Localizing the Private Sector Workforce in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: A Study of Kuwait

Quality of Work Life in the Postnationalization of Human Resources: Empirical Examination of Workforce Emiratization in the United Arab Emirates

“…Training and improving the relationship between employees and their management are crucial factors to the success of Emiratization. Therefore, it is recommended that the UAE government invests in qualifying Emirati managers in supervising highly diverse workforce because the success in motivating all employees from various nationalities is the best way to improve their performance (see Forstenlechner, 2009;Salih, 2010).…”

An Analysis of Perceptions of Western Corporate Governance Principles in Saudi Arabia

“…Saudi Arabia is unique in the region because it has never been colonized and the Saudis have made a conscious effort to shelter the indigenous population's national and religious identity (Rice, 1999). The influx of foreign labor has no doubt played a role in Saudi Arabia and leaders have made significant efforts to preserve the Saudi culture (Salih, 2010). The Saudis have worked hard to introduce a process of "Saudization" in which foreign workers are replaced with local nationals (Al-Dosary & Rahman, 2005).…”

Nurses' perceptions of the challenges related to the Omanization policy

“…In the early 1990s, the GCC states initiated a localization policy in an attempt to solve the unemployment status of many nationals. Localization is the process of replacing expatriate workforce with nationals in several working positions (Salih ) and is commonly referred as (per the country of the origin): Saudization, Emiratization, Qattaraization, Bahranization, Kuwaitaization and Omanization. Al‐Dosary & Rahman () and Dreachslin et al.…”

“…The GCC states are recruit cheap manpower mainly from Asia who work longer hours with lower wages, are more tolerant to poor working conditions and more physically demanding jobs (Al‐Waqfi & Forstenlechner ). The rapid economic growth in these states attracted a large number of expatriates into the workforce and created a great challenge across the region (National Economy ; World Bank ) and increased unemployment among the locals (Salih ; Shah ). The GCC states have now reached a population of 46 million, half are expatriates that led to demographic imbalance (Fostenlechner & Rutledge ; GIC ).…”