Research In Middle East Research Articles

Challenges facing Arab researchers in conducting and publishing scientific research: a qualitative interview study

Arab researchers encounter formidable obstacles when conducting and publishing their scientific work. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 17 Arab researchers from various Arab Middle East countries to gain a comprehensive understanding of the difficulties they face in research and publication. We analyzed the transcripts using reflexive thematic analysis. Our findings revealed several key challenges. First, Arab researchers struggle to conduct high-quality research due to limited resources, inadequate funding, and a lack of a supportive research infrastructure. Furthermore, a shortage of teamwork and mentoring diminishes research productivity. Perverse promotion policies, heavy teaching loads, and low salaries force many researchers to seek external income sources, leaving them with insufficient time for research. Regarding publishing in high-impact journals, Arab researchers confront challenges existing of insufficient scientific writing skills, underrepresentation on editorial boards, and unconscious biases against researchers from economically challenged areas. Finally, achieving research integrity is closely tied to lack of access to essential resources. To address these issues, our participants proposed targeted interventions at the institutional and external levels. For example, universities can implement mentoring programs, offer workshops on scientific writing and publishing, and foster a supportive institutional culture for research. Addressing the underrepresentation of Arabic researchers on editorial boards is crucial for equity in global scientific publishing. In conclusion, acknowledging and addressing these challenges will empower Arab researchers, elevate research quality, and promote equitable global scientific collaboration. Our findings provide guidance for universities, governments, and international donors seeking to enhance research and publication practices in the Arab Middle East.

High-performance work systems in an Arab Middle Eastern context: analysis from multisource data

PurposeThe absence of robust information on the application of Human resources managemnet (HRM) practices in the Arab Middle Eastern region has generated an urgent need to understand what and how HRM practices can be used to manage employees in the region. Therefore, building on the social exchange theory and job demands-resources (JD-R) model, this paper proposes a model to examine the effects of high-performance work systems (HPWS) on employees' work-related outcomes, namely, job performance, organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and innovative work behavior (IWB) in a non-industry setting in an Arab Middle Eastern context. In this model, work engagement was theorized to serve as an intervening mechanism among the aforementioned relationships.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from 210 academic staff working in the Palestinian higher education sector, together with evaluations from 30 supervisors. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was employed to analyze the data.FindingsThe results indicate that HPWS positively affect employees' job performance, OCB and IWB. Moreover, work engagement partially mediates these relationships.Practical implicationsThe results can be useful for managers in the Middle East pertaining to the role HPWS can play in boosting employees' job performance, OCB and IWB.Originality/valueHRM research in Middle East, although limited, is mainly focused on examining the impact of HPWS on organizational rather than individual outcomes. In response to the scholarly call made on the strong need to conduct more HRM research in the Middle East (Budhwaret al., 2019), this research represents the first study that examines the impact of HPWS on in-role and extra-role performance in an Arab Middle Eastern context. Furthermore, the study contributes to the HRM research by relying on a sample from a non-industry sector rather than a sample from a manufacturing setting. Finally, this research is one of the few studies that explore the outcomes of HPWS in an academic setting through the intervening mechanism of work engagement.

Clinical research in Africa And Middle East: Roadmap for reform and harmonisation of the regulatory framework and sustainable capacity development

The Middle East, Mediterranean, Africa (MEMA) region, is composed of 68 countries, totalling a population of over 1.6 billion ie, 20% of the world. It contributes little to the international effort of health knowledge production, hosting only 6% of the worldwide registered trials. Among the many weaknesses of clinical research in MEMA region is the cultural gap and lack of recognition for the need of developing a sustainable clinical research infrastructure. Very few countries have some developed capacity for research. Lack of a robust, international standards, regulatory framework is the second major hurdle. In addition there is uncertain public confidence and poor awareness of the importance and the objectives of clinical research. However, the region has a number of attractive features, such as population's size and large pool of eligible patients, least trial saturated of all regions, diversity in genetic profile, lifestyle, and eating habits, and large medication-naive patient populations.

Inclusion in entrepreneurship, especially of women, youth and unemployed: status and an agenda for research in Middle East and North Africa

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has a desire to include more people in entrepreneurship, especially women, youth, and unemployed. The question here is, how are gender, age, and occupation affecting entry, including entry pulled by opportunity and pushed by necessity? The study analyses a large representative sample of adults around MENA, surveyed by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. Analyses show in detail how occupations depend on gender and age, and show the potential for turning intention into upstarts, especially in disadvantaged segments. Policies for entrepreneurship in MENA may utilise some of the findings. Notably, the study shows that inclusion of women, youth, and unemployed may be potentially be considerably enhanced through policies. These disadvantaged segments frequently intend to become entrepreneurs, but they tend not to enact their vocational intents.

Inclusion in entrepreneurship, especially of women, youth and unemployed: status and an agenda for research in Middle East and North Africa

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has a desire to include more people in entrepreneurship, especially women, youth, and unemployed. The question here is, how are gender, age, and occupation affecting entry, including entry pulled by opportunity and pushed by necessity? The study analyses a large representative sample of adults around MENA, surveyed by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. Analyses show in detail how occupations depend on gender and age, and show the potential for turning intention into upstarts, especially in disadvantaged segments. Policies for entrepreneurship in MENA may utilise some of the findings. Notably, the study shows that inclusion of women, youth, and unemployed may be potentially be considerably enhanced through policies. These disadvantaged segments frequently intend to become entrepreneurs, but they tend not to enact their vocational intents.

Status of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine in Iran and related advanced tools: Bioreactors and scaffolds

Because of increased need to tissue and organ transplantation, tissue engineering (TE) researches have significantly increased in recent years in Iran. The present study explored briefly the advances in the TE approaches in Iran. Through comprehensive search, we explored main TE components researches include cell, scaffold, growth factor and bioreactor conducted in Iran. The field of TE and regenerative medicine in Iran dates back to the early part of the 1990 decade and the advent of stem cell researches. During past two decades, Iran was one of leader in stem cell research in Middle East. The next major step in TE was application and fabrication of scaffolds for TE in the early 2000s with focused on engineering bone and nerve tissue. Iranian researchers extensively used natural scaffolds in their studies and hybridized natural polymers and inorganic scaffolds. There are many universities and government research institutes are conducting active research on tissue-engineering technologies. Limitations to TE in Iran include property design and validation of bioreactors. In conclusion, in the last few years, fields of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine such as stem cell technology and scaffolds have progressed in Iran, but one of the biggest challenges for TE is bioreactors researches.

Doing Research in the (New) Middle East: Sailing with the Wind

Executive Overview Monumental changes are taking place in the Arab Middle East, raising hopes that political and economic freedoms will take hold in this troubled region. Citizens of this region have the opportunity to choose political ideologies that can fuel innovation and entrepreneurship, which ultimately can transform their economies and improve their quality of life. They will also have to connect with the rest of the world to attract talent, capital, new technology, and modern systems of management and organization. In this article, I sketch out some of these changes and the opportunities they offer management scholars. I also outline the key challenges scholars are likely to encounter and how to address them.

Report tracks standard of research in Middle East

Report tracks standard of research in Middle East

Malta III–Research and Education in the Middle East

Malta III–Research and Education in the Middle East

Report on the Workshop “Notes from the Field: Prospects and Challenges for Canadian Research in Middle East and Islamic Studies Post 9/11”

Report on the Workshop “Notes from the Field: Prospects and Challenges for Canadian Research in Middle East and Islamic Studies Post 9/11”

Problems and Promise in Middle East and North Africa Gender Research

IN THIS ARTICLE I SURVEY several themes in Middle East and North Africa gender-related studies that have emerged as important for me as a student, teacher, and researcher: the operations and fracturing of binary frameworks (e.g., West/East, authentic/inauthentic, modern/traditional, resistance/abjection, secular/pious); varying perspectives on gendered selves, subjectivities, and identities, and their implications for feminist imaginings and sexuality; and challenges to reductive, ahistorical, static, and decontextualized engagements with culture and religion. My article focuses on sources written in English and dealing largely with the twentieth century and contemporary period. This is by no means an exhaustive survey of Middle East and North Africa-related gender research, but rather an invitation to enter the literature through a distinct analytical lens. My critiques and orientations are informed by my Arab American feminist subjectivity; interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary U.S. academic training and teaching; and training, research, fieldwork, and teaching in Middle East and Arab studies. I occupy an international social science position in the Gender and Women's Studies Program at Oberlin College. Given the small size of our program and our pedagogical goals, however,

Part II: Current Research in Europe, the near and Middle East, and China

My aim in assembling this review is to make recent archaeological research in the Old World accessible to readers of this journal. Three issues are emphasized–current research concerns, major recent discoveries, and readily available literature on the subjects treated. The regions covered are Europe, the Near East, and China. A review article concerned with Africa will appear in a later issue. I wish to thank Peter Bogucki and Richard Meadow for helpful advice in this review's preparation. PSW