Suggestions for Expat Professional Workers on the Arabian Peninsula
摘要
This chapter is for business professionals and travelers with guidance on how to prepare for the weather and bureaucracy on the Arabian Peninsula. It explains the need for quiet, modest, and formal behavior at workplaces, public spaces, cultural locations, and homes/hotels/hostels. It explains that a “yes” is not necessarily an agreement and “I can” does not necessarily mean the person has that ability. Further, it clarifies how to create a positive work environment within cultures which often value family-based events (births, weddings, deaths, recovery from illness, etc.) more important than work requirements. It gives details about settling into the work environment with details about power structures, the value of honesty, how to behave with important people, and the importance of having an expat veneer.