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What Makes Them Stay and Go?: Best Practices for Engaging Gen Y Female Professionals in the Critical Arabian Gulf Petroleum Industry

What Makes Them Stay and Go?: Best Practices for Engaging Gen Y Female Professionals in the Critical Arabian Gulf Petroleum Industry

Hwee Ling Lim
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 25
ISBN13: 9781466681835|ISBN10: 1466681837|EISBN13: 9781466681842
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8183-5.ch021
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Lim, Hwee Ling. "What Makes Them Stay and Go?: Best Practices for Engaging Gen Y Female Professionals in the Critical Arabian Gulf Petroleum Industry." Handbook of Research on Recent Developments in Materials Science and Corrosion Engineering Education, edited by Hwee Ling Lim, IGI Global, 2015, pp. 416-440. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8183-5.ch021

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Lim, H. L. (2015). What Makes Them Stay and Go?: Best Practices for Engaging Gen Y Female Professionals in the Critical Arabian Gulf Petroleum Industry. In H. Lim (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Recent Developments in Materials Science and Corrosion Engineering Education (pp. 416-440). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8183-5.ch021

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Lim, Hwee Ling. "What Makes Them Stay and Go?: Best Practices for Engaging Gen Y Female Professionals in the Critical Arabian Gulf Petroleum Industry." In Handbook of Research on Recent Developments in Materials Science and Corrosion Engineering Education, edited by Hwee Ling Lim, 416-440. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8183-5.ch021

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Abstract

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) petroleum industry harnesses resources to produce hydrocarbon products in a cost-effective manner. Besides developing new technologies, companies need technical professionals knowledgeable in materials science and engineering for ensuring integrity of critical production facilities and corrosion management. Companies also need non-technical operations personnel to support production and business activities. Their recruitment efforts transpire in a multi-generational labour market complicated by under-utilization of Generation/Gen Y females. This chapter presents findings from a recent study that investigated gender differences in life priorities and work preferences of Gen Y in UAE petroleum industry. In the study, 150 professionals were surveyed on their views of life priorities and work preferences. The findings in this chapter show that Conservation and Self-transcendence were most important life dimensions with intrinsic and extrinsic work motivators most valued. Changes in the importance of specific motivators, by each gender, in recruitment were found compared with retention. Finally, the chapter provides recommendations for recruitment and retention that would help personnel managers develop initiatives that cater to the specific requirements of each gender.

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