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Transnational academic capitalism in the Arab Gulf:balancing global and local, public and private, capitals (2015)
Journal Article
Findlow, S., & Hayes, A. (2015). Transnational academic capitalism in the Arab Gulf:balancing global and local, public and private, capitals. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 37(1), 110-128. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2015.1100531

This article contributes to the emerging theoretical construct of what has been called ‘transnational academic capitalism’, characterised by the blurring of traditional boundaries between public, private, local, regional and international, and betwee... Read More about Transnational academic capitalism in the Arab Gulf:balancing global and local, public and private, capitals.

The Role of Cultural Contexts in Research Design Decisions: Reflections on the Conflicting Study Results in the Bahraini Context (2015)
Journal Article
Hayes, A. L. (2015). The Role of Cultural Contexts in Research Design Decisions: Reflections on the Conflicting Study Results in the Bahraini Context. SAGE Open, https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244015583336

Self-reporting surveys in social science are commonly criticized for generating results that are often found not to reflect the actual behavior of participants. This article discusses the limitations of such surveys specifically in exploring the Arab... Read More about The Role of Cultural Contexts in Research Design Decisions: Reflections on the Conflicting Study Results in the Bahraini Context.

Understanding intercultural transitions of medical students (2015)
Journal Article
Hayes, A. L., Mansour, N., & Fisher, R. (2015). Understanding intercultural transitions of medical students. International Journal of Medical Education, 6, 26-37. https://doi.org/10.5116/ijme.54e7.b57f

Objectives: The aim of this research was to explore the transition of medical students to an international branch campus of a medical university established in Bahrain. Methods: In order to gain insights into this transition, we explored two cultu... Read More about Understanding intercultural transitions of medical students.