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International expatriate blue-collar workers are crucial in global economies, especially in operational and service sectors. However, they are often shaped by complex challenges and opportunities. These workers often face hurdles like cultural and language barriers, limited legal protections, social isolation, and exploitative working conditions. Many encounter difficulties in accessing healthcare, fair wages, or career advancement, especially in host countries with minimal labor rights enforcement. However, expatriation can offer transformative opportunities, including higher income potential, skill development, and the chance to support families. For host countries, these workers fill critical labor shortages and contribute to economic development. Navigating this landscape requires thoughtful policy, corporate responsibility, and cross-cultural awareness to ensure the continued and improved rights and dignities of blue-collar expatriate workers. Challenges and Opportunities of International Expatriate Blue Collar Workers explores blue collar workers and their contributions to global developing organizations. It examines the challenges faced by blue collar workers in product and service-related industries, including policies to support and improve current working conditions. This book covers topics such as migration, labor markets, and supply chains, and is a useful resource for business owners, government officials, policymakers, academicians, researchers, and scientists.

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Kakul Agha is a PhD, Aligarh Muslim University India; MBA-HRM; PG in Higher Education Professional Practice, Coventry University UK, and carries 26 years of UG/PG teaching, research, dissertation, internship, consultancy & PhD supervision experience in UAE, Oman & India. Since 2014, she is an Associate Professor & Head-HRM at Skyline University College UAE, where she won ""Award for Excellence in Teaching Effectiveness"" (2016-17 & 2022-23); ""Excellence in Services"" (2017-18) and ""Excellence in Research"" (2018-19). She received Award from Ministry of Infrastructure Development, Dubai for Mentoring Innovation Projects (2018). Till 2014 Dr Agha was Head, PG Department, Middle East College, and Visiting Professor, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman. Dr Agha has published books, cases, book-chapters and research articles in management, wellbeing, work-life balance and education domains. She is a certified Trainer runs a podcast channel on Spotify -The Business Bubbles.

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