Saudization (Localization) – A critical review

By Adel S. Aldosary, Syed Masiur Rahman. 2005

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Employment creation and localization: the crucial human resource issues for the GCC (2007, background): “As will be discussed, the focus of education in the GCC has not been on producing needed skills and attitudes (Al-Dosary and Rahman, 2005 ) while the wealth brought from oil and gas has not encouraged a productive work ethic of the type claimed by the Asian ‘tiger’ economies.”
Workforce localization in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: issues and challenges (2014, background): “Job creation has been one of the major issues facing the Kingdom for the past several decades (Al-Dosary and Rahman 2005). Saudi economy has been heavily dependent on foreign workers (Looney 2004) and has undertaken many steps to involve and employ its citizen proactively. Al-Harbi (1997) refers to ”
Emiratisation: determining the factors that influence the recruitment decisions of employers in the UAE (2012, background): “Moreover, aspects of these policies namely the ‘top-down’ ones have been critiqued economically speaking at both the macro (Al Dosary & Rahman 2005 ; Toledo 2006 ; Rutledge 2009 ) and micro (Toledo 2006 ; Mellahi 2007 ; Rees, Mamman and Bin Braik 2007 ) levels.”