Feasibility and Design of Seabed Gallery Intake Systems Along the Arabian Gulf Coast of Saudi Arabia with a Discussion on Gallery Intake Use for the Entire Arabian Gulf Region

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) implement labour nationalization policies to regulate workforce localization. The sustainability of these policies is complicated by an emergent large Generation Y (Gen Y) demographic group and low participation by nationals in expatriate dominated labour markets. The countries’ continued economic growth depends on companies’ abilities to understand recruitment and retention issues specific to their young citizens. This study compared the life priorities and work motivators of Emirati and Saudi Gen Y. It adapted the Schwartz Value Inventory to measure the importance of four life dimensions and Twenge et al.’s (2010) model to measure the importance of work preferences on five motivational dimensions. The study sampled UAE and Saudi nationals born 1980-1990 (Gen Y). The findings showed a symmetrical prioritization of life priorities by Emiratis and Saudi respondents but with differences in work preferences as Emiratis were most motivated by extrinsic work motivators while Saudis placed greatest importance on intrinsic work motivators. The paper concluded with recommendations for effective recruitment and retention of young nationals that can help companies manage this generation and contribute to scarce existing human resource management research in the Arabian Gulf region.

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Outsourcing the information technology function: Perspectives from employees

South African Journal of Business Management ◽

10.4102/sajbm.v43i2.183 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 43 (2) ◽

pp. 51-60

Author(s):

M. Sadiq Sohail

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Organizational Performance ◽

Arabian Gulf ◽

Positive Development ◽

Review Of Literature ◽

Gulf Region ◽

Human Aspects ◽

Arabian Gulf Region ◽

Start Up ◽

Practical Implications

The purpose of this paper is to investigate human aspects of outsourcing and its impact on employees and organizational performance. This study is based on a questionnaire survey conducted in Saudi Arabia. Based on an extensive review of literature, the paper uses empirical research to analyse employees’ attitude towards outsourcing. Results based on the analysis of data from 178 firms in Saudi Arabia indicate that employees largely perceive outsourcing as a positive development. Limitations of this paper relate to the relatively small size of the sample. Findings have several practical implications for small start-up firms and even larger firms that are deciding to outsource IT function in the Arabian Gulf region. The results provide managers with evidence supporting the benefits of IT outsourcing. This paper makes a valuable contribution given the fact that there are only a limited number of comprehensive studies dealing with the assessment of employees’ attitude towards outsourcing IT functions. Most previous studies have looked into business aspects of outsourcing in IT function.

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Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) Reported in COVID-19 Positive 2.5-Year Old Boy

International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical Science ◽

10.23958/ijirms/vol05-i09/952 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (09) ◽

pp. 377-381

Author(s):

Ammar Muhammad Alyousef ◽

Mohammad Abdulkhaliq Alshamrani ◽

Abdulaziz Sayah Alruwaili ◽

Amer Farhan Aldmak ◽

Waleed Ahmad Okash

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

Arabian Gulf ◽

Health Department ◽

Local State ◽

Gulf Region ◽

Arabian Gulf Region ◽

Inflammatory Syndrome

Multi-System Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) has been recently described as a newly emerging serious condition linked to COVID-19. We, hereby, describe and report the clinico-laboratory characteristics of a 2.5-year-old boy who tested positive for SARS-CoV2 and exhibited an image of MIS-C. We seriously want to spotlight this new entity in Saudi Arabia where the peak of SARS-CoV2 is descending whereas MIS-C case might be increasing. The same scenario had occurred in other countries. We recommend reporting possible cases of MIS-C to our local, state, or territorial health department. We expect increased reporting cases of COVID-19-associated MIS-C in Saudi Arabia and Arabian Gulf region.

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Branding of Germany’s Transnational Education and its Potentials in the Arabian Gulf Region

Journal of Contemporary Educational Research ◽

10.26689/jcer.v2i3.365 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Sanaa Ashour

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Arabian Gulf ◽

Current Debate ◽

Transnational Education ◽

Gulf Region ◽

Demand For Education ◽

Financial Gain ◽

Arabian Gulf Region ◽

Global Demand ◽

Foreign Education

Transnational education (TNE), responding to the growing global demand for education, plays a fundamental role in the current debate on the internationalisation and globalisation of higher education. Conducting a systematic literature review, this paper examines the characteristics of German transnational education, which has little in common with the American and British models, the reasons for its limited presence in the Gulf and its potential for having a stronger footprint. Since education for Germany is a public good, financial gain has never been a decisive factor for German universities to venture abroad. Whilst the Gulf Region is the largest importer of foreign education, German TNE is only represented by one university there, compared to the overwhelming number of US, UK and Australian higher education institutions. Although the Gulf Region is considered as a lucrative and appealing market for foreign education, lack of engagement of German TNE there could be interpreted through public policy-related reasons. Since Germany has already established its footprint in creating a unique brand of TNE, the paper recommends to build upon the country’s expertise in low-risk option for Germany to invest in the Gulf. For this to materialise, Germany must build awareness of its unique brand to stand out among the competition.

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