A STUDY OF THE CONTEMPORARY ISSUES OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN THE RETAIL SECTOR OF SAUDI ARABIA

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INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH IN BUSINESS

VOL 4, NO 9

A STUDY OF THE CONTEMPORARY ISSUES OF HUMAN
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN THE RETAIL SECTOR OF SAUDI
ARABIA
Dr. Mohammed Owais Qureshi (Corresponding Author)
Faculty, Department of Human Resource Management, King AbdulAziz University, Rabigh,
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dr. Zaid Ahmed Ansari
Assistant Professor, HOD, Department of Marketing, Director Research, King AbdulAziz
University, Rabigh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Dr. Syed Rumaiya Sajjad
Assistant Professor, HOD, Department of Health and Hospital Management, , King
AbdulAziz University, Rabigh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Address for Correspondence
Department of Human Resource Management, College of Business (COB),
King AbdulAziz University, Rabigh, Saudi Arabia, Pin Code: 21911.
ABSTRACT
The present study is an attempt to find out the contemporary issues of Human Resource
Management in the retail sector of Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has a robust economy and a stable market and without doubt oil is the backbone of the Saudi economy but in addition to that the kingdom has invested tremendous effort in diversifying its economy to include industry, trade, service sector’s especially the retail sector to boost its economy. In this study, contemporary issues of human resource management in the retail sector of Saudi
Arabia, the researcher shall critically examine contemporary developments in human resource, like new challenges in the recruitment and selection of human resource, developing human resource skills and capabilities in the retail sector. The retail sector is set for extended growth due to the higher domestic spending power. The study concludes that because of the growth of retail sector, human resource management has also become more eminent in relation to other managerial initiatives. Although human resource management activities in the retail sector in the

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