With ongoing globalisation, organisations are increasingly confronted with worldwide competition. In order to build and sustain their competitive advantage, the knowledge and expertise of an organisation’s staff needs to be seen as a critical strategic resource. This paper presents a general...

Purpose – This paper seeks to provide an overview of the concept of “localization” of human resources in Qatar. Relative to the rest of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCCCs), economic development began late in Qatar due to political and economic factors such as the influx of an...

Purpose – The aim of the paper is twofold. First to evaluate the latent factor structure of human resource management (HRM) practices scales, and second, to examine the nature of HRM practices within the Jordanian context. Further, the study identifies possible future directions for HRM...