Tourism research for the GCC region: Current status and future research directions

Tourism in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries has recently been considered by policymakers as a new avenue for economic diversification. Despite the considerable literature concerning the impact of tourism worldwide, only a limited number of studies have looked at the tourism sector in the GCC region or analyzed its economic, sociocultural, and environmental impacts. This article therefore conducts a systematic review of the state of the literature related to tourism in the GCC region. It provides effective insights about the current status, gaps, and challenges and proposes future research directions in this area for academics, practitioners, and policymakers with an interest in regional tourism development. The preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses approach was used to identify and select the papers. Some 23 papers were identified and analyzed. The majority of these studies focused on the United Arab Emirates, specifically the Dubai emirate. We found the most dominant research theme to be tourism planning.

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Exploring The Impact of Pandemic on Global Economy: Perspective from Literature Review

Pertanika Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities ◽

10.47836/pjssh.29.3.29 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 29 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Van Ky Long Nguyen ◽

Thi My Hanh Le ◽

Thi Minh Chau Tran ◽

Thi Thu Hien Le ◽

Thi Ngoc Mai Duong ◽

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Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Global Economy ◽

World Economy ◽

Current Status ◽

Future Research ◽

Health Issues ◽

Research Directions ◽

Current State ◽

Future Research Directions ◽

The Impact

The pandemic has caused several health issues and deaths and numerous severe devastations to the global economy. Due to the extreme impacts of the epidemics, it is crucial to investigate the pandemics and their pessimistically hidden influences to devise proper strategies. However, although this topic gains enormous recognition from scholars and researchers, there is still an inadequacy of a comprehensive literature review on the issues, and in-depth research on individual aspects of the world economy. Accordingly, the objective of this paper is to contribute a literature review that synthesises and evaluates prior research, to examine the current state of the pandemic impacts on the global economy, as well as become the requisite foundation for the practitioners to perceive how to respond to a pandemic in the future. A literature review is conducted, with 254 most relevant articles are analysed and classified based on the proposed framework. Thus, the findings of this study contribute diverse theoretical and practical insights concerning pandemics and the global economy. The results of this paper indicate the current status of the literature review and discover future research directions. Additionally, this paper proposes an integrated framework of the most influenced industries, followed by some emerging solutions to the most suffering sectors. Future research directions are further suggested based on the identified research gaps and the analysis results.

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3D Printing in Construction: Current Status, Implementation Hindrances, and Development Agenda

Advances in Civil Engineering ◽

10.1155/2021/6665333 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 ◽

pp. 1-12

Author(s):

Xin Ning ◽

Tong Liu ◽

Chunlin Wu ◽

Chao Wang

Keyword(s):

Systematic Review ◽

3D Printing ◽

Current Status ◽

Future Research ◽

Research Directions ◽

Technical Research ◽

Research Status ◽

Development Agenda ◽

Future Research Directions ◽

Future Topics

3D printing (3DP) is regarded as an innovation that contributes to automation in civil engineering and offers benefits in design, greenness, and efficiency. It is necessary to objectively analyze the current status and challenges associated with 3DP and identify future research directions to properly understand its construction applications. Previous research has focused more on the technical dimension of 3DP; however, the nontechnical dimension of the technology may hinder its implementation and thus must be paid particular attention to. This study presents a systematic review of the existing literature from both technical and nontechnical dimensions by combining quantitative and qualitative studies. The quantitative study was conducted using scientometric methods. The qualitative study analyzed information, including the technical research status and nontechnical challenges and trends. Two aspects of technical research status are presented, including materials and processes. In addition, nontechnical challenges and trends from the economic, environmental, social, and legislative aspects are proposed. This study provides a comprehensive agenda to advance 3DP in construction and proposes research interests, challenges, and future topics. It is intended to help construction practitioners systematically master existing processes and materials and assess the application degree and necessity of 3DP.

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Drought stress responses in non-transgenic and transgenic alfalfa—Current status and future research directions

10.1016/bs.agron.2021.06.002 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 35-100

Author(s):

Andre A. Diatta ◽

Doohong Min ◽

S.V. Krishna Jagadish

Keyword(s):

Drought Stress ◽

Stress Responses ◽

Current Status ◽

Future Research ◽

Research Directions ◽

Transgenic Alfalfa ◽

Future Research Directions

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Play It Like Beckham!

Research Paradigms and Contemporary Perspectives on Human-Technology Interaction - Advances in Human and Social Aspects of Technology ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-1868-6.ch003 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 43-61

Author(s):

Sylvaine Castellano ◽

Insaf Khelladi

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Social Media ◽

Academic Research ◽

Future Research ◽

The Internet ◽

Research Directions ◽

Media Usage ◽

Future Research Directions ◽

The Impact

New opportunities and challenges are emerging thanks to the growing Internet importance and social media usage. Although practitioners have already recognized the strategic dimension of e-reputation and the power of social media, academic research is still in its infancy when it comes to e-reputation determinants in a social networks context. A study was conducted in the sports setting to explore the impact of social networks on the sportspeople's e-reputation. Whereas the study emphasized (1) the influence of social networks' perception on the sportspeople's e-reputation, and the neutral roles of (2) the motives for following sportspeople online, and (3) the negative content on the Internet, additional insights are formulated on maintaining, restoring and managing e-reputation on social networks. Finally, future research directions are suggested on the role of image to control e-reputation.

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The Guangzhou Twin Eye Study: 2019 Update

Twin Research and Human Genetics ◽

10.1017/thg.2019.118 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 22 (6) ◽

pp. 492-498

Author(s):

Xiaohu Ding ◽

Wei Wang ◽

Jane Scheetz ◽

Mingguang He

Keyword(s):

Intraocular Pressure ◽

Axial Length ◽

Corneal Thickness ◽

Environmental Influences ◽

Eye Diseases ◽

Future Research ◽

Research Directions ◽

Future Research Directions ◽

The Impact ◽

Fundus Photo

AbstractThe primary aim of the Guangzhou Twin Eye Study (GTES) is to explore the impact that genes and environmental inﬂuences have on common eye diseases. Since 2006, approximately 1300 pairs of twins, aged 7–15 years, were enrolled at baseline. Progressive phenotypes, such as cycloplegic refraction, axial length, height and weight, have been collected annually. Nonprogressive phenotypes such as parental refraction, corneal thickness, fundus photo, intraocular pressure and DNA were collected once at baseline. We are collaborating with fellow international twin researchers and psychologists to further explore links with general medical conditions. In this article, we review the history, major findings and future research directions for the GTES.

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Greater Male Variability in Cooperation: Meta-Analytic Evidence for an Evolutionary Perspective

Psychological Science ◽

10.1177/0956797620956632 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 095679762095663

Author(s):

Christian Thöni ◽

Stefan Volk ◽

Jose M. Cortina

Keyword(s):

Organizational Citizenship ◽

Organizational Citizenship Behavior ◽

Strong Support ◽

Social Dilemma ◽

Citizenship Behavior ◽

Future Research ◽

Evolutionary Perspective ◽

Research Directions ◽

Future Research Directions ◽

Meta Analyses

Do men and women differ systematically in their cooperation behaviors? Researchers have long grappled with this question, and studies have returned equivocal results. We developed an evolutionary perspective according to which men are characterized by greater intrasex variability in cooperation as a result of sex-differentiated psychological adaptations. We tested our hypothesis in two meta-analyses. The first involved the raw data of 40 samples from 23 social-dilemma studies with 8,123 participants. Findings provided strong support for our perspective. Whereas we found that the two sexes do not differ in average cooperation levels, men are much more likely to behave either selfishly or altruistically, whereas women are more likely to be moderately cooperative. We confirmed our findings in a second meta-analytic study of 28 samples from 23 studies of organizational citizenship behavior with 13,985 participants. Our results highlight the importance of taking intrasex variability into consideration when studying sex differences in cooperation and suggest important future research directions.

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Future research directions in children and hoarding

Children Australia ◽

10.1017/cha.2020.13 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 45 (3) ◽

pp. 175-181

Author(s):

Andrew G. Guzick ◽

Sophie C. Schneider ◽

Eric A. Storch

Keyword(s):

Childhood Development ◽

Future Research ◽

Systematic Research ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Research Directions ◽

Hoarding Disorder ◽

Cognitive Behavioural ◽

Evidence Based Treatments ◽

Future Research Directions ◽

The Impact

Abstract Despite a rapidly growing understanding of hoarding disorder (HD), there has been relatively limited systematic research into the impact of hoarding on children and adolescents. The goal of this paper is to suggest future research directions, both for children with hoarding behaviours and children living in a cluttered home. Key areas reviewed in this paper include (1) the need for prospective studies of children with hoarding behaviours and those who grow up with a parent with HD; (2) downward extensions of cognitive-behavioural models of adult HD that emphasise different information processing and behavioural biases in youth HD; (3) developmental research into the presentation of emerging HD in childhood compared with adulthood presentations of the disorder, with consideration of typical childhood development and unique motivators for childhood saving behaviours; (4) developmentally sensitive screening and assessment; and (5) the development of evidence-based treatments for this population. The paper concludes with a discussion of methodological suggestions to meet these aims.

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