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Saudi Arabia’s Labor Market Challenge

Harvard Business Review

Presenteeism in offices often is used as a critical measure of effort, and hence value to an organization, in place of output, qualification, or skill. Unsurprisingly, labor-intensive sectors in Saudi Arabia, such as construction, manufacturing, and hospitality services, are almost exclusively staffed with foreigners.

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Look Who's Distracted Now

Harvard Business Review

However, women may be more honest in their self-evaluations than their male peers, or in jobs more prone to distraction—part-time workers and service workers were both more likely to be distractible at the office, as opposed to male-dominated professions like construction.

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Where are you on the management scale of newbie to expert hacker?

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Different approaches include: Strategically focused research – this is constructive research with the greatest likelihood of creating practical and commercial applications. reducing absenteeism (and presenteeism). Some of the areas affected by advanced management solutions include: organizational development. time management.