عوامل البطالة في مدينة الرياض : الخصائص و الآثار

Abstract EN

Unemployment, per se, is a serious problem affecting a significant part of the national labor force.

It has negative reflections on the various dimensions of the community.

Fundamentally, unemployment gives rise to economic problems.

Foremost is the lack of economic security.

Also, it leads to other social problems such as extremism, violence, crime, drugs addiction and committing suicide.

Moreover, unemployment serves as a major impediment hindering the development in Arab countries.

Based upon such generalizations, this study focuses on the unemployment subject in Saudi Arabia.

It constitutes one of the significant pressing national issues with its impacts on the social, economic and political aspects in the Kingdom.

The present study sheds light on the reasons underlying the unemployment in Saudi Arabia.

It is based on the facts of field survey conducted on the jobless in Riyadh.

This is in addition to characteristics and effects of unemployment commensurate to views of jobless, males and females, surveyed in the field study.

The present study is mainly based on data of unemployed samples registered in Labor Office in Riyadh during the period 1433-1432 A.H.

The study is designed to identify the reasons and effects of the unemployment problem.

The research employs the descriptive-analytic methodology in studying the status of unemployment in the Kingdom.

Also, this approach is used in analyzing data and findings.

Multiple statistical packages such as the percentage and graphic formats are used.

Maps represent additions.

Moreover, the research findings revealed that the significant reasons the lack of sufficient job opportunities underlying unemployment in Riyadh are by rate of %26; nepotism and favoritism by rate of %22; and the insufficient experience requirement by most of youths by rate of %18.

In addition, the present study exposes some results stemming from unemployment from the perspectives of the unemployed.

Pursuant to this issue, the lack of self-reliance by rate of %19; deviant following views are presented behavior of a family member came second by rate of %18; and the poverty stood last by rate of %13.