Based on primary and secondary evidence, the purpose of this thesis is to answer why people from Kerala have been migrating to Dubai for work since the early 1970s. Reflecting upon theories of migration and adopting Sassen's position that any migration stream ought to be examine…
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This research explores the various level of meanings embedded in the images represented of women, television anchors in particular, on Dubai (UAE) TV. Approaches taken to decipher these images are grounded in the methodologies of interpretations, especially those coming from Ara…
This thesis aims to explore the role of sport mega-events (SMEs) in advancing the soft power of emerging states. Unlike previous literature which has focused on Brazil, Russia, India, China or South Africa (the BRICS), this study will focus on the three Gulf states of Qatar, the…
The thesis is a study of migration and its links to belonging, class, national identity and recognition in United Arab Emirates (UAE) federation. It focuses on Pakistani migrants, especially Pakistani professionals in Dubai, which is the second largest Emirate of the UAE because…
This thesis focuses on the international hotel industry as part of the global economy and examines the implications that the strategic management of human capital has within the five-star sector of the hotel industry in Dubai, an emirate of the United Arab Emirates, and an econo…
This thesis provides a critical analysis of Dubai’s approach to economic development planning over the period covered by its first three formalized plans that is 1996 to 2010. Dubai experienced a period of very rapid economic growth in the ten years before the 2008 global financ…
UAE nationals ('Emiratis') constitute less than 10% of the resident population of Dubai. Despite having access to free education in the public sector, where Arabic is the medium of instruction, more Emirati families in Dubai choose to enrol their children in private schools, spe…
The anticipated increase in competition among airports means that there is now a greater need for strategic thinking in the airport business industry. In order to succeed, airport management will have to implement new strategic initiatives and identify their key competitive stre…
In this dissertation, my primary aims are threefold: to contribute to the anthropological and regional studies' discussion about the Arabian-Persian Gulf region; to investigate the concrete manifestations of what Mike Davis (1992) has called "the sociology of the boom"; and to d…
In an effort to achieve more effective operations in the face of an ever-increasing public sector workload, United Arab Emirates (UAE) government officials have recognized the importance of Geographic Information System (GIS). This research explores GIS implementation and diffus…
The prevalence of obesity is rising steadily in the United Arab Emirates. This is an alarming situation, as increased body fat among children and adolescents may be a contributing factor for obesity in adulthood. Studies in the region have shown that the number of school childre…
This dissertation introduces a heuristic model that can contribute to a better understanding of the nature of urban transformation in globalizing Middle Eastern cities. It primarily aims to explain the new trends of urban development that are occurring in these cities. New types…
Based upon six weeks of ethnographic field research during the summer of 2011 in Dubai, UAE with Filipina migrant workers and two years of experience living in the emirate, this thesis addresses the complex strategies such women engage in to create quasi-familial networks of soc…
The Dubai Metro, a rapid transit system that opened in 2009, is a major social and spatial development in the history of the city-state, the United Arab Emirates, and in the history of urban infrastructural innovation. During Dubai's expansionary boom (2002- 2008), the ruling re…
Staff turnover of website developers as one important class of professional employees makes formation and maintenance of web applications problematic and can create an obstacle for the economic growth of an organization. The general problem was staff turnover decreases productiv…
In recent years, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have grown rapidly in importance. While SWFs are primarily used by governments to achieve macroeconomic/financial objectives, almost half of all SWFs are also used to further national economic developmental objectives. Such strategi…
This thesis looked at traffic crashes in the emirate of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to establish the current situation in road safety and ways of improving it. A global overview of road safety literature revealed that standards of road safety vary widely by region. K…
Job satisfaction is one of the methods used to establish and maintain a healthy organisational structure. It has been frequently investigated in studies that deal with organisational strategies because of its potential impact on work attitudes such as job performance, productivi…