The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of performance appraisal on job performance focusing on the role of Motivation in the governmental sector in Qatar. While many organiza-tions consider performance appraisal (PA) an important tool to measure and evaluate employees’ performance, PA can be used as an effective tool to maintain the capabilities and effectiveness of the workforce. In general, PA can be a crucial tool to motivate employees and leverage their job performance and thus can be considered as a competitive advantage over rivals. This paper has identified main factors of PA from the previous pieces of literature and prioritized the most influencing factors affecting PA such as purpose (PAP), criteria (PAC), leadership (PAL), and methods of evaluations (PAE) on employee’s motivation as well as their relationships with job performance. Besides, the study sought to fill the literature gap on the performance management field in the context of Qatar for future research. In the course of this study, descriptive research design was adopted in the form of a survey. The survey was distributed, and 294 responses were collected. The conclusion of the finding was that the PAP and PAE had impacts on employee’s motivation and job performance, while PAC and PAL did not. In addition, the findings illustrate a positive correlation between employee’s motivation and performance. Human Resource managers of organizations may use findings to better support employees’ motivation and performance.

The concept of Social Responsibility (SR) has been evolved during the last decade and most organisations care about their society and the environment. While incorporating SR programs through organizational strategies would be mostly optional, the benefits of “doing a good business” may enhance competitiveness. Hospitality industry is not far from this where hotel sector can achieve several desirable outcomes adopting SR initiatives. Despite the fact that many services are intangible by their nature and they are evaluated based on perceptions, the willingness created by social initiatives can lead to an advantage through brand image. In re-turn, a “good social reputation” can create and maintain customer loyalty in hotels and hospi-tality. This paper investigates the role of SR on competitiveness through the mediating role of customer loyalty. A model is developed and examined through hotel industry in Qatar. Statis-tical results show that all research hypotheses were accepted and customer loyalty could be retained by incorporating SR values affecting competitiveness in hospitality industry in Qatar.

Performance appraisal is an ongoing process between managers and employees. In fact, the fairer the process in designing the performance appraisal, the better the employee satisfaction. However, realizing fairness in performance appraisal process is a tedious task. The main objective of this study is to investigate the relationship between how employees may perceive fairness of performance appraisal system and how this would affect work performance and intention to leave. This investigation is likely to be executed among physicians working in the health sector in Qatar. In order to achieve this objective, a model is framed and investigated where about one hundred physicians respond to a questionnaire which was designed in order to assess the performance appraisal satisfaction. Statistical results show a partial positive relationship between organizational justice (in-terview, and outcome) and performance appraisal satisfaction. Moreover, partial positive relation-ship between performance appraisal satisfaction and work performance is statistically proven. Differently, a weak relationship is noticed between intention to leave and perceiving fairness in performance appraisal.

High rates in turnover of skilled employees can turn to be a very significant concern in organizations world-wide. Turnover affects productivity, product or service quality and of course profitability. As Human Resources (HR) activities can be considered as a primary source of sustainable competitive advantage in organisations, it would also play a major role in employees’ intention to stay or to leave. This paper examines the influence of different human resource practices on employees’ job satisfaction and organizational commitment and eventually on job turnover with a focus on the governmental sector in the State of Qatar. In order to develop such investigation, a model was suggested and an online questionnaire was developed and distributed. Hypotheses were tested on a sample of more than 250 highly ranked employees in Qatar. Statistical correlations were conducted to examine the relationships among variables under investigation. The results show that positive relationships were observed between the HR practices under investigation and job satisfaction and organizational commitment which indicate intention to stay.

Although there is a significant influence of implementing the electronic health records (EHR) system in Qatar, there are very limited studies reviewed and analyzed the influence of implementing the EHR system on healthcare professionals in Qatar. This research aims to assess, summarize, and analyze the influence of the EHR system in healthcare settings in Qatar. The outcome of assessing the implementation of the EHR system may have advantages and disadvantages, which can impact healthcare professionals in healthcare settings in Qatar. The main objective is to evaluate EHR on healthcare professionals in healthcare. A total number of 210 participants were selected randomly from three private hospitals in Qatar. A validated survey distributed to physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and dietitians who work in these healthcare hospitals in Qatar. The purpose is to identify whether the outcome of using the EHR system improved healthcare professionals’ work after it has shifted from using files and hand-writing paperwork to the EHR system. By applying online survey, results indicate that most healthcare professionals positively perceive the use of the EHR system as a valuable system.