that women interact with in this cultural environment were identified. The extent to which the women take up, disrupt and challenge these discourses was also explored with a view to suggest ways to 'better' women's lives. Implications of this study include an agenda for increased emancipation of women by greater freedom of choice through self awareness and the development of potential strategies to support empowerment.
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Sharqi, Rashid Al. "Sovereign wealth funds as coping mechanisms in the global economy : three Emirati case studies." Thesis, London Metropolitan University, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.590123.
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This thesis argues that Sovereign Wealth Funds based in small emerging market economies necessarily fulfil a double-sided coping function in today's globalised economy: a coping function because the task of promoting the home country's economic growth through closer integration into the global division of labour can only be fulfilled successfully if the manifold pressures emanating from the global market place are suitably absorbed and managed by the SWFS; a double-sided coping function because SWFs need to negotiate not only the pressures caused by the instability of the global economic space but also the pressures associated with the highly unequal structure of that space. To substantiate this argument three hypotheses are advanced all of which take as their point of reference, either directly or indirectly, the newly established 'voluntary' set of internationally agreed principles governing SWF conduct - the 'Santiago Principles'. The central hypothesis is that the net benefits of small EME based SWFs for their home countries are maximised when they conform to the Santiago principles because the voluntary nature of these principles allows SWFs to fulfil their coping function effectively. The preliminary hypothesis is that the net benefits will be lower when there are no internationally agreed principles of SWF conduct in place because of likely negative blocking actions on the part of foreign governments and regulators; however, the net benefits will still be positive inasmuch as S\VFs can still fulfil their coping function. The third hypothesis is that the net benefits will be lower still, and possibly even minimal, if SWFs are forced to comply with an alternative and more strict set of rules of conduct because of the constraints these will impose on their room for manoeuvre in the global economy thus undermining their coping function. To help verify these hypotheses, a combination of quantitative and qualitative research techniques is used with triangulation and the case study approach serving as the all-encompassing methodological framework. The three case studies chosen are Abu Dhabi's ADIA, one of the world's largest SWFS, Dubai's ICD, a medium sized SWF, and Fujairah's FIE, one of the world's youngest and smallest SWFs.
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Cook, V. "Emirati engagement in the private sector : an action research initiative in a local bank." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2015. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3001754/.
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has grown rapidly since independence in 1971, but much of this growth has been fuelled by expatriates. The UAE’s workforce now totals c.4.2 million, of which only 225,000 are Emiratis. Of more concern, just 10% of these are employed in the private sector (UAE Ministry of Labour cited by Salama, 2013). With 150,000 Emirati workers entering the job market by 2020 (Salama, 2013), this over reliance on public sector employment is not sustainable (Economist Intelligence Unit, 2012). The private sector employment of Emiratis however, has proved problematic. Private sector employers have traditionally perceived Emiratis as unattractive employees and Nationals are not generally attracted to the sector. Nevertheless, there are Emiratis who have succeeded outside the government. Developing an in-depth understanding of why they engaged with the sector and how they succeeded within their organisation is critical to address the current challenge and attract more to do the same. We currently know little about the motivations and factors that influenced the career choice of Emiratis who joined the private sector and their subsequent experience. This study considers these questions and utilises the concept of employee engagement to frame the Emirati employee experience. The UAE’s banking sector is by far the largest employer of private sector based Emiratis. This research, therefore, explores the situation through the perspectives of Emirati employees that have joined a mid-sized local bank in the last three years. It is the first study of its kind and makes a three-fold contribution to producing actionable knowledge. Firstly, the findings will help the UAE private sector to attract new Emirati employees and strengthen existing engagement efforts to address the status quo and achieve, inter alia, a more effective Emirati workforce. Secondly, it explores the applicability of employee engagement in the UAE’s banking sector. Thirdly, it contributes towards the current public policy debate about how to encourage greater Emirati participation in the private sector. The study was shaped by the social constructionist philosophy and used mixed methods and an emergent approach to study the phenomenon in depth. Data was collected through; semi-structured interviews with 15 Emiratis, 5 formal group discussions in the form of action learning based sets, and an organisation wide quantitative survey. The research specifically adopted the principles of Action Research including iterative cycles of reflection and experiment/action and case study research. Significant issues were found for Emirati employees, including; challenges in building Meaningfulness, finding a trustworthy working environment, developing a career path, learning from colleagues and coping with significant social pressures. These challenges were explored in action learning sets where a collaborative effort was made to address the problems surfaced. The research confirmed the relevance of the employee engagement model but highlights the importance of a contextual perspective in order to surface the priority areas for action. It also moves the debate away from the overwhelming focus on pay and working hours, to much more subtle considerations that will need to be addressed by individual organisations.
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Richardson, Patricia Mary. "A study of some effects of information technology programs on Emirati women students' lives." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/15db8b50-8312-49c1-8ba2-fcfcf9691bba.
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Hunt, Neil David. "The development of student teacher identities through undergraduate action research projects : an Emirati case study." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/3061.
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In recent decades, reflective practice has taken a more central role in the construction of teachers’ knowledge and practice (Elliot, 1991; Roberts, 1998). Within reflective practice, action research has developed as an approach within which teachers can systematically question, challenge and improve their teaching and recently been introduced into teacher education programmes with the rationale of encouraging student teachers to critically engage with curriculum and practice (Mills, 2003). Recent years have additionally seen interest in how teachers’ knowledge is sociodiscursively constructed with a concomitant focus on the link between teacher identity and practice (e.g. Danielewicz, 2001; Miller Marsh, 2003; Norton 2000). However, few studies have attempted to explore the influence action research may have on the construction of student teacher practice and identity (Trent, 2010). This study explores the role of an undergraduate action research project in terms of the extent of its influence on the development of student practice in English Language classes and the trajectory of their emergent teacher identities. Informed by new theoretical directions in ethnography (Denzin, 1997), data was collected using naturally occurring texts integral to the student teachers’ studies, including weekly lesson observations, post-observation feedback discussions and three focus group discussions over the course of the research project. Analysis indicates that the undergraduate action research project differentially affects students’ practice and emergent identities, but that this relationship may be tangential and students’ agency may be overshadowed by methodological preoccupations and constraints of institutions. Both global and local discursive formations combine and interact to influence this process which occurs in a theoretical ‘interzone’ a third space, sociodiscursively constructed between institutions.
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Brochu, Michael R. "Cyber Bullying: A Quantitative Study on the Perceptions and Experiences of Female Emirati University Students." NSUWorks, 2017. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/shss_dcar_etd/56.
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Within the last decade, increased media coverage has been given to incidents associated with acts of violence associated with bullying, cyber bullying, and other associated acts of incivility. The increased media coverage has garnered the attention of researchers from a diverse field of disciplines. However, much of the research that has been conducted has remained focused in North America and Europe. This study identified a limitation in the research available that focused on bullying in the Middle East region of the world, specifically the perceptions and experiences of cyber bullying behavior by female university students in the United Arab Emirates. The study employed a quantitative approach to the research. Participants in the study completed a survey, which collected data related to individuals’ personal experiences and perceptions pertaining to cyber bullying. The study employed the theoretical framework of Perception Theory, Symbolic Interaction Theory, and Conflict Theory. This study provides better understanding on the perceptions and experiences of cyber bullying experiences of female university students at Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates. A quantitative study with a sample size of 655 (n=655) participants, the study yielded responses that demonstrated a significant online social media presence of 90.3% (n=592), 47.39% (n= 291) have reported experiencing harassment online, and 95% reported a desire to create a kind and respectful online world. The information from this study will help the greater field of conflict resolution by gaining an understanding of the widespread impact of cyber bullying on an international level.
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Trainer, Sarah Simpson. "Local Interpretations of Global Trends: Body Concerns and Self-Projects Enacted by Young Emirati Women." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/293452.
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In this dissertation, I use the ethnographic case study of the United Arab Emirates to illustrate a much larger phenomenon that involves young women worldwide in the throes of identity negotiation at a time of accelerated global flows of information, foods, fashion, media images, fashions, health information, and health and self-enhancement products. My research utilizes ethnographic and anthropometric information as a means of investigating the ways in which these global flows are affecting the physical bodies, attitudes, behaviors, perceptions of self, and perceptions of community in a sample of young, female, Emiratis living in the UAE in the Arab Gulf in the twenty-first century. I employ biocultural methods and perspectives to examine bodies-as-products and bodies-as-projects in this cohort, focusing on health, beauty, and self-presentation projects. I also focus on the uncertainty and accompanying psychosocial stress that these women are subject to as a result of juggling globalized, "modern" opportunities and lifestyles on the one hand with local expectations and regulations on the other. Key to these analyses is the acknowledgment of the synergy between biology and culture, and the effects of both local and global factors on this synergy.
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Sanassian, Dermenjian. "A critical assessment of female middle school mathematics and science teachers' perspectives of the Abu Dhabi education reform programme and the use of English as a medium of instruction." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/3475.
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The Ministry of Education in Abu Dhabi launched an extensive reform initiative developed by the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC) in partnership with international operators. The reform has introduced innovative teaching methodologies, modern books, a new curriculum and the use of English as a medium of instruction (EMI) in mathematics and science classes. The research carried out for this thesis investigated 11 Emirati female teachers. The data was collected from interviews and several informal observations carried out in a public middle school in a town outside Abu Dhabi city, UAE. The rationale for this study is to critically investigate the effects that rapid reform is having on the performance of the female teachers in the classroom and the impact of this speedy reform on their professional and personal lives so as to highlight differences between reform theory and practice. This study is significant because few studies on female teachers in a Gulf educational reform environment have been undertaken and it is essential to uncover the foreign and non-egalitarian nature of the reform programme. Therefore, the study’s aims are to highlight teacher perspectives and teacher marginalization, EMI and consider whether the reform is being implemented successfully at the classroom level. Of course, an important aim of this critical study has also been to raise the consciousness of those participating in the reform. This study has revealed mostly negative perceptions regarding the Abu Dhabi education reform programme, in particular with teachers’ perceptions of the work environment and the new pedagogy. It has also disclosed several instances of teacher marginalization as the result of a top-down reform and has exposed a prevailing sentiment of teacher disempowerment because of the presence of foreigners operating in the country. Teacher perceptions regarding EMI have been numerous in particular with cultural issues relating to the use of EMI in mathematics and science classes. Surprisingly, the study revealed a few unexpected positive findings with certain aspects of reform.
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Akinci, Idil. "Being Emirati : national identity construction among young Dubai citizens and second-generation Arab migrants in Dubai." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2018. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/78853/.
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Zaidan, Gergana. "The role of space in learning : spatio-educational experiences of female students within Emirati Higher Education." Thesis, University of East London, 2015. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/4826/.
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This interdisciplinary research examines the intersectional relationship between the domains of space, gender and education. It aims, first, to understand the spatio-educational experience of Emirati female learners; and second, to make it possible to enhance their learning experience by exploring the role of space in learning in a single gender context. This thesis addresses the lack of literature on women’s spatiality and space in learning, specifically in relation to Arab women’s learning in the Gulf region. The research is based on social theories of space including the social construction of space and Lefebvre’s triad of “perceived”, “conceived” and “lived” space, which offers a structure to organise and understand the female students’ spaces, with a focus on how spaces shape and construct the educational milieu while being constructed and appropriated by its users. Methodologically, it follows an interpretivist/constructivist-postmodernist paradigm, applying a unique ethnographic (instrumental case study) qualitative inquiry that incorporates multiple data collection techniques and a ‘multi-zones’ approach to explore in depth the spatial experiences across a network of zones. It also acknowledges the unique positioning of the researcher as both an insider and outsider. Applying thematic analysis with some analysis of spatial positioning led to the emergence of four mega themes and several subthemes that constitute students’ spatiality. Spatiality here is manifested through the combination of: the unique ways Emirati females engaged with and appropriated space, constructing their own private spaces (cocoons) within the public campus space; the ways they perceive and experience the university ‘gendered’ space, including their agency in contesting and negotiating such space; and their rhythms, revealing the types of spaces that emerged under Lefebvre’s triad with specific focus on the emergence of ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ spaces. Such spatial themes were strongly influenced by the Emirati females’ unique identity and grounded in their cultural formations.
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Hill, Mark Richard. "A critical Jungian investigation of student resistance to English in an Emirati university foundation-year programme." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/107245.
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This thesis is directed towards investigating the nature of English language learning in a foundation-year programme in one public university in the United Arab Emirates. The aims of the thesis were based on the need to provide a possible explanation for the significant number of learners achieving low results, or failing their English language courses, in this programme. It was felt that a critical Jungian perspective could help uncover the existence in the Emirati tertiary system of both conscious and unconscious student resistance to English and of, synchronous, discursive forms of linguistic imperialism. This notion was based on findings in the literature, principally in Analytical Psychology, which suggest that the individual psyche is composed of profound and powerful personal and collective unconscious elements as well as critical theory, which maintains that the language classroom cannot be extricated from the influence of surrounding political, or even geopolitical, forces. The thesis sought, through the use of both a critical discourse analysis and critically-oriented case studies, to provide insight into the nature of the dialectical tension believed to exist, in this milieu, between the propagators of the language and those adopting it. The findings provided considerable evidence of a tension operating both at the discursive level and at the psychological level in the use of English in the foundation-year programme. The findings suggested that the discourse presented to learners, from western textbook writers and editors, is heavily Anglo-Saxon in its use of motifs and topics and that there is room, at least on a macrostructural level, to offset this tendency and reconsider the cultural weighting of topical content so as to more appropriately cater to an Arabic and Muslim audience. Also, the primary data revealed that the study’s participants were critical of the use of English as the university’s medium of instruction and there was consensus among them that a significant number of Emirati students, as well as some members of the public, were not receptive to the intrusion of this foreign language into their lives. Critical Discourse Analysis and critical case studies were combined in the shaping of the research methodology and this enabled the researcher to gain an in-depth and qualitative insight into the nature of English propagation and adoption. Key data collected from the research interviews was placed into a Jungian taxonomy and combined with the critical discourse analysis. Upon examination, it provided the researcher with information, supported by relevant literature, that led to a number of recommendations directed, in particular, to language teachers (and publishers) regarding the need to shape discourse to cater to the cultural needs of the learners and to consider the psychological impact that the tertiary English language policy was having on the Arab student body. The thesis strongly maintains that the discursive content of the language materials delivered to such students needs to be more extensively adapted in order to cater to the student body so as to minimize, as much as possible, potential cultural alienation. It also advocates the provision of Jungian psychological counseling in English language programmes because it would encourage policy makers to acknowledge the role of the unconscious in learning as well as provide invaluable support to language learners who are experiencing conscious or unconscious resistance to the English language in such a setting.
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Al-Khaili, K. S. K. "Building disaster resilience within the Emirati energy sector and its infrastructure through a comprehensive strategic mitigation plan." Thesis, University of Salford, 2015. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/36773/.
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The energy sector dominates in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and consists of various assets - electricity, oil and natural gas - that are geographically dispersed and connected by systems and networks. The protection of these systems and assets within the energy sector, especially the safeguarding of the oil and gas infrastructure from any internal and external threats, should become a top priority in the UAE. Threats to geopolitical and economic stability that need to be considered and prepared for include tectonic activity, climate change, nuclear energy, terrorism and war. The aim of this research is to develop a framework to enhance the resilience of the UAE’s critical energy infrastructure facilities through a strategic disaster mitigation plan. The philosophy of this research is interpretivism. The research approach is inductive, whilst the research strategy is case study. The secondary data was taken from various academic and professional sources whilst the primary data collection included questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. Three facilities were selected for this research and they were electricity generating plants using gas - one in Abu Dhabi, one in Dubai and one in Sharjah. In total 100 questionnaires were distributed, out of which 42 were answered by energy sector workers (20 from Abu Dhabi, 15 from Dubai and 7 from Sharjah). Respondents of the questionnaire discussed issues such as energy sector preparedness, vulnerability and barriers to be overcome. Respondents believed that while the energy sector is best prepared for terrorism, extreme heat, and health and safety related accidents, it is ill prepared when it comes to facing natural hazards. The risk of terrorism was thought to be the greatest vulnerability. In addition, a total of 9 semi-structured interviews were conducted with Emirati energy sector managers who discussed the questionnaire responses and proposed further solutions to the concerns raised. This thesis provides important practical knowledge and makes a contribution to the provision of advice and methodological steps, derived from fieldwork, when it comes to developing a strategic mitigation plan and communicating it to the energy sector. It provides key information that could be used to improve the design and structure of current educational and professional programmes undertaken by individuals in the 2 disaster sector. The thesis provides tools for qualitatively evaluating the various threats and vulnerabilities faced by the UAE and acts as a platform for change. In terms of theoretical contributions, this research represents the first of its kind that engages both workers and managers in the Emirati energy sector. This gives academics and professionals unique insights into some of the significant problems that have become latent and perhaps would have continued unnoticed but require more comprehensive investigation. The study has specific implications for policy and practices within energy organisations operating in such settings, not to mention the way disaster is viewed.
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Anderson, Marianne. "Confidence, motivation & emotional intelligence : an exploratory investigation into female Emirati EFL students who self-coach to success." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/3064.
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Education is, at least, the endeavor to get people to do things they could not previously do, to understand things they did not previously understand, and perhaps, to become the people they did not expect to become. - Sockett, 1998, p. 195 In today’s fast-paced technology driven knowledge-based society, students in the Gulf and abroad, are expected to remain engaged while playing a more invested role in becoming independent, mature learners, no matter what their personal or educational challenges are. It is quite common for students to abandon their EFL studies due to a lack of motivation and/or confidence. There has been extensive research undertaken to better understand how motivation and confidence affect EFL/ESL learners, yet little attention has been paid to a more recent area of educational research in emotional intelligence (EI) and how self-coaching may also contribute to a tertiary EFL/ESL learners’ ability to succeed. It is not unreasonable to hypothesize that everyday occurrences encountered in their personal and academic life may very well, at times, have a detrimental effect on students’ confidence and motivation, and therefore impede their ability to reach set goals. This study explores the possible correlations between the three main constructs, confidence, motivation and EI while investigating female Emirati tertiary EFL students at Zayed University in the U.A.E. and their interest towards self-coaching to reach their academic and personal goals. This exploratory longitudinal interpretive study used a mixed-method approach to gather data generated from a survey (CMEII) constructed and piloted for this study and completed by 199 female Emirati tertiary EFL participants measuring motivation, confidence and EI. In addition, student journals, interviews and progress reports retrieved from CMEI workshops also informed the research questions pertaining to these aforementioned constructs. Results suggest that there is a correlation between confidence, motivation and EI. These results would indicate that when the level of motivation increases, so does the level of confidence in speaking English. Motivation to self-direct in English is positively correlated with problem solving, higher life-satisfaction and confidence levels. Surprisingly the higher the academic anxiety, the more students want to self-direct. Furthermore it was found that students participating in this study found self-coaching methods extremely helpful in supporting them in reaching both their personal and academic goals. The implications of this exploratory study into confidence, motivation and emotional intelligence has laid the foundation for future research in this area. By creating and piloting the first Confidence, Motivation and Emotional Intelligence survey instrument (CMEII) designed for the ESL/EFL learning environment, a primary obstacle has been traversed. The CMEII research instrument and results of this study will no doubt help bring light and understanding to how self-coaching and self-direction can support female EFL students in reaching their personal and academic goals in the U.A.E and abroad.
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AlHafidh, Gail Karen. "A case study of Emirati females and an international EFL oral proficiency test : does one size fit all?" Thesis, Open University, 2011. http://oro.open.ac.uk/54825/.
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For many students, English as a foreign language (EFL) assessments are high-stake examinations, the results of which will determine their future study and career paths. This thesis will present data gathered from questionnaires of students and examiners, filmed interviews, audio recordings and focus group feedback. The key question posed is: is it possible for international EFL exams to have global applicability and therefore maintain test validity? Furthermore, to what extent should international EFL test writers take into account the regional, socio-cultural context of the recipient student body when making question choices and devising assessment criteria? This thesis attempts to address these questions through interpretive case study research of oral interview assessment in a female campus of a tertiary college in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). CAT (Communication Accommodation Theory) was the theoretical tool used to examine the interaction between examiners and candidates during the IEL TS-style oral assessment. The study looked at the questions typically asked in an international EFL interview and the reaction of the participants, both linguistically and behaviourally, to the context of the interview and the method of assessment of the communication in those interviews. The aim was to have a better understanding of how female Emirati candidates respond to the various aspects of an international EFL speaking assessment in the context of their own cultural, social and religious constructs. Analysis of the data reveals that that there is a mismatch between the perceptions of the examiners and the participants, in several areas, and that this has the potential to affect grade outcomes, as seen in the case study interviews. The study concludes that there is scope for both a broader range in the choice of questions in speaking assessments and a need for examiners to be prepared to choose questions more judiciously, in line with the cultural context of the candidates and that this is possible without jeopardising the validity of the assessment. The findings also show that there are clear differences between the grading of face to face and audio 2 recorded interviews and that these should be considered when grading criteria are written. Overall the study contributes a variety of insights into the field of oral assessment and has implications for test writers, assessors, candidates and publishers, since, in the case of international EFL oral assessments, it appears that 'one-size' does not fit all.
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McLoughlin, David. "Making sense of failure : failure attributions, expectancies for future success, and academic self-esteem among female Emirati learners of English." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.269675.
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Chiambiro, Robson. "College-to-work transition : an exploration of the participants' views on the extent and impact of factors affecting the transition of female Emirati graduates into the labour market in the United Arab Emirates." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/40619.
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Despite the huge number of unemployed female graduates, very little is known about their experiences and interpretations of the factors that restrict their transition into the labour market. The research question focuses on understanding the factors that affect the transition of female Emirati graduates from entering the labour market and recommendations to the UAE government policy makers to increase the participation of Emirati females in the labour market. An exploratory phenomenological sequential mixed method research was used through focus group discussions with male and female Emiratis, followed by factor analysis of the data collected using a questionnaire. The intention is to understand the perceptions and interpretations of the restrictive factors. The results show that patriarchal factors restrict female labour transitions. The results reveal the complexities of interpretations of social realities that are influenced by the religion of Islam that is considered as the way of life and anything written in The Holy Qur'an should be accepted. The results show that the majority of male respondents want their women to be home-bound, while women want to work for companies outside the home. The results further show that men should be given employment priority in Muslim societies. Men consider the working environments as unsuitable for females, yet men are in charge and fail to improve the female working conditions. The oil boom made the Emirati families rich and they hire domestic workers who work under the supervision of women, thereby elevating the domestic role of women as managers and restrict their mobility out of the home. Shunning some jobs by Emirati females, fulfil men's motives of restricting women from entering the labour market. The no objection letter requirement by employers when employing female graduates restrict women because the approval depends on the male members of the society who are against working women.
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Van-Den-Hoven, Melanie Mathilde Elizabet. "The perspectives of female Emirati pre-service teachers on the use of English as a medium of instruction : an ethnographic investigation." Thesis, Durham University, 2017. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/12117/.
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This qualitative study examines an era in the history of English education in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by investigating the perspectives of English offered by 16 female Emirati pre-service teachers. As important stakeholders of education reform, these Emirati women are on the cusp of a linguistic transformation: They are learning in English while preparing to use English as a medium of instruction in classrooms of their own. Within an Arabian context characterised by dynamic change, conceptions of English and how it should be used in relation to Arabic have, undoubtedly, shifted in status and focus. This study explores the complex and diverse ways English is conceptualised and used by Emirati pre-service teachers during a particular phase of educational reforms shaped by expectations of bi-literacy in English and Arabic. This study has two main research questions. They are: 1) What are Emirati pre-service teachers’ conceptions of English in light of its use as a medium of instruction? 2) What are the social influences mediating their conceptions of English? This study, conceptualized as an unfolding, exploratory study, draws on ethnographic methods across three phases of data collection: focus group discussions, participant observations and ethnographic interviews. It also relies on theoretical assumptions about the role of language in the construction of knowledge across diffferent phases of learning, as set by Berger and Luckman (1971). The findings shared in this study shed light on the meanings Emirati pre-service teachers have of English in light of its use as a medium of instruction and the social influences mediating their conceptions. The study offers two main contributions to the field. The first includes a report on the range of ways that English and Arabic are used, modified and incorporated into the participants’ linguistic repertoires, showing that the use of EMI reflects several discrete types of conversational practices. The second contribition highlights awareness of a rich linguistic backdrop. In Abu Dhabi, English and Arabic constitute foregrounded roles in a diverse and multilingual capital city where other languages are experienced and ranked in social importance. The findings conclude that English is regarded as more than a resource serving pragmatic purposes and creative impulses, English is also seen as a feature of Abu Dhabi as a social space. The themes shared in this study are intended to promote clarity of the sociolinguistic dynamics of a particular sub-group of Emirati pre-service teachers and their understandings of the use of English as a medium of instruction in higher education and stimulate discussion about the ways in which English is integrated into daily life on this peninsula in the Arabian Gulf.
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Daleure, Georgia M. "Reflections of post-secondary educational experiences of selected women of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) : a qualitative analysis investigating the motivations, supports, rewards, and challenges encountered by seven Emirati women in the year 2004." Virtual Press, 2005. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1317929.
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Fahnestock, Nancy. "EFL female Emirati students' perception of the use of an interactive mathematics software program in a CLIL class at the tertiary level." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/3531.
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The use of an interactive mathematics software program was applied to first-year Foundations-level female students in a CLIL classroom in the United Arab Emirates, utilizing PC tablets. The learning experience was made to be enjoyable as well as meaningful, all while utilizing technology in the hopes of creating more autonomous students who would benefit from the change in pedagogy as they embarked on their tertiary learning experience. Their textbooks were integrated into an interactive program using Blackboard (Bb) to include video clips, authentic applications, and interactive applications in order to present the curriculum. Formative assessments were included throughout the process, all aimed specifically at second-language (L2) students with a minimum band of 2.5 level of English, in an attempt to give them immediate feedback on the learning process. The students‘ perspective for this particular medium of delivery shall be discussed and compared with traditional teacher-centered teaching, using the textbook, via observation data, questionnaires, and focus group data analysis. It is hoped that the data accumulated will contribute significantly to the usefulness (or lack of) technology-based instruction and best practices in mathematical interactive software development, specifically for Foundations-level L2 students in the UAE.
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Alghmaiz, Bandar. "The Development of Refusals to Invitations by L2 Learners of Emirati Arabic| Language Proficiency and Length of Residence in the Target Community." Thesis, Indiana University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10843902.
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Since the majority of Arabic language institutes teach Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), studies of the speech act performance of learners of Arabic as a second/foreign language compare learners’ productions made in MSA with the productions of native Arabic speakers. However, MSA is not spoken natively, and Arabic speech acts are performed orally. Therefore, individuals in the sample group either use their own dialect or they consciously code-switch to MSA, which leads to artificial production, especially when those productions are elicited via a written DCT. The present study, however, used the closed role-play data collection method so as to investigate the development of refusals to invitations made by L2 learners of Emirati Arabic at two levels of ability, low-intermediate and advanced, and to compare their production with the production of native Emirati Arabic speakers. The goal here is to determine whether there is a positive correlation between the learners’ language proficiency and their pragmatic development. Further, the study seeks to determine whether length of residence in the target community plays a significant role in acquiring Emirati Arabic refusals to invitations. The goal of the study’s second objective is to determine whether there is a positive correlation between length of residence in the target community and pragmatic development. Regarding both objectives, the current study is interested in revealing whether or not the status of interlocutors (higher, equal, or lower) modifies the degree of directness, semantic formulas, and content of NSs and NNS’s refusals to invitations in the same way. The study used the same classification scheme of refusal strategies that was proposed by Beebe et al. (1990) but with different situations and scenarios. Findings showed differences between the NS and NNSs of Emirati Arabic in the frequency, content, and order of the semantic formulas used as well as the effect of interlocutors’ social statuses on these variables. Further, findings revealed that learners of Emirati Arabic were remarkably more direct than the Emirati Arabic NSs, while the former learners who remained longer in the target community produced refusal patterns similar to those the Emirati Arabic NSs produced.
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Al, Hadhrami Khaled. "Socio-legal evaluation and drafting imperative for a progressive federal regime for arbitration in the UAE : a critique of competing Emirati arbitration models." Thesis, University of Kent, 2015. https://kar.kent.ac.uk/56640/.
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Arbitration is of growing importance across the United Arab Emirate (UAE) and there are various arbitral regimes with different levels of international respectability within the federation. Despite the existence of a draft federal arbitration law there is no respective federal law in place. The economy of the UAE has expanded over the last 5 decades and with economic development has come an increase in commercial activities, which has led to higher incidence of commercial disputes on an equally high rate. Arbitration has not only become a favourite route for domestic commercial transactions but it also applies to international commercial transactions and investment disputes. With the increase of arbitration cases in the UAE, it has become necessary to pass a federal law for arbitration in general in order to fill the legal vacuum in the present civil and procedures law No.11/1992. Passing a federal law to regulate arbitral proceedings would enhance the legal position of the UAE and not just a part of it in attracting international investment. This will in turn lead to improved economic growth and the encouragement of foreign investments. The significance of enacting a new arbitration law is that it would also help to end the conflict between the existing nine arbitration centres in the UAE with regard to the enforcement of local and foreign judgments. The different regulations and laws for each centre furthermore creates uncertainties about how to enforce awards between these centres. This begs the question of when will this important Gulf Cooperation Council member state have a deserving and fit for purpose federal law on commercial arbitration. This thesis evaluates the draft federal law, investigates the socio-legal challenges preventing the achievement of the noble aim of implementation of a federal law and evaluates the existing regimes and bodies regulating arbitration in the federating parts of the UAE.
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Gleissner, Xenia Tabitha. "Local for locals or go global : negotiating how to represent UAE identity in television and film." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/8642.
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This dissertation in Middle Eastern Studies explores the creation of national identity through visual media in the contemporary United Arab Emirates. Within a framework of cultural and media studies the thesis analyses how forms of representation are negotiated by Emirati media producers. The research tests the applicability of cultural theories developed by Appadurai and Eickelman in the context of the Gulf Region. The UAE media industry is considered within a network of global media companies. The local industry's interaction with global media production companies illustrates a constructed divide between local and global identities. This creates specific patterns of media making and influences local audience perceptions of different narratives and representations. The research uses qualitative methods, based on interviews and focus groups conducted between September 2009 and April 2010 in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The interviewees were Emirati media professional and Students of Media Communication. They discuss how media producers and television presenters try to reconcile their notions of what a national media should be with the restrictive structure of the industry. The interviews demonstrate the challenges of a government-controlled national media for the development of a public dialogue on national identity and confirm that the state-controlled television and film industry, does not account for the diversity of the Emirati community of nationals. The criticism of Emirati representation in the media is accompanied by a feeling of stagnation and inability to change the existing patterns. It results in their turning away towards commercial media. Going beyond an analysis of restrictive media praxis, the research provides an inside perspective on the complex issue of contemporary Emirati identity.
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Obaid, Asma Ali. "Multiculturalism in the United Arab Emirates a case study of multiculturalism in Dubai /." Thesis, Available from the University of Aberdeen Library and Historic Collections Digital Resources, 2009. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&pid=25225.
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Al-Mutawa, Ayesha Ibrahim. "The influence of the meteorological conditions on air pollution levels in Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.366431.
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Al, Dhaheri Abdullah Rashid. "ERP implementation issues : a case study of Abu Dhabi finance department's implementation of Oracle Financial." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2003.
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Alhaj, Salah Taher Sharif. "Barriers of implementing ISO 9000 (2000) in the government departments and authorities in the Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates." Thesis, University of Salford, 2006. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/26514/.
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ISO 9000 (2000) is a quality management system with a high reputation all around the globe. It is a set of requirements used by organisations to attain customer satisfaction. The number of organisations implementing the ISO 9000 (2000) are increasing rapidly worldwide. The influence of the trend to raise quality has reached the Middle East through the efforts of organisations to implement the ISO 9000 (2000) quality management system. In the United Arab Emirates there are more than 1400 (one thousand four hundred) organisations registered with the ISO 9000. Private companies have made great efforts to implement the system in the country. Additionally government departments have started quality initiatives by implementing the ISO 9000 (2000). In particular, the Sharjah Government Departments in the United Arab Emirates were one of the leading government departments that gained ISO 9000 certification. Although a good many government departments have got the certification and have followed it, others have not yet done so. Therefore the aim of this research is to identify and analyse the barriers to implementing ISO 9000 (2000) in some government departments in the Emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. In order to achieve the research aim, an empirically based system ratio analysis of four case studies covering organisations in the Sharjah government was carried out. Substantial field work was undertaken using a predominantly qualitative approach. Data was collected through semi structured interviews, to explore the implementation of ISO 9000, and to provide a more holistic understanding using triangulation techniques. The primary contribution of this research is an in-depth understanding of the barriers to implementing ISO 9000 (2000) in some government departments in Sharjah. This study identified unique barriers affecting the ISO 9000 (2000) implementation in Sharjah Government Departments. They were divided into four main categories: social barriers, external barriers. Governmental barriers and organisational barriers. The key findings of the research indicate that the departments covered by the case face considerable numbers of barriers affecting the implementation of ISO 9000 (2000), taking into consideration the culture which plays a major role in the departments concerned.
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Hashim, Raghad, and n/a. "A quantitative and qualitative study of early childhood caries among young children in the Emirate of Ajman, United Arab Emirates." University of Otago. School of Dentistry, 2008. http://adt.otago.ac.nz./public/adt-NZDU20080521.144521.
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Objectives: The objective of the quantitative research was to estimate the prevalence of Early Childhood Caries (ECC) and severe Early Childhood Caries (s-ECC) and the severity of Early Childhood Caries (ECC) in the primary dentition of young children in Ajman, UAE, and investigate their association with child and family characteristics, dietary habits, fluoride use, oral hygiene practices and dental services utilization. The purpose of the qualitative research was to obtain information that could explain some of the findings of the quantitative stage in order to progress towards determining a strategy to control ECC in this population.
Methods: A two-stage cluster sample was used to randomly select children aged 5 or 6 years old who were enrolled in public or private schools in Ajman, UAE. Clinical examinations for caries were conducted by a single examiner using WHO criteria. Parents completed questionnaires seeking information on child and family characteristics, dietary habits, oral hygiene, fluoride use and dental service utilization. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were used to identify risk markers and risk indicators for caries experience. To complement the quantitative findings, the second (qualitative) stage of the research was conducted with six chosen groups of mothers from different educational backgrounds and different nationalities. Each group contained between six and ten mothers - some of whose children had been examined in the quantitative section of the project. The mothers were invited to comment on the significance for them of those risk indicators identified in the earlier section of the research. The manual thematic coding method of analysis was used. Problems concerning the dental health of children were identified based on the results of both stages.
Results: The total number of children sampled was 1297. Dental examination and questionnaire data were obtained for 1036 (79.9%), of whom 50.0% were female. The prevalence of ECC in 5- and 6-year-old children was 72.9% (95% CI, 61.8, 83.9) and 80.0% (95% CI, 76.0, 84.4) respectively, with mean dmft scores of 4.0 (sd, 4.1) and 4.9 (sd, 4.3) respectively (P<0.05). The overall prevalence of s-ECC was 31.1% (95% CI, 23.6, 38.9). Multivariate analysis indicated that frequency of snacking between meals per day, snack consumption level and the frequency of brushing had a significant effect on the severity of ECC, while only the snack consumption level and the frequency of brushing had a significant effect on plaque score. There was a strong association between plaque score and the severity of ECC. The total number of mothers who contributed to the qualitative study was 42. The findings of the qualitative stage showed that some mothers had a negative perception toward the primary dentition and unhelpful attitudes towards their children�s diets (through promoting a high consumption of cariogenic food), while the use of fluoride (other than in toothpaste) was rare. However, many mothers were in favor of bottled water fluoridation once they understood the benefits of such a scheme and supported the idea of a dental preventive program beng provided through their children�s schools.
Conclusions: The prevalence and severity of ECC in young children in Ajman is high, with child and family characteristics, dietary habits, oral hygiene practices and dental utilization being important determinants. Young children in Ajman would benefit from health promotion strategies directed towards appropriate dietary practices and oral hygiene measures framed within culturally specific guidelines.
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Chmel, David. "Exportní strategie vybrané firmy při vstupu na zahraniční trhy." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-75098.
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The diploma thesis addresses the specific business decisions about entering foreign markets. With the example of the United Arab Emirates and India it shows the diversity of business and export strategies. It tries to answer the question of whether to use distributors in foreign markets, or whether a more appropriate way is to set up its own branches.
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Švehlová, Nina. "Ekonomický vývoj SAE so zameraním na vývoj trhu nehnuteľností a cestovného ruchu." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-192517.
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This thesis is about the economic development of the UAE with a focus on the real estate market and tourism. The first chapter deals with macroeconomic indicators and foreign trade. The second chapter describes the development of the real estate market in the UAE. The third chapter focuses on the tourism market of the UAE. The fourth chapter examines the trade relations of the Czech Republic and the UAE and explores prospects for cooperation.
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Chafik, Ayoub. "Mutations de l'information politique télévisuelle en Égypte : vers une éthique communicationnelle de la complexité locale, régionale et cosmopolite." Thesis, Montpellier 3, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016MON30056.
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Ce travail de recherche se propose de revenir sur l'histoire médiatico-politique de l'Égypte comme élément central de l'espace public arabe, dans un cadre régional prenant en compte d’autres pays périphériques tels que le Qatar, le Koweït ou l'axe Saoudo-Émirati.Il invite en particulier à une réflexion sur la(-les) politique(-s) communicationnelle(-s) à l’œuvre sous les différents gouvernements de ce que l’on peut appeler la « République des officiers », expression reprise à Yazid Sayegh pour désigner les prises de pouvoir successives de l’Égypte contemporaine par des militaires de profession, à savoir Nasser, Sadate, Moubarak et enfin Sissi.Du journalisme arabiste de résistance offensive à partir des années cinquante jusqu’au développement commercial des médias dans les années quatre-vingt, il sera question d’un examen approfondi de la démarche informationnelle et journalistique des régimes en place, en lien avec les diverses sphères de l’espace public, c’est-à-dire les intellectuels, religieux, ou encore activistes de tous ordres issus de la société civile. Le rôle du régime cosmopolitique fera l’objet d’une analyse également, non pas tant comme phénomène transnational de pacification mondiale au sens d’Ulrich Beck, mais tel que cette instance informelle est exploitée et dévoyée par l’administration américaine et la haute représentation européenne à des fins moins altruistes.Avec la création d’Aljazeera en 1996, signant l’avènement d’un néo-panarabisme communicationnel promu cette fois par un micro-État rentier des pays du Golfe, le Qatar, c’est un vent nouveau qui va souffler sur le traitement télévisuel des questions politiques dans le monde arabe, faisant réagir les autres pays de la péninsule et entraînant la naissance d’une pléthore de chaînes arabes, commerciales pour la plupart. Le développement des réseaux sociaux et des nouvelles technologies de l’information en général ne sont pas oubliés, amenant à interroger les mutations de ce système médiatique qui se complexifie. Entre le schéma de co-isolation dans lequel s’inscrit l’évolution de la chaîne qatarie et le projet contre-révolutionnaire auquel participe financièrement l'axe Saoudo-Emirati suite à l’élection de Morsi, inaugurant dès lors une période de l'absurde politique se généralisant à l'ensemble des interstices de l'espace public régional, il s’agira de décrypter tout particulièrement les paradoxes du système, en articulation avec la notion d’éthique et le concept de reconnaissanceThis research purports to retrace the media and political history of Egypt, as a central element of Arab public space, within a wider regional framework constituted of peripheral countries such as Qatar, Kuwait or the Saudi-Emirati axis.It invites more particularly to a reflection upon the communicational politics at work under the respective governments of what can be called the “Republic of officers”, a phrase borrowed from Yazid Sayegh to designate the successive takeovers of contemporary Egypt by military men, namely Nasser, Sadat, Mubarak, and finally Sisi.From the Arabist journalism of offensive resistance from the fifties’ on, to the commercial development of media in the late eighties’, a thorough examination of the informational and journalistic approach of the regimes in power will be undertaken. This will be linked with the diverse spheres of the public space, i.e. the intellectuals, religious, and all kinds of activists from the civil society. The role played by the cosmopolitical regime will be asked too, not as much as the transnational phenomenon of global pacification in Ulrich Beck’s sense, but rather as this informal body is exploited and corrupted by the American administration and high European representation for not so altruistic aims.When Aljazeera channel was created in 1996, paving the way to a communicational neo-panarabism now promoted by a rentier micro-State of the Gulf region, namely Qatar, a new wind started to blow on the television treatment of political issues in the Arab world. The other countries of the peninsula soon responded, allowing the birth of an abundance of channels, most of which were commercial. The development of social networks and the new information technologies in general are not forgotten leading us to interrogate the mutations of this system which is getting more and more complex. In-between the scheme of co-isolation within which the evolution of the Qatari channel is inscribed and the counter-revolutionary project financially supported by the Saudi-Emirati axis after Morsi’s election, then inaugurating an era of political absurdity permeating all and every interstice of the regional public space, our point will be to decipher more particularly the paradoxes of the system, in articulation with the notion of ethics and the concept of recognition
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Al, Marzooqi Ahmed. "Disaster risk reduction in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates : effects of natural and non-natural disasters over business continuity and sustainability." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017USPCC061/document.
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Les catastrophes sont les produits d'une étroite relation entre les hommes et la nature. Le développement économique et social contribue à accroitre fortement la vulnérabilité aux catastrophes. Au-delà des motivations qui sont les siennes, les êtres humains ont élaboré des méthodes pour minimiser les effets désastreux de cette relation. De ce fait, étudier les risques associés aux catastrophes naturelles et non-naturelles permet de trouver des méthodes adaptées au suivi et à la gestion des risques tant concernant les facteurs naturels que les facteurs non-naturels. Cette recherche a pour but d'analyser la manière avec laquelle les processus de gestion des risques de catastrophes ont été mis en place dans l'émirat d'Abu Dhabi, aux Emirats Arabes Unis, par les différentes institutions responsables, qu'elles soient publiques ou privées. La vulnérabilité des Emirats Arabes Unis aux catastrophes s'accroit avec l'importance du développement des activités industrielles dans la période actuelle. De plus, les désastres liés à des mouvements tectoniques et aux phénomènes climatiques sont devenus très fréquents dans le pays. Au cours des années actuelles, différents types de catastrophes ont affecté la population des Emirats Arabes Unis et impacté les ressources des agences intergouvernementales qui sont chargés de la gestion des situations d'urgence en cas de catastrophes. L'étude permet de tirer différentes conclusions sur le fonctionnement du système de prévention et de gestion des risques dans l'émirats d'Abu Dhabi et aux Emirats Arabes Unis, mettant en avant les difficultés rencontrées pour la mise en place de réponses parfaitement adaptées aux problèmes rencontrés. Différentes recommandations sont enfin élaborées pour aller plus loin dans la réflexion sur la réduction et la gestion des risques naturels et non-naturels et sur l'élaboration de mesures adéquates. Il apparait alors que les procédures d'urgence mises en place à l'échelle nationale, mais aussi régionale, celle du Conseil de Coopération du Golfe, sont les facteurs essentiels de la réduction ou au contraire de l'accentuation de l'impact des catastrophes dans le territoire étudiéDisasters are produced by a vigorous mankind interaction with nature. Social and economic development are major contributors to increasing disasters' vulnerability, Regardless of its various motivators, human beings have sought methods to minimize its devastating effects. Therefore, studying risks associated to natural and non-natural disasters provides means that could be utilized in the forecasting and management of risks on both natural and non-natural sides. This research aims to analyze how disaster risk management process has been built in the emirate of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirate, by the different stakeholders in charge whether on public or private actors. The UAE vulnerability to disasters is increasing with the huge development industrial activities taking place at the present. Furthermore, tectonic and weather related disasters are becoming very common in the UAE. Different types of disasters affect the UAE population and stretch the government and inter- agency resources as they all respond to the emergencies. The study came across many conclusions in regards to UAE continuous system of risk assessment and risk management. Many recommendations are listed for further investigation and implementation Finally, the national and regional emergency procedures are key factors to mitigate or increase disasters' impact on regions
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Smeets, Bram. "The sustainability of economic growth in Abu Dhabi." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/209454.
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Abu Dhabi has experienced an unprecedented development during the last half century, growing rapidly from a remote desert settlement to a thriving metropolitan. Today, the Emirate ranks among the countries with the highest GDP per capita in the world, and this impressive development is anticipated to continue in the decades to come.However, there are several challenges to the sustainability of the current economic prosperity, and the environmental degradation that was caused by the rapid development is an important factor in this context. Today, the United Arab Emirates as a country has the highest ecological footprint per capita in the world and Abu Dhabi, hosting the major part of the heavy industries and oil extraction capacity in the country, has an even larger footprint. Key drivers of this poor environmental track-record are the high greenhouse gas emissions and water consumption levels.
This deterioration of environmental conditions has growing implications for the economic welfare and physical well-being of the population. So far, the government's environmental policy is mostly symbolic, and concrete policy measures are largely lacking today. On the contrary, there are crucial elements in the governmental policy that have strong negative impacts on environmental conditions and thus on the sustainability of Abu Dhabi's growth, such as generous implicit subsidies on energy commodities and water and an ambitious strategy for economic growth, depending on a strong expansion of heavy industry.
This poses the question how environmental conditions will develop, when the population boom and economic expansion are anticipated to continue. However, the academic literature on environmental sustainability issues in Abu Dhabi as well as in the wider Gulf region is limited. Moreover, applied policy studies on the topic are absent as well.
This dissertation intends to contribute to the academic literature as well as to insights from existing policy studies, by projecting the impact of sustained economic growth on environmental conditions in Abu Dhabi. It compares a baseline scenario of economic growth with the four most relevant policy options aimed at footprint reductions available to policy makers in the Emirate: i) The introduction of a nuclear power plant; ii) An abandonment of utility price controls; iii) Shifts in the subsidization policy of water and energy markets; iv) Energy efficiency improvements in selected parts of the economy.
A recursively dynamic, multi-sectoral computable general equilibrium (CGE) model is used to generate the results in this dissertation, focusing on the two most important aspects of the ecological footprint in Abu Dhabi mentioned above. The CGE model is calibrated to a SAM for Abu Dhabi for 2009, and its specification is chosen to facilitate a focus on energy consumption and sustainability issues. Besides, it is extended by an environmental module and a fossil fuel module, and it incorporates several other modifications that are tailored to the Abu Dhabi economy.
Simulation results under a baseline scenario of economic growth show that carbon emissions will grow by 282% by 2030 compared to the base year 2009, and water consumption is anticipated to increase by 312%.
The introduction of nuclear plants, at the scale that is previewed today, will yield a reduction in emissions of 2.6% compared to the baseline scenario. The economic impact will be positive, with a 0.5% increase in GDP and small gains in employment levels.
Price liberalizations in the utility markets are a politically sensitive theme. When implemented, they can yield a 7.6% reduction in emissions and a 2.3% in water consumption by 2030 (vs. baseline). However, the economic cost involved amounts to 0.3% of GDP.
An abandonment of subsidies in the energy and water markets can lead to a 11.1% drop in carbon emissions, and a 28.8% decline in water consumption vs. baseline. The domestic economic impacts of this change are negative, but the GDP shows a modest 0.6% growth, due to improvements in the foreign trade balance.
Finally, efficiency improvements can lead to reductions in carbon emissions (13.8%) and water consumption (17.5%) compared to the baseline, and bring economic gains of 1.0% of GDP.
All four simulated policy scenarios in this dissertation bring about reductions in the ecological footprint, compared to the baseline as described above. Nonetheless, the consumption levels of energy and water as well as the related carbon emissions will be substantially higher in 2030 than they are today, under each of these scenarios. As a policy implication, the dissertation therefore finds that the previewed deterioration in environmental conditions requires active policy, if current welfare and prosperity are to be sustained. When assessed in the appropriate policy context, environmental conservation and improvements in the ecological footprint should be treated with a higher priority in the broad portfolio of development goals in Abu Dhabi.
Doctorat en Sciences économiques et de gestion
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Falk, Daniel. "Migranten im Spiegel der arabischen Presse." Doctoral thesis, Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-203918.
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Seit Mitte der 1990-er Jahre wird in den sechs Staaten des Golf-Kooperationsrates über die Konsequenzen der massiven Arbeitsimmigration für die arabischen Gesellschaften dieser Länder diskutiert. Während die Immigranten und ihre Lebenssituation in den Regionalwissenschaften zur Golfregion zunehmend Beachtung finden, ist der arabische Einwanderungskurs kaum untersucht. Am Beispiel von Print- und Onlinemedien aus dem Zeitraum 2008-2013 untersucht die Dissertation von Daniel Falk den Einwanderungsdiskurs der Vereinigten Arabischen Emirate. Was ist die Perspektive der Aufnahmegesellschaft? Wie in den Golfstaaten über Migranten und Migrationsprozesse gesprochen, geschrieben und diskutiert?Migration to the Gulf countries over the past decades has led to dramatic change not only within the population structure. Especially in smaller Gulf countries, like Qatar and the UAE, where native Arab populations amount for less than 20 per cent of the total population, it had strong effects also on identity constructions, as the native “national” societies became minorities within their own countries. As this process continues, fears of losing the respective (Arab, Gulf, Emirati, Qatari …) identity are increasingly being voiced and calls for political action to take on this issue are becoming louder. This PhD project aimed at analysing the Arabic discourse on migration and identity and between 2008 and 2013. By analysing Arabic language mass media from the UAE it looked not only at representations of immigrants but also at of processes and consequences of migration and perceived loss of identity, e.g. the dis-course on the „population imbalance“ (al-khalal fi at-tarkeeba as-sukkaniyya). By focusing on the Arabic discourse the thesis seeks to counter-weigh a wide-spread phenomenon in Gulf-related social sciences and humanities: many studies on the region build on English-language sources and material only, thus ignoring the fact that a majority Gulf nationals still speak, write and think in their native language and constructing a biased image of Gulf societies. Especially in connection to such delicate topics like immigration and identity it is important to understand the respective (Emirati, Qatari…) perspective
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Alkaabi, Azza. "Factors influencing Emiratis' choices for healthcare careers." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/16368.
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The core aim of this study was to determine the factors that influence Emiratis’ choices for healthcare careers as well as propose viable initiatives through which the number of Emiratis pursuing healthcare careers can be increased. In this regard, the research sought to meet three research objectives: (i) to identify the factors that influence Emiratis’ choices for healthcare careers; (ii) to investigate the key challenges encountered by healthcare workers in the UAE; and (iii) to propose viable initiatives through which the number of Emiratis pursuing healthcare careers can be increased. The above-stated research aim was guided by the worrying low number of health workers, particularly doctors and nurses, of UAE origin (UAE nationals account for less than 10% and 20% of the country’s physicians and nurses workforce (Ibrahim et al., 2016; Informa, 2016). Besides the above identified research problem, there was a major literature gap concerning what generally impacts people’s choices for healthcare careers and more so in the Arab/Muslims setting. In particular, my interest to investigate what influences Emiratis career decision-making, specifically for healthcare professions, was in this thesis cultivated out of the conviction that the current theories of career choice are too broad and they are based on findings made in studies carried out in non-Islamic/Arabic religious and cultural settings such as the UAE. As a result, I considered their applicability in the UAE context questionable. For the set research objectives to be met, a qualitative research approach was used based on grounded theory principles. In this case, a sample of 36 respondents was purposefully selected, and it comprised of high school students, college medical and nursing students, nurses and doctors, healthcare administrators, as well as officials from the UAE Ministry of health and that of education. The intended data was primarily collected through in-depth interviews and it was analysed using the constant comparative data analysis method. In this case, the data collection and analysis exercises took place simultaneously. With respect to the aspect of factors that influence Emiratis’ choices for healthcare careers, an emergent theory of healthcare career choice was developed, which identifies and explains the several factors that influence Emiratis’ choices for healthcare careers. From the emergent theory, Emiratis’ choices for healthcare careers are influenced by numerous factors that fall under six substantive categories: parental and family influences, personal interest and passion, role models, gender, cultural, and religious factors. Nevertheless, personal interest and passion, as well as parental and family influences have the greatest impact on the Emiratis’ choices for healthcare careers. Low remuneration, lack of benefits (allowances and bonuses), high workload and long working hours, inadequate specialisation and training opportunities in the country, insufficient access to training, as well as poor organisational climate were also found to be the main challenges encountered by UAE healthcare workers. As a result, based on the findings and conclusions derived in this study concerning the challenges encountered by healthcare workers in the UAE, the emergent theory of factors influencing Emiratis’ choices for healthcare careers, as well as the recommendations made by the respondents, the current crisis of low number of healthcare workers of UAE origin may be solved through two main techniques. The techniques include: one, sensitising Emiratis about healthcare careers through outreach programs and any other initiative that can be effective in reaching out to the locals. The second technique may involve addressing the challenges facing the UAE healthcare sector, mainly the issues of poor remuneration, overworking, lack of training facilities, and poor working conditions. This thesis has three core contributions to the previously existing empirical and theoretical literature. The first and the main contribution of this study is that it has enriched the available literature concerning the factors influencing people's choices for careers, specifically in the healthcare context. The second core contribution of this study can be attributed to the research method or approach used in this study. As discussed later in this thesis, employing a grounded theory approach gave room for the introduction of new insights about the research topic since the researcher was open to new ideas based on the primary data collected from the field. The third contribution of this study is the development of a model or framework that clearly explains what influences Emiratis’ choices for healthcare careers and how. The model can be applied in other Arab-dominated countries such as in the Middle East, though there is a need for testing the theory developed in this study using a quantitative or a hybrid of quantitative and qualitative research approach as explained later in this study.
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Krištofová, Lucia. "Aplikace internacionálního marketingu ve společnosti Haubi's Ges.m.b.H. v multikulturním prostředí." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-5226.
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This thesis presents the issue of the entering of a business to business company on the Unated Arab Emirates market. Its objective is to develop an appropriate marketing strategy and apply it to Haubi's Ges. M.b.H, a leading Austrian bakery. The strategy was elaborated from the analysis of the food market both at the global and national level in the UAE. Assumptions underlying the success of a company in this market are included in the SWOT analysis. The principles derivated from this analysis are then applied to market segmenting and concurrence monitoring. The final strategy consists of a specific marketing mix, which was determined by the analysis of the obtained results and fully respects the particular cultural environment of the UAE.
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Palkovská, Nella. "Uvedení sklo-ocelových nosníků na trh a jejich expanze do zahraničí." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-200144.
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The aim of this master thesis is to find an outlet for the new luxury architectonic component - steel-glass beam called GS-Beam and to introduce suitable strategies for GS-Beam rollout on the target markets. Czech market is too small and the predictions of Czech construction industry are not positive, therefore there is a need to find other markets where to pioneer GS-Beam. The United Arab Emirates were chosen as the source of current demand and the Russian Federation as future potential purchaser. Market potential is tested by PESTLE analysis and by Porter's Five Forces Model. This master thesis brings concept for foreign expansion of the company Static Solution, which should be sustainable in long-term perspective.