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Challenges faced by expatriate workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries
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Abstract Over the last six decades, reliance of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries’ economy on expatriate workforce has
increased incessantly. Majority of private sector workforce in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are
expatriates. Recent attempts by governments in GCC countries to localise ... view more
Over the last six decades, reliance of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries’ economy on expatriate workforce has
increased incessantly. Majority of private sector workforce in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are
expatriates. Recent attempts by governments in GCC countries to localise the workforce, through their workforce
nationalisation programmes, have offered limited results. Thus dependence on expatriate workforce will continue in
near future and GCC countries, short of professionally and technically qualified local workers will need to employee a
large number of expatriates to support their economic and social developments plans. This calls for a systematic
approach to understand the specific challenges faced by expatriates of different nationalities in GCC countries, so that
these challenges can be addressed to enable GCC countries to become a preferred destination for technically and
professionally qualified expatriate workers. This paper presents an overview of GCC countries; reasons for their
dependence on expatriate workforce; key current challenges faced by expatriates in GCC countries and suggestions for
facilitating adjustment of expatriate workers in GCC countries.... view less
Keywords
Persian Gulf; foreign worker; manpower; recruitment; labor demand; working conditions; living conditions; labor law; gender-specific factors; labor migration; protection of employee rights
Classification
Labor Market Policy
Human Resources Management
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Document language
English
Publication Year
2010
Page/Pages
p. 98-103
Journal
International Journal of Business Management, 5 (2010) 1
ISSN
1833-8119
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed