This study was concerned with the assessment of Saudi youth attitudes towards manual labor, private jobs versus government jobs, work motive, mobility of work, work in rural areas over urban areas, work with stranger employers over relative employers, economic incentive, performance incentive and vocational work. Also, the study analyzed the impact of socio-economic factors (education, region of origin--urban versus rural, socio-economic status and information exposure) on Saudi youth work attitudes. In addition, the study discussed the effects of Saudi youth work attitudes on the process of economic development. / Procedure. A survey consisting of 121 items was developed for the study. A sample of 600 Saudi youth was selected randomly from the student enrollment lists of academic and vocational schools, and illiterate youth were chosen randomly from the dwelling units of each district in each chosen city or village. The sample was distributed equally as 200 from academic students, 200 from vocational students and 200 illiterates. Fifty percent of the sample was selected from urban areas and 50 percent from rural areas. / The SPSS Factor analysis (OBLIQUE PA/2 Procedure) was utilized to ascertain the fit between the conceptual clustering of the work attitudes items and the clustering of the responses patterns. Also, the SPSS cross-tabulation analysis (Gamma and R tests) was used to test the analytical hypotheses. / Findings. In relation to Saudi youth attitudes, the analysis of data revealed that the majority of Saudi youth have low acceptability to manual labor, private jobs, mobility of work, economic incentive, preference of stranger over relative employer, preference of rural over urban work, performance incentive and vocational work. With respect to the impact of socio-economic factors (education, region of origin--urban versus rural, socio-economic status, and information exposure) on Saudi youth work attitudes, the results of the analysis indicated that education and socio-economic status have relatively significant impact, but practically the relationships range from weak to moderate. The results also indicated that the region of origin and information exposure have no significant impact directly on Saudi youth work attitudes. / Conclusions. The study revealed that Saudi Arabia fits to a great extent the rentier state model, where its peoples have modern consumption attitudes and behaviors, but still they have traditional production attitudes and behaviors. Also, the study points out that the economic mobilization in Saudi Arabia does not contribute effectively in developing the human resources towards the ends of national development. / Recommendations. The findings of this study demand a new look at development policies in Saudi Arabia in order to involve the national human resources in the development process in a more effective and efficient pattern. (1) As a point of strategy in approaching development of Saudi youth attitudes, special consideration should be given to all different types of education by reshaping the content and objectives of education for promoting positive work attitudes and skills. (2) The mass media should play an important role in promoting the dignity of manual labor and vocational occupations by utilizing the Islamic work teachings to stimulate Saudi youth to involve in these areas. (3) An extensive public relations program should be initiated to promote the image of vocational education among Saudi youth. (4) Saudi youth should be directed to work in the private sector and the development projects, and employment in government agencies should be controlled. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 41-11, Section: A, page: 4791. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1980.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74338 |
| Contributors | ALGHOFAILY, IBRAHIM FAHAD., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 163 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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