The aim of this study is to identify administrative challenges that negatively affect the proper functioning of charity organizations in Oman. The study also seeks to suggest some general methods which can be used to confront these challenges. The study is conducted on a sample of charity organizations’ staff consisting of 209 workers, in addition to 15 managers in eight organizations working in five governorates: Muscat, Batinah North, Al-Sharqia North, Al-Dakhelia, and Dhofar. The study identified the following challenges which charity organizations in Oman face in varying degrees: administrative planning, organization, staffing, supervision, records and reporting, budgeting and financing, coordination, leadership, decision making and organizations’ environment. The study shows that between 15–25% of the respondents in the selected charity organizations think that there are no real challenges facing the charity organizations they work for. The study proposes some recommendations that can help in facing such challenges. These include a suggestion that there should be organized efforts made by the charity organizations themselves and also by educational and social institutions.

The research problem is to determine the nature of the historical relationship between the profession of social work and volunteer work. Consequently, the research aims to investigate the nature of this relationship from a socio-historical perspective. Three axes have been used to analyze this relationship: the role of voluntary work in the development of the social work as a profession, the efforts made by social work to reach professionism and to distinguish it from voluntary work, and the relationship between social work and voluntary work. The research is qualitative analytical research and adopts the Mixed Methods Research (MMR). It identifies some literature for the analysis and implementation of a scoping process. It represents a systematic study approach to explore the socio-historical relationship between social work and voluntary work. To meet the objective of the study, the research sample has included several studies, research, and theoretical and scientific literature that address this historical relationship. The research has concluded the following: Voluntary work contributes to the emergence of the social work profession, as there is a strong relationship between them. Further, the formalization of the social work profession has an impact on the relationship with voluntary work, as government social workers would replace volunteers in providing many social services. As a result, the relationship between social work and volunteer work has evolved into a clear, strong, and solid collaboration. The research has recommended that the education curricula in Arab countries should imply the nature of the historical relationship of profession and voluntary work.

The renewable energy transition has become one of the vital pathways for approaching climate change and promoting sustainability. The success of this transition, however, does not depend only on technical and economic considerations, but is mainly influenced by social and institutional factors that form acceptance and support. This study aims at measuring the contribution of social capital, the awareness of the energy transition, and the institutional context in increasing the level of public support for the energy transition among Sultan Qaboos University students. It adopts a cross-sectional quantitative approach, and data are collected through a multi-section questionnaire from a sample of 437 male and female students from different colleges, majors, and academic years at Sultan Qaboos University. These tools of the study measure the dimensions of social capital: trust, social networks, bridging, institutional linking, and student participation. They also evaluate objective knowledge and self-perceived awareness of the renewable energy transition, in addition to components of the institutional context within the university: the sustainability climate on campus, opportunities for participation, and trust in governance/procedural justice. The indicators of internal consistency (reliability) also show significant values: the Cronbach’s Alpha coefficients range approximately between 0.715 and 0.893 for the independent variables and reach 0.864 for the dependent variable. The results of this study show that most of the students fall within the high level of support (77.3%), with no statistically significant differences based on gender, college type, academic year, or previous volunteering experience. The ordinal logistic regression results indicate that the campus sustainability climate is the strongest factor influencing higher levels of support followed by trust in governance/procedural justice and general trust (TR). The bridging dimension (BB) does not have a significant independent influence after accounting for the other variables. This study emphasizes that increasing support for the renewable energy transition in the university environment requires strengthening an institutional climate which supports sustainability, promoting fair and transparent governance, expanding participation opportunities, and investing in building trust and strengthening institutional connections to encourage pro-sustainability behaviors.

This study focuses on understanding the nature and reality of voluntary activities conducted by rural Omani women in the past, specifically before 1970, an era known in Omani society as the pre-Renaissance era. The study aimed to gather intangible heritage related to the types of voluntary participation of rural women in Omani society during that time. This research belongs to the descriptive-analytical type, aiming to describe a historical phenomenon, namely the voluntary activities of rural women in the past. To achieve this objective, a combination of descriptive and historical methods was employed, allowing for a precise description of these voluntary activities. The study utilized a specially prepared in-depth interview guide, and based on the nature of the field data, content analysis was used to derive the findings. This approach enabled an understanding of voluntary experiences from the participants' perspectives, facilitating the documentation of these experiences within their historical, social, and economic context.The study included a sample of 20 elderly rural women over 60 years old at the time of data collection in February 2018. The community attachment model was used to analyze the data, considering it an indicator of the extent to which residents of a particular area share cognitive or emotional bonds with their locale. Communities, even those that lack a developed social life, may exhibit high levels of attachment, which applies to the social dynamics in Omani society before 1970. The results reveal that voluntary work was an integral part of the daily life of rural women, that was increasing in both quantity and quality during social and religious occasions. These voluntary initiatives were both individual and group efforts, taking into account the absence of institutionalized voluntary work at that time. Additionally, the social, cultural, and economic nature of rural life played a significant role in creating specific types of voluntary activities for women in addition to the characteristics of those communities. Ultimately, the findings demonstrate that rural women played a central role in fulfilling many of the economic, social, and moral needs of their communities.

The aim of this study is to identify administrative challenges that negatively affect the proper functioning of charity organizations in Oman. The study also seeks to suggest some general methods which can be used to confront these challenges. The study is conducted on a sample of charity organizations’ staff consisting of 209 workers, in addition to 15 managers in eight organizations working in five governorates: Muscat, Batinah North, Al-Sharqia North, Al-Dakhelia, and Dhofar. The study identified the following challenges which charity organizations in Oman face in varying degrees: administrative planning, organization, staffing, supervision, records and reporting, budgeting and financing, coordination, leadership, decision making and organizations’ environment. The study shows that between 15–25% of the respondents in the selected charity organizations think that there are no real challenges facing the charity organizations they work for. The study proposes some recommendations that can help in facing such challenges. These include a suggestion that there should be organized efforts made by the charity organizations themselves and also by educational and social institutions.

Chronic diseases, with their long-term pain and suffering, are the main cause of disability and death. In this case, social support is related to better health outcomes for patients with such diseases. This study aims to investigate the relationship between social support and health quality of life for patients with chronic diseases. It is conducted on 100 patients diagnosed with chronic diseases at Assiut University Hospital in Upper-Egypt through hospital records from January 2025 to April 2025. Data are collected using the Social Support and Health Quality of Life Questionnaire and analyzed using SPSS version 17. Participants state that the most common type of social support is emotional support, with an average of (2.32), followed by material support, with an average of (2.31), and finally informational support, with an average of (2.29). The results of this study show a statistically significant relationship between social support and quality of life among patients with chronic diseases. Thus, patients who receive greater social support experienced improved health-related quality of life through increased adherence to treatment, the adoption of health-promoting behaviors, and the adoption of healthy lifestyles that positively influence their quality of life.