Employment creation and localization: the crucial human resource issues for the GCC

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Gaining legitimacy through hiring local workforce at a premium: The case of MNEs in the United Arab Emirates (2011, background): “The share of foreign nationals in the overall workforce is estimated to be around 90% (Harry, 2007), while the share of citizens in the 3 million strong private sector workforce is currently at only 13.”
Emiratisation: determining the factors that influence the recruitment decisions of employers in the UAE (2012, background): “Secondly, because unemployment is often considered to be one of the region's key domestic policy challenges (Fasano and Goyal 2004 ; Toledo 2006 ; Al-Kibsi, Benkert and Schubert 2007 ; Harry 2007 ) as also evidenced by recent demonstrations and uprisings across the Arab world, which often starte”
Workforce localization in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: issues and challenges (2014, background): “With that in mind, there are a number of researchers (such as Forstenlechner 2008; Harry 2007; Mellahi 2007) who have pointed out in the past that in order to expedite the process of localization efforts in the GCC countries, a holistic and multipronged approach is necessary.”