Emiratisation: determining the factors that influence the recruitment decisions of employers in the UAE

Forstenlechner, Ingo; Madi, Mohamed T.; Selim, Hassan M. and Rutledge, Emilie J. (2012). Emiratisation: determining the factors that influence the recruitment decisions of employers in the UAE. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 23(2) pp. 406–421.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2011.561243

Abstract

The Arab Gulf's labour market is being overhauled. The private sector is increasingly being ‘obliged’ to more actively support nationalisation programmes. This study seeks to quantitatively determine the recruitment decisions of the employers. We collated the views of just under 250 UAE-based HRM personnel, in order to identify which factors (social, cultural, economic, regulatory, educational and motivational) are most significant as cited in the relevant literature. Not having the necessary educational qualifications and high reservation wage demands were found to have less of a bearing than does the perceived lack of vocationally orientated motivation and the ambiguities over the differing rights afforded to employees.

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