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dc.contributor.authorWaxin, Marie-France
dc.contributor.authorKumra, Savita
dc.contributor.authorZhao, Fang
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-30T09:20:01Z
dc.date.available2020-08-30T09:20:01Z
dc.date.issued2020-07
dc.identifier.citationWaxin, M.-F., Kumra, S., & Zhao, F. (2020). Workforce localization in the arab gulf countries: how do organizations socialize the members of a powerful minority? Sustainability, 12(14), 5847–5847. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12145847en_US
dc.identifier.issn2071-1050
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11073/19747
dc.description.abstractThis paper addresses a key social–cultural aspect of sustainability in the Gulf region: Workforce localization (WL). Our research objective is to empirically explore organizational socialization (OS) practices in the context of WL in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where National Citizens (NCs) are a powerful minority in the workforce. This research adopts a qualitative methodology, using semi-structured interviews with managers in charge of the WL program in 14 organizations in the UAE, across different industrial sectors and ownership. We found five major OS practices: Establishing thorough orientation programs, providing formal training programs (skills, diversity/cultural awareness, supervisor, mentoring and coaching team building), redesigning NCs' jobs and work teams, engaging expatriates in NCs' OS processes, and organizing networking events. All organizations rigorously evaluated the effectiveness of their OS practices. This study contributes to the empirical literature on management OS, WL, and diversity management in a non-western, emerging Arab country. It contributes to theory development on the content of OS practices, showing how a minority can be a powerful group around whom socialization processes are tailored to integrate them fully into the organization. Practically, our findings inform managers of how to adapt their existing OS practices to the specific needs of minority members, and support Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-based organizations and policymakers with the design, monitoring, and implementation of WL programs, and with the development of a sustainable workforce.en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/su12145847en_US
dc.subjectOrganizational socializationen_US
dc.subjectWork place integrationen_US
dc.subjectPracticesen_US
dc.subjectLocalisationen_US
dc.subjectNationalisationen_US
dc.subjectDiversity managementen_US
dc.subjectAraben_US
dc.subjectUnited Arab Emiratesen_US
dc.subjectHuman resource managementen_US
dc.subjectSocial sustainabilityen_US
dc.titleWorkforce Localization in the Arab Gulf Countries: How Do Organizations Socialize the Members of a Powerful Minority?en_US
dc.typePeer-Revieweden_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.typePublished versionen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su12145847


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