...Mouawiya Al Awad; Carole Chartouni Purpose – This paper aims to examine certain factors that have contributed to the decline in fertility in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in recent years, taking the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as a case study. Design/methodology/approach...

...Carmel Sandiford Purpose – This article aims to report on a qualitative study that investigates the enculturation of a group of pre-service English language teachers over four years of a Bachelor of Education degree offered in a women's college in the United Arab Emirates. Design/methodology...

...Yahya Al-Ansari; Simon Pervan; Jun Xu Purpose – The study aims to explore the innovative characteristics of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the link between their innovation and business performance in the emerging Dubai market in the United Arab Emirates. Design/methodology...

... 2013 United Arab Emirates Marketing Multicultural societies Consumer behaviour Purchase behaviour Globalization Abu Dhabi market Consumer behaviour plays a vital role in product success, and exploring consumers' dynamic behaviour presents an interesting challenge. One of the major...

...Abdulfattah Yaghi; Ihsan Yaghi Purpose The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is one of the few countries where nationals make up less than 20 percent of the total population and less than 2 percent of the workforce. Hence organizations in the public and private sectors are highly diverse in terms...

...Hwee Ling Lim Purpose The United Arab Emirates' demographics show the entry of a large Generation Y (Gen Y) segment into the workforce. Companies need talented human resources hence this trend has implications for the country's continued economic growth. However, little is known about Gen Y...

... as proven by the institution of the annual Middle East Business Women and Leaders Achievement Awards (www.meawards.com). Included here are successful women leaders like the CEO of ADCO in the United Arab Emirates (UAE); women employees of Al Jazeera Network TV and a Sama TV presenter; the President of Qatar...

...Darwish Abdulrahman Yousef Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the state of production and operations management (P/OM) teaching in universities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in terms of course characteristics, objectives, content, adopted textbooks, didactic materials...

... and Bell, 2008). Ahmed A. Mohamed can be contacted at: ahmed.aminmohamed@guc.edu.eg © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Egypt Kuwait Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates Psychology Behaviour Intelligence Factor structure Emotional Intelligence Scale Since the concept...

... setting, are explored in this study. Originality/value Global competition and reduction in trade barriers have increased the demand for individuals who can work effectively in a foreign environment. In the United Arab Emirates, the expectation is for the number of expatriates to increase in the coming...

... with one another. Being social is fundamental to the nature of human beings. We want to use whatever channels we have to communicate, whether it is smoke signals or the net (Daley, 2010). Bahrain Kuwait United Arab Emirates Social networks Advertising Entrepreneurs Online operations Social...

...Sabina Cerimagic Purpose The purpose of this paper is to find out if Australian project managers who are working in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) receive cross‐cultural training and if this training helps them to adapt to the new environment and perform better. Design/methodology/approach...

...James C. Ryan; Syed A. Tipu; Rachid M. Zeffane Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between the need for achievement (N‐ach) and entrepreneurial potential of young adults in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Design/methodology/approach A sample of university business...

...Belal Barhem; Hassan Younies; Pamela C. Smith Purpose The purpose of this paper is to rank the importance of global manager characteristics according to the views of private and public leaders in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In addition, it will establish the most important and in demand...

...Suzanne Littlewood Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the outcomes of a final year action research project as part of an initial teacher education (ITE) programme in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Design/methodology/approach The approach taken was to examine the responses...

...John Raven Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss issues and imbalances in the workforce in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that result from the nation's relatively recent emergence as a powerful economy in the world. A federal initiative entitled Emiratization is addressed...

...Tim Martin; Michael O'Brien Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the experiences of a teacher education program in the United Arab Emirates to demonstrate how a program can best balance the particular needs of a country's educational system with the requirements of international...

... in training can benefit from having a community of practitioners guiding them. The aim here is also to provide a critical re‐evaluation of the state of teacher training in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by looking particularly at social and experiential learning. Design/methodology/approach In this paper...

... than in English, although boredom is a problem in both languages. United Arab Emirates Undergraduates Women Reading Leisure activities There is a widely held belief that Arabs do not read for leisure (Al‐Huwaider, 2003 ; Al Sayegh, 2007). A prominent Gulf Arab university college...

...@gmail.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 United Arab Emirates Mind maps Languages Creative writing Writing an examination essay is a different kind of task to writing coursework essays. Students operate under strict time constraints so there will be less time to show what...