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Factors Affecting Local Employees Sectorial Choice (Public vs Private), the Case of Abu Dhabi, UAE

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The purpose of this research study was to explore the factors that affect emirates employee sectorial choice (public vs private). And, to examine if there is a difference between these factors related to local employees working in the public sector and the private sector. A quantitative approach was deployed in this study to determine the most important factors that affect local employees' career choice toward the private sector. The population of this study was the work force in the state of Abu Dhabi, those whom are employed in the public sector and in the private sector. Simple random sampling technique used to choose appropriate sample from this population. From each sector a random sample has been chosen from different industry that falls under the public sector and the same procedure has been followed for the private sector. The statistical tool used for the purpose of this study was Chi-square. Chi-square analysis is used to check for differences in the categories between the two samples. This study reveals the difference between public sector employees and private sector employees and their job characteristics. The public sector employees experience more autonomy and feedback than their colleague in the private sector. The study provided practical and theoretical recommendations.

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  1. Strategic management, Aqaba, Jordan

    Mohammad Mousa Eldahamsheh

  2. Health Management and Policy Department, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Ar-Ramtha, Jordan

    Main Naser Alolayyan

  3. Department of Business Administration, School of Business, Al al-Bayt University, P.O.BOX 130040, Mafraq, 25113, Jordan

    Hanan Mohammad Almomani, Ali Zakariya Al-Quran & Sulieman Ibraheem Shelash Al-Hawary

  4. Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Yarmouk University, 21163, P.O Box 566, Irbid, Jordan

    Fuad N. Al-Shaikh

  5. Management Department, Faculty of Money and Management, The World Islamic Science University, P.O.Box1101, Amman, 11947, Jordan

    Mohammed Saleem Khlif Alshura

  6. Administration Department, Community College of Qatar, Doha, Qatar

    Menahi Mosallam Alqahtani

  7. Marketing, Marketing Department, Faculty of Administrative and Financial Sciences, Petra University, P.O.Box: 961343, Amman, 11196, Jordan

    Anber Abraheem Shlash Mohammad

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Eldahamsheh, M.M. et al. (2023). Factors Affecting Local Employees Sectorial Choice (Public vs Private), the Case of Abu Dhabi, UAE. In: Alshurideh, M., Al Kurdi , B.H., Masa’deh, R., Alzoubi , H.M., Salloum, S. (eds) The Effect of Information Technology on Business and Marketing Intelligence Systems. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 1056. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-12382-5_49

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