Suggestions for Expat Professional Workers on the Arabian Peninsula

Marielle Risse ()
Additional contact information
Marielle Risse: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Chapter Chapter 7 in Researching and Working on the Arabian Peninsula, 2025, pp 185-206 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter is for business professionals and travelers with guidance on how to prepare for the weather and bureaucracy on the Arabian Peninsula. It explains the need for quiet, modest, and formal behavior at workplaces, public spaces, cultural locations, and homes/hotels/hostels. It explains that a “yes” is not necessarily an agreement and “I can” does not necessarily mean the person has that ability. Further, it clarifies how to create a positive work environment within cultures which often value family-based events (births, weddings, deaths, recovery from illness, etc.) more important than work requirements. It gives details about settling into the work environment with details about power structures, the value of honesty, how to behave with important people, and the importance of having an expat veneer.

Date: 2025
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-96-5326-3_7

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from
http://www.springer.com/9789819653263

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-5326-3_7

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in Springer Books from Springer
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Sonal Shukla () and Springer Nature Abstracting and Indexing ().