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_Toc8 " Table 12Treatment of nationals and non nationals by management PAGEREF _Toc8 \h 48

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc9 " Table 13 : Overall rating of the company PAGEREF _Toc9 \h 56

HYPERLINK \l "_Toc0 " Table 14 : Source : Shah 2004 , Arab Migration Patterns in the Gulf ' in International Organization for Migration and League of Arab States , pp . 95-96 PAGEREF _Toc0 \h 57

Abstract

Slightly over a decade ago , the government of the United Arab Emirates embarked on a plan to get more of its nationals employed by both the public and private sectors

. It introduced an initiative known as emiratisation in which both the public and private sectors are required to reserve a certain proportions of their employment positions to the UAE natives . That directive has made it necessary for companies to ensure that they have HR approaches that conform to the measures contained within the directive . This explores the challenges these companies have faced in their HR management with regards to the implementation of the policy . The explores perspectives from both employees and the HR managers to see how each of them has been affected by the policy . It will identify the challenges and come up with recommendations on how each of the players who are central to the implementation of the policy can be better placed to meet their expectations .Emiratization and its Effects on the Management of HR Departments in Local Private Sector Firms in Abu Dhabi

1 .0 Introduction

The United Arab Emirates (UAE ) is a federation of seven emirates in the Middle East that emerged from obscurity a few years ago to become one of the leading investment destinations in the world . The growth of the UAE states has been spurred by oil discovery and to date it remains the single largest contributor to the country 's Gross domestic...