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كلية الاداب جامعة الزقازيق
كلية الاداب جامعة الزقازيق
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The issue of foreign labor is of great interest to human resource planners and decision-makers due to its multifaceted national and political dimensions. Despite Egypt's relatively recent experience with foreign labor, the number has not exceeded fifteen thousand. This study aims to analyze the size of the foreign workforce in the Egyptian private and investment sectors, focusing on European workers who constitute a significant portion of this total. It also seeks to monitor changes in this workforce during the study period, including their annual growth rates, demographic, economic, and professional characteristics, legal status, and other relevant factors. To achieve these objectives, the study employs a descriptive-analytical approach, several research methodologies, and quantitative, cartographic, and field methods. The study concluded that foreign and European labor in Egypt's private and investment sectors declined over the entire study period, although this decline varied from year to year. The proportion of European workers within the total foreign workforce in the private and investment sectors also varied. The study found a higher proportion of males among the foreign and European workforce in these sectors, and a predominance of physically demanding economic activities, particularly mining and quarrying in desert governorates. Conversely, the percentage of females was higher in-service sector activities, especially food and accommodation services within the tourism sector. The study identified several reasons for employing foreign labor in certain activities, often in competition with the national workforce. The study recommended the establishment of a database specifically for foreign and European labor in the private and investment sectors, given its importance in human resource planning, decision-making, and identifying the types and characteristics of foreign workers targeted in the future
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