The Reality of Work Culture Development among Saudi Women in the Light of Saudi Vision 2030, Meeting the Needs of the Labor Market

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Specialization in the fundamentals of Islamic and general education, College of Education, King Khalid University

Abstract

The present research aimed at identifying the reality of work culture development among Saudi women in the light of Saudi Vision 2030, meeting the needs of the labor market. To achieve this aim, the girl researcher used the descriptive approach, as the research sample consisted of (300) Saudi women from different categories of Saudi society in the city of Abha, where a questionnaire was distributed to them. The results concluded that the reality of work culture development among Saudi women in the light of Saudi Vision 2030, meeting the needs of the labor market was moderate, while the obstacles and mechanisms for work culture development among Saudi women, meeting the needs of the labor market was high. The results also concluded that there are statistically significant differences according to the response of the individuals in the research sample towards (the reality, obstacles, mechanisms) of work culture development among Saudi women, meeting the needs of the labor market due to the variable of the academic qualification, in favor of Saudi women who hold postgraduate qualifications (postgraduate studies "Master and Doctorate"), and there are statistically significant differences according to the response of the individuals of the research sample towards the reality of work culture development among Saudi women, meeting the needs of the labor market due to the age variable, in favor of women aged 25 to less than 35 years, and there are statistically significant differences according to the response of individuals in the research sample towards obstacles of work culture development among Saudi women, meeting the needs of the labor market due to the age variable, in favor of those aged 45 and over, and there are statistically significant differences according to the response of the individuals in the research sample towards the reality of work culture development among Saudi women, meeting the needs of the labor market due to variable of work nature, in favor of the women who are self-employed.
 

Highlights

 

 

Keywords


 

 
Ibrahim, Shawky Abdel Hamid (2003). Problems of students of the United Arab Emirates University. Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, 19(1), 37-77.
Al-Ansari, Issa Hassan; Mandani, Faisal Muhammad; Keshoub, Hassan Said; Al-Qallaf, Ibrahim Abdullah; Al-Khalidi, Khalifa Saba (2003). Technical Education Strategy in the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf. A document presented to the symposium held in the Kingdom of Bahrain, from 10-13 October 2003.
Bakir, Aida (2011). The university's role in community service has evolved in the light of social responsibility and modern global trends. A working paper presented to the Conference on Social Responsibility of Palestinian Universities, held in Nablus on 9/26/2011.
Badran, Younes (2002). The Syrian experience in teaching vocational education in the basic education stage. A working paper submitted to the Arab Seminar in Developing the Technology Education Curriculum, which was held at Al-Quds Open University, Amman office, in cooperation with the Arab Union for Technical Education.
Badawi, Rizq Mansour.2010). Activating vocational training courses for adults in the light of labor market needs: a field study on women in North Sinai Governorate. The Future of Arab Education, Arab Center for Education and Development, 17 (65), 77-182.
Al-Batayneh, Bilal Uqla; Athamna, Abdul Basit Abdullah (2016). Women's productivity in the Jordanian labor market: an econometric study. The Jordanian Journal of Economic Sciences, University of Jordan - Deanship of Scientific Research, 3 (2), 157-177.
Bakr, Fawzia (2008). Work culture as required by the private sector. A working paper submitted to the symposium of Saudi university trainees for women's departments and employment in the private sector, from 7 to 8 Jumada Al-Awwal.
Al-Bandi, Asim (2014). Industrial secondary learning outcomes and labor market requirements in Egypt. Unpublished master's thesis, Faculty of Business and Economics, The Arab Academy in Denmark.
Tommy, Ibrahim (2009). The role of rehabilitation and vocational training in developing human skills. National symposium on "The Role of Employers' Organizations in Narrowing the Existing Gap between Training Outputs and Labor Market Needs", Cairo, 8-10 November.
 
Haji, Khadija Muhammad; Tunisian, Nabila Taher (2012). Developing general education for girls in the Kingdom: a comparative field study of current experiences. Studies in curricula and teaching methods, Ain Shams University, Faculty of Education, Egyptian Association for Curricula and Teaching Methods, (182), 135-164.
Al-Hamid, Muhammad Mujib; Jamjoom, Fatima Bakr (2009). Higher education for girls and its compatibility with the labor market in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Arab Regional Conference - Towards an Arab Judiciary for Higher Education Global Challenges and Societal Responsibilities, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO Regional Office for Education in the Arab States in Beirut, Cairo, June, 859-882.
Al-Hadabi, Daoud Abdel-Malik Al-Hadabi; Akasha Mahmoud Fathy (2008). The reality of vocational preparation for students in the programs of the University of Science and Technology and meeting the requirements of the labor market. Vol. Arabic for University Education Quality Assurance, 1(1), 108-120.
Hassan, Amira Muhammad Ali Ahmed (2012). The role of strategic planning for the development of technical and technical education in Sudan. A working paper presented to a conference entitled: Conference on the Integration of Education Outputs with the Labor Market in the Public and Private Sectors, from March 25 to 28, 2012.
Al-Dhiab, Saud (2014). The availability of the requirements of the learning organization and its fields of application in the Technical College in Al-Kharj. Unpublished master's thesis, College of Social and Administrative Sciences, Naif Arab University for Security Sciences.
Rabih, Asmaa Muhammad (2014). The social and cultural challenges of the rural girl's aspiration in education and work: a field study in an Egyptian village. Journal of Scientific Research in Arts, Ain Shams University, Girls College of Arts, Sciences and Education, 1 (15), 55-72.
Al-Rahim, Saad Ibrahim; Abdul Majid, Zaid Abdul Hamid; Al-Obeidi, Sabah Dawad Hussein (2010). The reality of vocational education and its reform strategy. Educational Studies Journal, (9), 159- 182.
Al-Rimi, Hamid Sagheer Saad (2012). Community colleges and their pivotal role in qualifying education outcomes. Working paper presented to the Regional Expert Meeting on Technical and Vocational Education and Training in the Arab Countries, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, from March 17 to 19, 2012.
Al-Zubaidi, Ahmed Ali (2000). Education by work and its importance in the upbringing of the Muslim child. Unpublished master's thesis, Umm Al-Qura University, College of Education, Department of Islamic and Comparative Education.
El-Zayyat, Kamal Abdel-Hamid (2001). Work and Occupational Sociology. Cairo: Dar Gharib.
Abu Zayd, Abdel-Baqi (2005). Contemporary trends in business education. Conference on the Future of General and Technical Education in the Arab World, Arab Organization for Administrative Development, Egypt, Sharm El-Sheikh, April.
Al Suwaidan, Tariq (2012). Modern trends in management methodology: change in organizations - the learning organization - market leadership. Riyadh: Cordoba for publishing and distribution.
Al-Shammari, west of Marji Al-Salmani (2016). The organizational climate in technical colleges in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Unpublished PhD thesis, College of Education, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Al-Saab, Muhammad Obaid Hashem (2008). Work values ​​and their relationship to vocational adjustment among a sample of school counselors at broadcasting and Qunfudhah education. Unpublished master's thesis, College of Education, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah Al-Mukarramah, Saudi Arabia.
Tarfa, Fatima Zahraa; Al-Bashir, Fadl Abdel-Karim (2018). The impact of education on the participation of Algerian women in the labor market. Al-Bashaer Economic Journal, Taheri Muhammad University, Bashar - College of Economic Sciences, Commercial Sciences and Management Sciences, 4 (3), 216-231.
Talha, Rushdi Ahmed (2004). University education between monitoring reality and visions of development. 1st edition, Cairo: Dar Al-Fikr Al-Arabi.
Al-Assaf, Ahmed Aref (2018). Evaluating the impact of trade openness on the competitiveness of Saudi women in the labor market in light of the Kingdom's Vision 2030: a comparative study with the Arab Gulf countries. International Journal of Economics and Business, Rafad Center for Studies and Research, 5 (2), 153-174.
Elian, Rebhi Mustafa (2001). Scientific research foundations, methods, methods and procedures. Jordan: House of Ideas International.
Aywaj, Mukhtar; Boudiar, Zahiya (2014). Integration of system outputsldmAnd the requirements of the labor market in Algeria. The Third International Conference: Integration of Outputs with the Labor Market in the Public and Private Sectors, April, Amman.
Al-Fateh, Muhammad Fouad (2005). New features of labor market needs. The first technical (technical) conference and exhibition at the Ministry of Education, Cairo, 17-18 April.
Al-Qahmani, Maha Hassan; Moussa, Mona Hamed (2017). Psychological security and its reflection on the determinants of women's job performance in the work environment. Journal of Reading and Knowledge, Ain Shams University, Faculty of Education, The Egyptian Society for Reading and Knowledge, (194), 170-200.
Karadsheh, Mounir; Hassan, Samir; Maawali, Nasser (2018). The impact of the establishment of the economic zone in the Wilayat of Duqm in the Sultanate of Oman on the social and economic conditions of women: a quantitative analytical study. Journal of Social Sciences, Kuwait University, Academic Publishing Council, 46(2), 255-289.
Moamen, Hoda Mahmoud (2017). The relationship of economic, social and political transformations to some women's issues in Egyptian society: a field study of female vendors in the Dekernes city market. Journal of the Faculty of Arts, Tanta University, Faculty of Arts, 2 (31), 838-892.
Majali, Amal (2010). Ways to enhance common benefits between technical education institutions and the labor market, Tafila Technical University, Jordan, as a model. Forum of Higher Education Outputs and the Labor Market in the Arab Countries, Arab Organization for Administrative Development, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain, October.
Muhammad, Saher Ahmed (2019). Educational research, its basics, tools and methods. Beirut: Al-Rushd Library.
Al-Musabbah, Emad El-Din Ahmed (2018). Comparing the social acceptance of Syrian women's exit to the labor market between Al-Rayiq and Al-Madinah from the point of view of working women: a field study in the governorates of Damascus, Deir Ezzor and Al-Hasakah. Development of Mesopotamia, University of Mosul, College of Administration and Economics, 37 (117), 229-250.
Mustafa Ahmad (2001). The outputs of vocational training and the labor market in the Arab countries. Libya: Arab Center for Vocational Training and Training of Trainers.
Kingdom Saudi Arabia. (2016). Vision of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 2030. Retrieved from:
http://vision2030.gov.sa/ar/goals           
Munad, Latifah; My little one, Fouzia (2017). The reality of women's work in Algeria. Journal of Human and Social Sciences, University of Kasdi Meriah - Ouargla, (29), 257-264.
Wilson, David (2001). Reforming technical and vocational education and training in the changing world of work. Futures Magazine, 2 (117), 28-31, Cairo, UNESCO Publishing Centre, March.
Yaghmour, Walid (2015). Developing a culture of self-employment and initiative among Arab women as business owners.The national symposium on the reality of Arab women in technical and vocational education and training and supporting their participation in economic activity.Arab Labor Organization, Amman.December      20-22.
 
 
ثالثا: المراجع الأجنبية:
Falk, I (2000). Leadership in Vocational Education and Training: Developing Social Capital Through Partnerships, a Paper Presented at avert a Conference, University of Tanzania, Maren, 43-58.
Paris, R. (2001). Developments in Education and Vocational Training in Britain. background and Recent Research at National Institute, Economic Review, safe publication,17(72), 64-76.
Wilson, K.. (2001). Work and Welfare Toward a Knowledge-based Society. Intervention Paper for the Seminar “Interactions between Laboure Market and Social Protection”, Brussels, 16 May 2001. European Foundation for the Improvement of Working and Living Conditions.