Management Related Research in the Middle East

Abstract

Management writings in the Middle East region are scarce and scattered. This is due to the lack of doctorate programmes offered by educational institutions, the weak links between academia and the business world, limited formal and informal networks, the lack of status given to the field of management by national bodies and the lack of a publication culture. A bibliography of management‐related writings in the Middle East is presented, which includes other functional areas such as marketing, finance and accounting. It aims to draw the students' attention to a variety of sources. In compiling the bibliography a review of the literature in Arabic, English and Turkish was undertaken, followed by a survey of the top officials of academic institutions offering management/commerce, business administration degree programmes in the region.

The Egyptian Worker: Work Beliefs and Attitudes

“…The use of convenience sampling is warranted given the difficulty of random sampling not only in Egypt but also in the Arab region as a whole. Researchers have outlined difficulties in conducting research in crosscultural research in general, and Arab societies in specific, including -among other things -methodological issues, research costs, and funding issues, data-gathering complications, cultures which are not supportive or not familiar with research studies, and weak links between the research community and business sectors (Ali, 1987;Malhotra et al, 1996;Yavas, 1987Yavas, , 1994Yavas and Habib, 1986). The main criterion for inclusion in the survey was that the respondent was an Egyptian with some high school education and at least 1 year of work experience.…”

Antecedents of citizenship behavior in Arab employees in Kuwait

“…Management research in Arab countries is still relatively scarce when compared with other populations and faces many cultural, political social, and infrastructure barriers (Robertson et al, 2002; Tuncalp, 1988; Yavas and Habib, 1988). Due to inherent difficulties with conventional data collection methods (such as access to managerial-level employees), we focused on the representativeness (and therefore generalizability) of our sample, knowing that a truly random sample of mangers was not within our means.…”

Research Note

“…The article is timely and relevant. As is the case in other Middle Eastern countries (Yavas and Habib, 1986), lack of basic and applied research permeates Saudi institutions (Tuncalp, 1988a) and companies (Yavas, 1987). This is partially attributed to exorbitant research costs, cultural prohibitions which limit access to Saudi adults, and data‐gathering problems ranging from sampling to fieldwork difficulties (Tuncalp, 1988b).…”