The Future of Labour Market Reform in the Gulf Region: Towards a Multi-Disciplinary, Evidence-Based and Practical Understanding [Hardcover]

As governments across the GCC strive to implement labour policies which accelerate the transition to post oil knowledge-based economies, this volume provides insights into the size of this challenge, along with analysis of progress to date. With a comprehensive coverage of the region (each GCC member is included in some respect), this new work provides unique insights into how the domestic policy agenda is shifting the region's moribund labour markets inexorably towards greater productivity, positivity, sustainability and efficiency. This volume is based on a workshop held at the Gulf Research Meeting organized by the Gulf Research Center Cambridge in summer 2016.Governments across the GCC strive to implement labour policies which accelerate the transition to post oil knowledge-based economies. This volume provides insights into the size of this challenge, along with analysis of progress to date, with a comprehensive coverage of the region.Introduction David B. Jones and Sofiane Sahraoui1. The Governance of the Labour Market: Labour Policies of the Gulf Cooperation Council Sophie Olver-Ellis2. Reevaluating the Saudi 'Social Contract': The Perspective of Saudi Male Graduates Mark C. Thompson3. Omanisation, Youth Employment and SME Firms in Oman Iram Ansari and Jacqueline McGlade4. Labour Market Challenges in Bahrain and the Path to Sustainability Elinor Bajraktari and Ali Salman5. Business Sector and Labour Policies in Kuwait Anastasia Nosova6. A Reviewing and Critique of the Saudization Metanarrative: Bring the Citizen into Focus Faisal Kattan7. The Future of Learning in the GCC: An Analysis of the Current State and the Way Forward to a More Positive Approach to Education and Organisational Learning Radhika Punshi and Elizabeth Topolskaya8. Building Life Skills Through Positive Education: Evidence from Ras Al Khaimah (UAE) L. Lambert, N. BudhlÓJ